19441944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade. This is the last year that the ecclesiastical full moon to be on Saturday 8 April until the year 3679.
19761976JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberFrom top to bottom, left to right: Mao Zedongdies, ending a political era in China; the 1976 Tangshan earthquake kills over 240,000 people; the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal face boycotts and controversy; the 1976 Argentine coup d'état topples Isabel Perón; the MV George Prince ferry disaster kills 78 people in Louisiana; the Soweto uprising erupts against apartheid in South Africa; the 1976 Cavalese cable car crash in Italy kills 43; the debut of VHS transforms home video; and the U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial.Calendar yearWikimedia Commons has media related to 1976.1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1976th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 976th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1970s decade.
841Year 841 (DCCCXLI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. EventsBy placeEuropeJune 25 – Battle of Fontenay: Frankish forces of Emperor Lothair I, and his nephew Pepin II of Aquitaine, are defeated by allied forces of King Louis the German, and his half-brother Charles the Bald, at Fontenoy (Eastern France), in a civil war among the three surviving sons of the former emperor Louis the Pious.
19601960JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberFrom top to bottom, left to right: the 1960 U-2 incident escalates Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union; the Sharpeville massacre shocks South Africa and draws global condemnation of apartheid; the Congo Crisis follows the independence of the Republic of the Congo from Belgium; the 1960 Summer Olympics are held in Rome; the Year of Africa sees 17 nations gain independence; the April Revolution in South Korea forces Syngman Rhee to resign; the 1960 United States presidential election results in the victory of John F. Kennedy over Richard Nixon; the Greensboro sit-ins begin in Greensboro, North Carolina; and the 1960 Valdivia earthquake devastates southern Chile with a 9.4-9.6 magnitude, becoming the strongest earthquake in history.Calendar yearWikimedia Commons has media related to 1960.1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1960s decade.19471943
Republic of VeniceMaritime republic in Italy (697–1797)a. ^Paolo Lucio Anafesto is traditionally the first Doge of Venice, but John Julius Norwich suggests that this may be a mistake for Paul, Exarch of Ravenna, and that the traditional second doge Marcello Tegalliano may have been the similarly named magister militum to Paul. Their existence as doges is uncorroborated by any source before the 11th century, but as Norwich suggests, is probably not entirely legendary.
19501950JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberFrom top to bottom, left to right:The Korean War begins as North Korea invades the South in the Battle of Inchon;The Annexation of Tibet by China brings Tibet under Chinese control;The 1950 FIFA World Cup ends with Uruguay’s Maracanazo upset over Brazil;McCarthyism drives anti-communist hysteria in the U.S.;The 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake causes massive destruction;The Treaty of Zgorzelec confirms the Oder–Neisse border;The Jayuya Uprising challenges U.S. rule in Puerto Rico;Typhoon Jane devastates Japan;King Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned.Calendar yearWikimedia Commons has media related to 1950.1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1950th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 950th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1950s decade.19961996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1996th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 996th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1990s decade.
Augsburg Confession1530 primary confession of faith of the Lutheran tradition The Augsburg Confession (German: Augsburger Bekenntnis), also known as the Augustan Confession or the Augustana from its Latin title, Confessio Augustana, is the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church and one of the most important documents of the Protestant Reformation.1981
Leap yearA leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year) is a calendar year that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar, a month) compared to a common year. The 366th day (or 13th month) is added to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical year or seasonal year.
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