The Aryan Calendar

Below is our calendar of holidays, events and remembrances of individuals who were important contributors to the success of our race and the nations they built. We have attempted to incorporate important religious holidays without showing favoritism between the indigenous religions of Europe and Christianity.

While The Crusader attempts to address all the peoples of the Occident, most of our audience resides in America, therefore our calendar also lists all the American civic holidays. This calendar is largely borrowed from the Canadian Patriots Network, and to them we express our appreciation. If the reader notes any errors or inadvertent misspellings on the calendar, please let us know.

January

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1. The Holy Name of Our Lord or New Year's Day (Christian)
2. Dr. Christian Barnard performs the first successful heart transplant in 1968
3. Roman statesman Cicero is born in 106 A.D.
4. Birthday of Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, German children's writer in 1785
5. U.S.S.R. launches Venera 5, the first successful planet landing (Venus) in 1969
6. The Epiphany of Our Lord or Twelfth Night (First day of the season of Epiphany) (Christian)
7. Birthday of Sir Stanford Fleming, inventor of standard time
8. The birthday of Alfred Russel Wallace, co-author of evolution theory, 1823. Also birthday of Elvis Presley in 1935
9. Jean Pierre Blanhard flies the first balloon in North America, in 1783
10. Death of Buffalo Bill Cody, American folk hero, 1917
11. Birth of Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald, 1815
12. Birthday of Edmund Burke in 1729, philosopher
13. Galileo Galili discovers the 4th satellite of Jupiter in 1610
14. Death of Edmund Halley in 1742, astronomers
15. Henry VIII declares himself the Head of English Church, 1535
16. First transfer of a crew in space, between Soviet Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5, 1969
17. Birthday of Benjamin Franklin, 1709
18. The Confession of St. Peter the Apostle (Christian)
19. Birthday of Paul Cezanne, artist, 1839
20. Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson Day (U.S.A.)
21. Death of George Orwell, writer, 1950
22. Birthday of Ivan the Great, Moscow Grand Duke, 1440
23. Birthday of Edouard Manet, French painter, 1832
24. The birth of Hadrian, Roman Emperor, 76 A.D.
25. The Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle (Christian), the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's most famous poet, 1759
26. Australia Day
27. The birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer, 1756
28. The birth of Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, 1903, first scientist to use x-rays to study crystal structures
29. The birth of Thomas Paine, 1737, political essayist
30. Broadcast of War of the Worlds by Orson Wells, 1938
31. Birth of French journalist Victor-Henri Rochefort, 1830

February

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1. Death of Rene Descartes, 1650, philosopher
2. The Presentation of Our Lord or Candlemas (Cross Quarter Day) (Christian), Charming of the Plow (Asatru), Groundhog Day
3. The death of Johannes Gutenberg, 1468, inventor of printing press
4. The birth of Charles A. Lindburgh, 1902
5. Landing of Apollo 14, 3rd manned landing on the moon, 1971
6. New Zealand Day
7. The birth of Sir Thomas More, English writer, 1478
8. The birth of Jules Verne, writer, 1828
9. Birthday of Brendan Behan, Irish writer, 1923
10. Death of Montesquieu, French philosopher, 1755
11. Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras (Christian)
12. Ash Wednesday (First day of the season of Lent) (Christian)
13. The death of Richard Wagner, 1883, composer
14. Saint Valentine's Day (Christian), the Feast of Vali (Asatru), the birth of Thomas Malthus, 1766, economist. Also the death of Captain Cook, 1779 and the death of Richard II, 1400
15. Birth of Galileo Galilei, astronomer, 1564. Also the birthday of Jeremy Bentham, utilitarian philosopher, 1748
16. The birthday of Selim Palmgren, Finnish composer, 1878
17. Washington's Birthday (U.S.A.)
18. The birthday of Ernest Mach, 1838
19. The birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer, 1473
20. Karoline Mikkelson first woman to step on Antarctica, 1935
21. Death of Sir Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin, 1941
22. Birthday of George Washington, first American President, 1732
23. Alamo besieged by Mexicans, 1836
24. St. Matthias the Apostle (Christian)
25. The birthday of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter, 1841
26. The birthday of Buffalo Bill Cody, American folk hero, 1846
27. Birth of Charles Herbert Best, co-discoverer of insulin, 1899
28. Henry James, 1916, English novelist

