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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
- – The Gulag system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union is officially abolished.
- – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rat in Chinese astrology.
- – The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle’s Enovid, making Enovid the world’s first approved oral contraceptive pill.
- – Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
- – In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
- – France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
- – Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102800 ft, setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
- – USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
- – A military coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam is crushed.
- – A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and 6 more on the ground.
Who Were Born On ?
- – Samira Said, Moroccan singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- – Apa Sherpa, Nepalese-American mountaineer
- – Bonnie Crombie, Canadian politician, 6th Mayor of Mississauga
- – Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson, English businessman and politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
- – Cecilia Heyes, English psychologist and academic
- – Arye Gross, American actor
- – Mart Laar, Estonian historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Estonia
- – Bruce Redman, Australian director, producer, and critic
- – Franco Baresi, Italian footballer and coach
- – Scott Baio, American actor, director, and producer
