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Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year . Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
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Historical Events Of
- – World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
- – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Horse in Chinese astrology.
- – World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
- – Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the “Development of Substitute Materials” project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
- – World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California.
- – World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
- – World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson’s Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field on Guadalcanal are attacked by Imperial Japanese Army forces.
- – World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
- – World War II: French resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyst generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.
- – World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
Who Were Born On ?
- – John Dunning, American author
- – Charles C. Krulak, American general
- – Giles Henderson, English lawyer and academic
- – Giorgio Agamben, Italian philosopher and academic
- – Pierre Morency, Canadian poet and playwright
- – Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
- – Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician
- – Michel Drucker, French journalist
- – Meredith Monk, American composer and choreographer
- – David Harsent, English author, poet, and academic
