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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 Troubles: The Royal Ulster Constabulary raid the Bogside area of Derry, damaging property and beating residents. In response, residents erect barricades and establish Free Derry.
- – Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
- – East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War.
- – Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
- – Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
- – Governor of Texas Preston Smith signs a bill into law converting the former Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, originally founded as a research arm of Texas Instruments, into the University of Texas at Dallas.
- – Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
- – the Disappearance of Patricia Spencer and Pamela Hobley occurs.
Who Were Born On ?
- – George Dikeoulakos, Greek-Romanian basketball player and coach
- – Marc Wauters, Belgian cyclist
- – Gary Jules, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- – Daniel Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- – Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer and manager
- – André Racicot, Canadian ice hockey player
- – Laura Kightlinger, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
- – David Tao, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
- – Justine Frischmann, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Elastica and Suede)
- – Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