March

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1. St. David's Day (Christian)
2. Death of Lothair, King of the West Franks, 986 A.D.
3. The birthday of Alexander Graham Bell, 1847, inventor of telephone
4. The birthday of Antonio Vivaldi, composer, 1678
5. Death of Franz Mesmer, physician, 1815
6. The birthday of Michlangelo, 1475, artist
7. Death of Aristotle, 322 B.C.
8. Woman's Day, Death of Count Ferdinard von Zeppelin, 1917
9. Birthday of Yuri Gagarin, 1934, 1st man in space
10. Death of Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian patriot, 1872
11. Death of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, North West Territories explorer, 1820
12. Birth of Charles Boycott, Irish estate manager, 1832
13. Death of Czar Alexander II, 1881, victim of assassination
14. Death of Frederick Jackson Turner, frontier historian, 1932
15. Death of Julius Caesar, Emperor of Rome, 44 B.C.
16. Death of Tiberius, Roman Emperor, 37 A.D.
17. St. Patrick's Day (Christian)
18. The birthday of Rudolf Diesel, 1858, German who invented the Diesel engine
19. St. Joseph (Christian)
20. Spring Equinox, Summer Finding or Ostara (Asatru), the birthday of Ovid, Roman poet, 43 B.C.. Also the birthday of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer, 1828
21. Birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach, composer, 1685
22. The death of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1832 and the invention of carbonated water in 1733 by Joseph Priestly
23. Palm Sunday or The Sunday of the Passion (Christian)
25. The Annunciation of Our Lord (Quarter Day) (Christian)
26. Birth of Robert Frost, poet, 1874 and the death of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1827
27. Maundy Thursday (Christian)
28. Good Friday (Christian)
29. Holy Saturday (Christian)
30. Easter or The Sunday of the Resurrection (First day of the season of Easter) (Christian)
31. The birthday of Rene Descartes, French philosopher, 1596

April

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1. The birth of Otto von Bismarck, German Chancellor, 1815
2. The birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, writer, 1805
3. Death of Johann Brahms, composer, 1897
4. Martin Luther ordained a priest, 1507 and NATO established in 1949
5. The birthday of Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher, 1588
6. The birthday of Donald Douglas, aircraft designer, 1892
7. The Annunciation (Christian)
8. The death of Lord Selkirk, 1820
9. Death of Zeno, East Roman Emperor, 491 A.D.
10. The birthday of Joseph Pulitzer, 1847 and the Death of Dante Rossetti, poet/painter, 1882
11. Frank Piasecki flies first single-rotor helicopter, 1943
12. 4th Crusade takes Constantinople, 1204
13. The birth of Gary Kasparov, 1963, chess champion
14. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, American President, 1865
15. Birth of Leonardo da Vinci, 1452, visionary
16. Isaac Newton knighted by Queen Anne of England, 1705
17. Birth of J.P. Morgan, financier, 1837
18. The ride of Paul Revere, warning Americans about British invasion, 1775
19. The "shot heard round the world" fired in 1775, at Lexington Common
20. Birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor in 121 A.D., birth of Louis-Napolean, 1808 and Adolf Hitler, 1889
21. Sam Houston defeats Mexicans, 1836 and the legendary founding of Rome in 753 B.C.
22. Birthday of Immanuel Kant, German philosopher, 1724
23. Secretaries Day (U.S.A.)
24. North West Company formed in 1779
25. St. Mark the Evangelist (Christian), Arbor Day (U.S.A.), Portugal's Day
26. Birthday of Thomas Reid, 1710, Scottish philosopher
27. Ulysses Grant, birthday, 1822 and the death of Magellan in 1521
28. The death of Italian statesman Benito Mussolini in 1945
29. Birthday of William Randolph Hearst, newspaper tycoon, 1863
30. May Eve or Walburg (Asatru)

