Religious Holidays and Feast Days
Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
Pesach/Passover - Judaism, Protestant Christianity
St. Zosimus
St. Tola
St. Clinius
St. Domninus
St. Fergus
St. John Climacus
St. Leonard Muraildo
St. Mamertinus
St. Regulus
St. Quirinus
St. Osburga
St. Pastor
St. Patto
St. Peter Regulatus
Secular Holidays
Birthday of Sultan of Kelantan - Malaysia
Commemorations
Historical events, birthdays and deaths
National Doctor's Day
I Am In Control Day
National Doctor's Day
Take a Walk in the Park Day
Grass Is Always Browner On The Other Side Of The Fence Day
Pencil Day
On this day in 240 BC – 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. (What did they record it ON, a stone tablet?)
On this day in 1867 – Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The media call this Seward's Folly.
On this day in 1939 – The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph.
On this day in 1945 – World War II: a defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 to the Americans.
On this day in 1949 – A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in ReykjavÃk, when Iceland joins NATO.
On this day in 1961 – The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York.
On this day in 1981 – President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.
On this day in 2006 – The United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 becomes law.
On this day in 1746 – Francisco Goya, the Spanish painter, was born (d. 1828)
On this day in 1853 – Vincent van Gogh, the Dutch painter, was born (d. 1890)
On this day in 1937 – Warren Beatty, the American actor and director, was born
On this day in 1945 – Eric Clapton, the British guitarist, was born
On this day in 1964 – Tracy Chapman, the American singer, was born
On this day in 1979 – Norah Jones, the American musician, was born
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Comments: 5
I like your comment about Halley's Comet -- it's actually a pertinent question.