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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
- – A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.
- – Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
- – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- – The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
- – My Fair Lady debuts on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
- – In Chicago, videotape is first demonstrated.
- – Elvis Presley introduces his new single, “Hound Dog”, on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
- – Fortran, the first modern computer language, is shared with the coding community for the first time.
- – The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
- – A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
Who Were Born On ?
- – Richard Kirk, English guitarist, keyboard player, composer, and producer (Cabaret Voltaire)
- – Yasushi Akimoto, Japanese songwriter and producer
- – Keith David, American actor and singer
- – Kirk Brandon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny, and Dead Men Walking)
- – Adam Arkin, American actor, director, and producer
- – Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress
- – Eduardo Arellano Félix, Mexican drug trafficker
- – Tom Greenhalgh, Swedish singer-songwriter (The Mekons)
- – Cherry Jones, American actress
- – Ingus Baušķenieks, Latvian singer-songwriter and producer (Dzeltenie Pastnieki)
