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4 unusual facts about Thursday


Ancient Roman units of measurement

Independent of the nundinae, astrologers kept a seven-day cycle called a hebdomada where each day corresponded to one of the seven classical planets, with the first day of the week being Saturn-day, followed by Sun-day, Moon-day, Mars-day, Mercury-day, Jove-day, and lastly Venus-day.

Laxmi Puran

The Lakshmi Puja (Mana osha) is celebrated weekly on every Thursday of that month, and mostly the females worship Goddess Lakshmi with all rituals.

Sai Baba Temple, Dilsukhnagar

The temple has become popular since the 1990s, especially on Thursdays.

Timbaland Thursday

Every Thursday, beginning on January 13, 2011, Timbaland planned on releasing a new song available for free download on a specially created website managed by Brian Byrd.


1997 Israeli helicopter disaster

Thursday, 6 February, was declared an official day of mourning, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Ezer Weizman attended funerals and visited the grieving families.

1998 Pepsi 400

During the days leading up to the scheduled start of practice at 3pm, Thursday, July 2, 1998, concerns rose on account of the massive wildfire outbreak that was underway in central Florida; thousands of people were forced to evacuate the area, and Interstate 95, the primary north–south thoroughfare through the region, was closed.

2009 Insight Bowl

The game matched the Iowa State Cyclones against the Minnesota Golden Gophers and kicked off at 6:00 PM US EST on Thursday, December 31, 2009.

2009 Northern Pride RLFC season

:* Thursday 12 March 2009, 6.30pm - Centre Stage, Cairns Central

Aberdeen Donside by-election, 2013

The Aberdeen Donside by-election, 2013 is a by-election that was held for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Aberdeen Donside on Thursday 20 June, following the death from cancer of the constituency's MSP, Brian Adam.

Ali Najim

Ali had a test show called Refresh which was from 3:30 to 5:30 PM from Sunday to Thursday and a weekend show was every Friday and Saturday from 3 to 6 PM.

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 20, 1952.

Basslink

Basslink Telecoms was officially launched on Thursday 16 July 2009 by the Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett, Federal Minister for Communications Stephen Conroy and Basslink CEO Malcolm Eccles.

Bob Pratt

The initial attack on the inhabitants of Adowa by Benito Mussolini's invading army upon Emperor Haile Selassie, is no greater shock than that received by SMFC officials when they learned on Thursday afternoon, through the press, that Bob Pratt had been involved in a collision with a motor truck.

Carrie Davis

She left the BBC on Thursday 1 March 2012 after taking redundancy and stated on Twitter that she was unable to commit to the BBC Sport move to Salford, due to family reasons.

Christopher Sanderson

Chris Sanderson's testimonial match at Leeds on the Thursday 12 May 1977, was a match between Leeds and Great Britain, it was attended by 11,000 people and raised £7,000 for his family (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £56,900 in 2010).

Clarence Center, New York

On Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 10:20 PM, a Continental Connection flight operated by Colgan Air went down in Clarence Center killing all 44 passengers and 5 crew members, along with 1 resident on the ground whose house the plane impacted.

Dean Spratt

He then took up his hobby of amateur radio, propelled by the internet, and joined the W0KIE Satellite Radio Network where he hosted a weekly music/tech/comedy show, Thursday Night Potpourri.

Élégie

Its première took place on Friday, July 15, 1966, in Philharmonic Hall, New York; the violist was Jesse Levine; the first City Ballet performance was Thursday, July 28 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, again with Jesse Levine.

German wine auctions

:* Thursday: Bernkasteler Ring in Mosel holds an auction, usually at Kloster Machern in Bernkastel-Wehlen.

Great Lakes Storm of 1913

The weather forecast in The Detroit News called for "moderate to brisk" winds for the Great Lakes, with occasional rains Thursday night or Friday for the upper lakes (except on southern Lake Huron), and fair to unsettled conditions for the lower lakes.

Habis Abdulla al Saoub

On Thursday, October 3, 2002, a federal grand jury in United States District Court for the District of Oregon, at Portland, Oregon, indicted Battle, Ford, the two Bilals, al Saoub and Lewis.

International Association of Sports Law

The Congress took place in the main auditorium of Torre del Caballito, at Mexico City which is the place that members of the Senate of the Mexican Republic work in these offices, from Wednesday 14 November to Thursday 15 November 2007.

Joseph Carl Breil

An article in The New York Times, dated 12 June 1914, noted that he "...will conduct the orchestra at the Illinois Theatre, Chicago, during the engagement of the second presentation of Gabriele D'Annunzio's Cabiria, which opens on Thursday night."

Juan-Carlos Cruz

On Thursday, May 13, 2010, he was arrested at Cheviot Hills Park in Los Angeles, for having allegedly solicited three homeless persons at the Third Street Promenade to murder his wife, Jennifer Campbell.

Kasia Madera

She fronts the overnight bulletins on the BBC News and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand Thursday through Sunday from London with Rico Hizon or Sharanjit Leyl in Singapore.

Left Right Left

Left Right Left is an Indian television series that aired on SAB TV at 9:30pm IST, from Monday to Thursday, it was directed and produced by Tony Singh and Deeya Singh.