May

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1. Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles, Day or May Day (Cross Quarter Day) (Christian), Labor Day in France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain
2. Death of Leonardo Da Vinci, 1519 and the birthdays of Catherine the Great in 1792 and Manfred von Richthofen, WWI ace, 1892
3. Constitution Day in Poland and the birthday of Niccolo Machiavelli, 1469
4. Edward, Prince of Wales, murdered at Tewkesbury in 1471
5. Birthday of Soren Kierkegaard, 1813, Danish philosopher
6. Peter Minuit bought Manhattan from the Man-a-hat-an Indians in 1626 for trinkets valued at $24.
7. Birthday of Johannes Brahms, composer, 1833
8. Ascension Day (Christian)
9. The birthday of Howard Carter, discoverer of King Tut's tomb
10. The death of Paul Revere, 1857
11. Mother's Day (U.S.A.)
12. The birthday of Florence Nightengale, 1820
13. English land at Jamestown, first New World settlement, 1607
14. The birthday of Gabriel Fahrenheit, 1686
15. Ferdinand takes back Spain from the Moors, 1485
16. William H. Seward buys Alaska for about $0.02 per acre, 1801
17. Armed Forces Day (U.S.A.), Norwegian Independence Day
18. Whitsunday or The Day of Pentecost (First day of the season of Pentecost) (Christian)
19. Victoria Day in Canada
20. The birthday of John Stewart Mill, philosopher, 1806
21. Charles A. Lindbergh arrives in Paris, 1927
22. The birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author, 1859 and the birth of Richard Wagner, 1813
23. Birthday of Franz Anton Mesmer, 1727
24. The death of Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, 1543
25. Trinity Sunday (Christian)
26. Memorial Day (U.S.A.)
27. The birth of William Webster Hansen, founder of microwave technology, 1909
28. The birthday of Irish poet Thomas Moore, 1779
29. Corpus Christi Day in Spain
30. Birthday of Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher, 1875 and Joan of Arc burned at the stake, 1431
31. The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)

June

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1. The birthday of American actress Marilyn Monroe, 1926
2. Death of Italian Patriot Guiseppi Garibaldi, 1882
3. The birthday of Polish poet Antoni Malczewski, 1793 and the birthday of Cicero, Roman orator, 106 A.D.
4. The birth of Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Finnish hero, 1867
5. The birthday of Adam Smith, economist, 1723 and also Constitution Day in Denmark
6. The birth of Bjorn Borg, tennis great, 1956
7. Daniel Boone, American folk hero begins exploring Kentucky in 1769
8. Richard the Lion-Hearted arrives in Port of Acre, for the 3rd Crusade in 1191
9. The birthday of Peter the Great, 1st Russian Emperor, 1672
10. Day of Portugal
11. St. Barnabas the Apostle (Christian)
12. The birthday of Johanna Spyri, Swiss writer, 1829
13. The birth of Irish poet William Butler Yeats, 1865
14. Flag Day (U.S.A.)
15. Father's Day (U.S.A.)
16. The birthday of Barbara McClintock, geneticist, 1902
17. Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly the Atlantic in 1928
18. The birthday of George Mallory, English mountain climber, 1886
19. The birthday of mathematician Blaise Pascal, 1623
20. The death of William IV of England, 1837
21. Summer Solstice, Midsumarsblot (Asatru), the death of Italian writer Niccolo Machiavelli, 1527
22. The death of English explorer Henry Hudson in 1611
23. The death of James Mill, utilitarian philosopher, 1836
24. The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist or Midsummer Day (Quarter Day) (Christian)
25. The birth of German physicist J.H.D. Jensen, 1907
26. Roman Emperor Julien dies fighting in Mesopotamia in 363 A.D.
27. Queen Victoria crowned in 1838
28. The birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1712
29. The death of Thomas Huxley, biologist, 1895
30. St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles, Day (Christian)

