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unusual facts about The Day


Clancy Philbrick

In 2009 Clancy painted a large rock into a pink brain, dubbed The Brain Rock, on the Connecticut shoreline sparking local controversy after an article on the rock was published in The Day and The New York Times.


Michael Eklund

He starred alongside Michael Biehn in the Xavier Gens thriller The Divide released in 2012 and also played the character of Father in the apocalyptic siege warfare film The Day with Dominic Monaghan and Shawn Ashmore.


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1956 in Canadian football

The day after the game, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 crashed into Mount Slesse, killing five players and one official who were on their way from Vancouver to Calgary.

Amphitheatre Auditorium

Many of the day's great actors and political figures performed there, including Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, John Phillip Sousa, Theodore Roosevelt, and Booker T. Washington.

Anatol Kagan

After arriving in Melbourne in 1939, Kagan worked in the offices of several prominent architectural firms of the day, including Hugh & Arthur Peck, Seabrook & Fildes, Joseph Plottel, and Geelong-based firm of Buchan, Laird & Buchan.

Anselm Hollo

Also in the same year, the first customer of the Indica Bookshop, a certain Paul McCartney, is known to have bought, among other things, the book And It’s A Song by Anselm Hollo the day before the bookshop was officially opened.

Arkie Whiteley

Perfect Scoundrels as Fleur (2 TV episodes, 1990) in The Day of Jubilo, & Bad Penny Blues

Battle of Majuba Hill

The Right Perspective interviews Dr. Lets Pretorius, Maj. Henry Pinkham (ret.) of the SADF, Gerhard Combrinck, and 92-year old Oom Harhetz van Blerk, about Majuba Day, the day commemorating the battle.

Battle of Zinjibar

Later during the day, militants attacked a stadium near Zinjibar, from where the military was conducting attacks against militant positions.

Ben Revere

On April 15, 2013, the day of the Boston Marathon bombings, Revere inscribed "Pray for Boston" onto a piece of masking tape and taped it to his glove, which he left sitting out while he stretched.

Bhogi

In Andhra Pradesh, the day preceding Makara Sankranti is called Bhogi (భోగి) and this is when people discard old and derelict things and concentrate on new things causing change or transformation.

Black Monday

Although now a relatively obscure event in history, it was commemorated by a mustering of the Mayor, Sheriffs and soldiers on the day as a challenge to the native tribes for centuries afterwards.

Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede

Oliver Vale was conceived on February 3, 1959, the day that iconic rock & roll singer Buddy Holly died.

Calling Card

As with the rest of the reissues, the album featured remastered sound, newly-written liner notes by Gallagher's brother Donal, and bonus tracks "Rue the Day" and "Public Enemy" (an early version of a track that later appeared on Gallagher's 1979 album Top Priority).

Carlo Buti

Buti has been called the Bing Crosby and the "Frank Sinatra of Italy", because of his preference for the popular songs of the day over the more operatic-type songs.

Carlos Alberto Torres

He arrived on the day of the New York City blackout where he was reunited with his friend and partner Pelé and helped the Cosmos capture two consecutive NASL titles in 1977 and 1978.

Cesar Chavez Day

The day is commemorated to promote service to the community in honor of Cesar Chavez's life and work.

Cherd Songsri

Among his other works are Puen Pang (1987), about two sisters in love with the same man; Muen and Rid (1994), a true story from Rama IV-era Siam about a woman who petitioned King Mongkut to make equal rights for women; and Tawipob (1990), the first film adaptation of a novel by Thommayanti, about a modern-day socialite who time travels back to Rama V-era Siam and becomes involved in the political and diplomatic intrigue of the day.

Constant Martin

His Clavioline would be used by famous artists of the day such as The Beatles, Del Shannon, and The Tornados.

Death of Yehuda Shoham

On Monday, June 11, the day Yehuda died, the Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met the Palestinian minister for international co-operation, Nabil Shaath in Luxembourg to explore a compromise.

Deception in animals

Similarly, the katydids, a group of grasshopper-like insects found worldwide, are nocturnal and use their cryptic colouration to remain unnoticed during the day.

Donaldson and Meier

The early designs from the firm, such as the Unitarian Universalist Church in Ann Arbor, were frequently in the Richardsonian Romanesque style but, as with many other architectural companies whose longevity outlast the style of the day, their output changed with the times.

DR Congo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

On the day after the closing ceremonies, four members from the national delegation were reported missing in London: judoka Cédric Mandembo and his coach Ibula Masengo, boxing coach Blaise Bekwa, and athletics coach Guy Nkita.

First inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson

Johnson also asked Jack Valenti, Bill Moyers, and Liz Carpenter to write a brief statement for him to read on the day's events, which he then edited slightly himself.

