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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
- – Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory in the Battle of Ap Bac.
- – Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
- – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
- – Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all instead of to Catholics alone.
- – The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
- – The Buddhist crisis: Soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam attack protesting Buddhists in Huế, South Vietnam, with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
- – An explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now Pepsi Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show. A faulty propane tank connection in a concession stand is blamed.
- – The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.
- – The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 mi north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.
- – The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.
Who Were Born On ?
- – Fito Páez, Argentinian singer-songwriter, pianist, and director
- – Jaime de Marichalar, Spanish husband of Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
- – Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian and actor
- – Neal Foulds, English snooker player and sportscaster
- – Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress and singer
- – Aloísio Pires Alves, Brazilian footballer and manager
- – Stephen J. Dubner, American journalist and author
- – Brent Liles, American bass player (Social Distortion and Agent Orange) (d. 2007)
- – Anil Dalpat, Pakistani cricketer
- – Govinda, Indian actor, singer, and politician
