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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 Pig in Chinese astrology.
- – Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
- – Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168.
- – Croatian forces launch Operation Flash during the Croatian War of Independence.
- – United States Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady’s F-16 is shot down over Bosnia while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone.
- – The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.
- – Dreaming of You by Selena, released posthumously, became the best-selling Latin album in the United States. It was noted by Billboard magazine as a “historic event” for Latin music.
- – In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
- – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Ravens, the first time the city had a football team since 1983 when they were the Baltimore Colts.
Who Were Born On ?
- – Jordan Todosey, Canadian actress
- – Jun Shison, Japanese actor
- – Rachel Farley, American singer
- – Troye Sivan, South African-Australian actor and singer
- – Dor Hugi, Israeli footballer
- – Jessica Sanchez, American singer-songwriter
- – Yui Ogura, Japanese voice actress and singer
- – Caitlin Fields, American figure skater
- – Laura Marano, American actress and singer
- – Mimmi Sandén, Swedish singer and actress