HaShir Shelanu

The two leading actors of "Her Song" Rani Aviv who played Zohar Lahat (Ran Danker) and Yonatan Barak who played Ariel Silver (Oshri Cohen) get ready to go to the army the day after they finish shooting the final episode of the second season.

Herbert Stothart

In 1929, Stothart was signed to a large Hollywood contract by another would-be playwright of the day, Louis B. Mayer.

Hymn of the day

According to Carl Schalk, the hymn of the day came out of the singing of the gradual which is sung before the epistle reading.

Iggy Katona

In 1952, fellow Toledoan John Marcum created his Midwest Association for Race Cars as a Northern counterpart to the Southern stock car series of the day, Bill France's NASCAR.

Jim Bishop

The Day Christ Died was made into a television film in 1980, starring Chris Sarandon as Jesus Christ, and Keith Michell as Pontius Pilate.

John Siberch

John Fisher's Contio, delivered on the day of the public burning of the writings of Martin Luther, translated into Latin by Richard Pace, 1521 1522.

Joseph Lovell

During the 1820s, Lovell was a member of the prestigious society, Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences, who counted among their members former presidents Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams and many prominent men of the day, including well-known representatives of the military, government service, medical and other professions.

Lady Edith Foxwell

She was one of the few members of London society who remained close friends with Margaret, Duchess of Argyll after the "headless man" scandal which, combined with the John Profumo affair involving Christine Keeler, threatened to topple the Government of the day.

Law enforcement in Poland

In Poland, the national police service Policja is directly responsible to the central government, and whilst it operates with an organisational structure that allows voivodeship commands to exist, the regional authorities do not have any major say in law enforcement policy, and cannot affect the day-to-day operations of their local force.

Lionel de Nicéville

He worked with most 'Indian' entomologists of the day but especially with Henry John Elwes, Taylor, Wood–Mason, Martin and Marshall.

Lovers of Teruel

Diego was not heard from in those five years and so on the day of the five years' close Isabel's father married her to Don Pedro de Azagra from Albarracín.

Mahoroba

"The Man-yō Mahoroba Line" became in use for the common name of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Sakurai Line on March 13, 2010, the day of the diagram revision of JR Group.

Maine Republican caucuses, 2008

In 2008, although some caucuses were held on February 3, this was the day of Super Bowl XLII and county parties were discouraged from holding caucuses for fear of low turnout.

Mary Freeman Byrne

Later she appeared in plays with such actors of the day as Joan Davis and Donald Meek.

My Boring Ass Life: The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith

After realizing it has been seven years to the day they "did it", Smith recounts how he first met his wife, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith.

Nankai Group Card minapita

Nankai Namba Station Saturday and holiday point:When it gets on and off with the Namba Station, minapita (PiTaPa) of making use in the day when such as Saturday and holiday Nankai appoints 5 points are added concerning the one way.

Nicholas Pinnock

Pinnock portrayed a young Nelson Mandela in the ITV docudrama Mandela: The Prison Years, which aired on 15 December 2013, the day Mandela was buried.

Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day is a religious radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.

Protection papers

The day Richard Stockton was captured, General William Howe had written a Proclamation offering protection papers and a full and free pardon to those willing to remain in peaceable obedience to the King, George III.

Saint Louis Science Center

On the day that a full-scale replica of the Apollo space capsule was put on display, 3,000 visitors came through the doors.

Scheideck, California

Scheideck's Lodge, while a curiosity to the day-tripper and oasis for hikers at nearby Reyes Creek Campground, performs many functions beyond pulling tap beer and keeping a jukebox current with Hank Williams Jr. and Bonnie Raitt.

Susan Cookson

She returned for one episode at the end of March 2009 on the day that co-stars Janine Mellor and Ivana Bašić left the series.

Thieves in the Night

:"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night." (2 Peter 3:10)

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

He died in Menton, France in 1928, the day before his 61st birthday, in the residence of Fontana Rosa (also named the House of Writers, dedicated to Miguel de Cervantes, Charles Dickens and Honoré de Balzac) that he built.

Warna 94.2FM

On the day of Maulidur Rasul(birth of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad), all regular programmes were subsequently changed to Religious programme.

Warren Kimbro

Sams testified that national Panther leader Bobby Seale, who had been speaking at Yale University the day before the murder, had personally ordered the killing, but there was no corroborating evidence; the jury in Seale's subsequent trial was unable to reach a verdict, and the prosecution chose not to re-try the case.

Wonder Boys

During a party, Leer shoots and kills the chancellor’s dog and steals her husband’s prized Marilyn Monroe collectible: the jacket worn by the actress on the day of her marriage to Joe DiMaggio.