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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
- – First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
- – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
- – Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes, all 123 passengers and crew died.
- – A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, US, causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
- – The European Union’s Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
- – A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.
- – In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
- – Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
- – A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date.
- – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
Who Were Born On ?
- – Kishan Shrikanth, Indian actor and director
- – Ai Hashimoto, Japanese model and actress
- – Mahiro Takasugi, Japanese actor
- – Blake Michael, American actor, director, and producer
- – Jacob Latimore, American singer, actor, and dancer
- – Bishop Nehru, American rapper and producer
- – Ioana Loredana Roșca, Romanian tennis player
- – Adair Tishler, American actress and singer
- – Kyla Ross, American gymnast
- – Jack Griffo, American actor and singer