Manuel Maria Carrilho

He has also been a regular columnist at French daily Le Monde and in the Portuguese newspapers Expresso, Público, Jornal de Letras, Artes e Ideias and Diário de Notícias, having recently started publishing in the last one a new Thursday column, untitled «A Boa Distância» (which can both mean «The Good Distance» and «From a Good Distance»).

Michael Shure

Shure often also guest hosts on The Young Turks and was the host of that network's online 2012 election show, twenTYTwelve. Shure was formerly the host of Current TV's The War Room with Michael Shure, a progressive political commentary program that aired live Monday through Thursday.

Mickie Finn's

Mickie Finn's was a summer replacement series for the failed NBC sitcom Mona McCluskey, which had starred Juliette Prowse and Denny Miller on Thursday nights.

Mike Loynd

After his next three starts resulted in no decisions, Loynd was back in the win column again on Thursday, August 14, 1986 after defeating Teddy Higuera and the Milwaukee Brewers 8 to 2.

National Dodgeball League

As of 2013, the first three days (Thursday - Saturday) are dedicated to the amateur teams and consist of round-robin play, a seeded single-elimination tournament for each division, and the Last Dodgeballer Standing competition.

New York Communist

: "A Moderate Socialist Office-Holder" (Thomas Leaderless); "Soviet Russia's Red Army: An Interview with Sklandsky, Assistant Commissar of War" (Michael Puntervold); "Why Political Democracy Must Go (part 2)" (John Reed); "Left Wing Notes" (unsigned); "The Pink Terror: IV. Bloody Thursday in the 8th A.D." (unsigned).

Nilachala Saraswata Sangha

On 20 March 1930 (Thursday) he met Swami Nigamananda for the first time at Nilachala Kutir.

Nine News Now

Nine News Now is an Australian afternoon news television series airs on Nine Network on 7 January 2013 at 3pm Weekdays, It is presented from the network's Sydney studios by Wendy Kingston (Monday - Thursday) and Amber Sherlock (Friday).

No Census, No Feeling

This is a reference to an event in 1939 when Franklin Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving to an earlier Thursday in November to lengthen the Christmas shopping season.

Oscar Fraley

Oscar Fraley died on Thursday, January 6, 1994 in Fort Lauderdale’s in Broward General Hospital.

Paul von Lilienfeld

The next day, Thursday, July 22, a paper by Lester F. Ward (not able to attend the conference) on "Pain and Pleasure Economy" was read in the morning, along with another paper by Italian sociologist Achille Loria.

Preston City Council election, 2014

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 22 May 2014 were entitled to vote in the local elections.

Qazi Hameeduddin

After suffering from fever for 2 and half months, he died at the age of 51 on 21 Rabi' al-thani at Thursday 1274 AH / 1857 AD near Roadi, District Dera Ismail Khan.

RMS Quetta

As a memorial to the lives lost on the Quetta, the Quetta Memorial Precinct was established on Thursday Island, comprising a church (later a cathedral), a rectory and a church hall.

Sainagar Shirdi railway station

# 17205 Sainagar Shirdi - Vishakapatnam Junction Express (Sunday, Thursday and Saturday)Via Kazipet

Sal Villanueva

Following the success of Thursday's Full Collapse, Victory Records approached Villanueva to work with and develop Long Island emo band, Taking Back Sunday.

Sandrone

Every year, the Thursday before Lent, Sandrone and his family arrive at the train station from the imaginary village of Bosco di Sotto ("Lower Wood").

Satna

There are temples of Saibaba, located at Dhawari and Sindhi colony where hundreds of people gather every Thursday for worship.

Six Hours Past Thursday

Two-thirds of the Six Hours Past Thursday story unfolds on the streets and in the office buildings, restaurants, and bars of Chicago's Loop, along with the suburban reaches on into the city by way of commuter train.

South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1876

As the results were coming in on Wednesday morning, it appeared that Chamberlain would win, but Hampton had taken the lead by Thursday.

Straight Skirt

Radio Events of the Day - Dallas Morning News, March 27, 1958 - Section: Part 2, Page: 7
"Pierce Allman, host of his own recorded show will feature Gene Summers and His Rebels ("Straight Skirts") on the Thursday broadcast beginning at 9:05 PM on WFAA-570." -Source: Dallas Public Library

Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The women's 200m Freestyle event at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games occurred on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at the S.U. Pedro de Heredia Aquatic Complex in Cartagena, Colombia.

Tsiknopempti

Tsiknopempti happens on the Thursday of the week of Κρεατινή, during which large amounts of meat are traditionally consumed prior to the arrival of Lent, the fasting season leading up to Easter.

UK Wrestling Mayhem

UK Wrestling Mayhem is a weekly tape delay television program, on My Channel (Sky 219) Thursday nights at 8pm, Saturday nights at 9.45pm and Sunday nights at 7.50pm.

Valerie Brisco-Hooks

Brisco races Cliff (Bill Cosby) at the Penn Relays in The Cosby Show episode Off to the Races, first aired Thursday May 8, 1986 on NBC.

W.B. Mason Stadium

On Thursday, October 18, 2012, Stonehill hosted the University of New Haven Chargers in Stonehill's first ever nationally televised football game, broadcast as part of CBS Sports Network's Thursday night Division II game of the week.


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