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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
- – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Horse in Chinese astrology.
- – Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
- – First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp unleashed a massive artillery barrage on the French to begin the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, the climactic battle in the First Indochina War.
- – McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, “You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?”
- – Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
- – Pierre Mendès France becomes Prime Minister of France.
- – The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
- – First ascent of Cho Oyu.
- – Télé Monte Carlo, Europe’s oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
- – The first Burger King is opened in Miami.
Who Were Born On ?
- – Katey Sagal, American actress and singer
- – Richard Finch, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (KC and the Sunshine Band)
- – Phil Zimmermann, American programmer, created Pretty Good Privacy
- – Yamina Bachir, Algerian director and screenwriter
- – Üllar Kerde, Estonian basketball player and coach
- – Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter
- – Butch Reed, American wrestler
- – Lilian Mercedes Letona, Salvadoran activist (d. 1983)
- – Lawrence Summers, American economist and academic
- – Mike Nolan, Irish singer (Bucks Fizz and Brooks)