July

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1. Canada Day
2. The birth of Roman Emperor Valentinian (ruled 425-55)
3. The birthday of explorer Samuel de Champlain, 1567
4. Independence Day (U.S.A.)
5. Birthday of Thomas Pitt, merchant, 1653
6. Richard III, England, crowned in 1483
7. First solar-powered aircraft crosses the English Channel, 1980
8. City of Paris founded by Parisii, a Celtic fishertribe in 49 B.C.
9. Voyager II passes Jupiter, 1979
10. The birth in 1509 of theologian John Calvin
11. The end of massacre of Christians at Damascus, 1860
12. Orangemen's Day in Northern Ireland
13. Day of the 1st Olympic Games, 776 B.C.
14. National Day in France
15. First Crusaders breech walls of Jerusalem, 1099
16. Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, ends Moslem power in Spain, 1212
17. First US/USSR linkup in space, 1969, Apollo/Soyuz
18. Spanish National Day
19. The birthday of Samuel Colt, inventor of Colt revolver, 1814
20. Neil Armstrong the first man to step on the moon, 1969
21. The birthday of Ernest Hemingway, writer, 1899
22. St. Mary Magdalene (Christian)
23. Napolean captures Alexandria, Egypt, 1798
24. Birthday of Amelia Earhart, first woman to fly Atlantic, 1898
25. St. James the Apostle (Christian)
26. Birthday of Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, 1875
27. Pioneer 10 launched, 1969
28. The birthday of English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1844
29. The death of artist Vincent Van Gogh, 1890
30. The birth of Henry Ford, 1863 and the death of Otto von Bismarck in 1898
31. The birth of American poet Herman Melville, 1841

August

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1. Freyfaxi or Freysblot (Asatru), the birth of Claudius, Emperor of Rome, 10 B.C.
2. Death of inventor Alexander Graham Bell, 1922
3. Explorer Henry Hudson enters Hudson's Bay, 1610
4. Birthday of German stratigrapher Johann Gottlieb Lehmann, 1719
5. Birthday of Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, 1930
6. The Transfiguration of Our Lord or Lammas (Cross Quarter Day)
7. Explorer 6 takes first photo of Earth from space, 1959
8. Florence Chadwick 1st woman to swim English Channel both ways, 1950
9. Birthday of Betty Boop, 1930
10. First balloon flight at St. John, New Brunswick, 1840
11. Birthday of Steve Wozniak, 1950, co-founder of Apple Computer
12. Birthday of Mary Roberts Rinehart, American mystery writer, 1876
13. Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap, 1642
14. The murder of Duncan I of Scotland, 1040
15. St. Mary the Virgin (Christian)
16. Death of American singer Elvis Presley, 1977
17. Birth of Davy Crockett, American folk legend, 1786 and the death of Frederick the Great, 1786
18. Death of B.F. Skinner, American behavioralist, 1990
19. Death of Emperor Augustus, 14 A.D.
20. The birthday of H.P. Lovecraft, horror writer, 1890
21. The birthday of Hubert Gautier, wrote the book on bridge building, 1660
22. Birthday of Denis Papin, 1647, invented pressure cooker
23. William Wallace Commemoration Day in the U.K.
24. The death of Pliny, Roman administrator, 79 A.D.
25. St. Bartholomew the Apostle (Christian)
26. Julius Caesar invades Britain, 55 B.C.
27. The birthday of Georg Wilhelm Hegel, philosopher, 1770
28. Birthday of German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749
29. The birthday of John Locke, philosopher, 1632
30. The birthday of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, 1797
31. Death of Rocky Marciano, heavyweight boxing champion, 1969

September

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1. Labor Day in the U.S.A. and Canada
2. Birth of tennis star Jimmy Connors, 1952
3. Richard the Lion-Hearted crowned King of England, 1189
4. Mark Spitz first athlete to win 7 gold medals, 1972
5. The death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1791
6. Drake sails through the straits of Magellan, 1578
7. Grandparent's Day (U.S.A.)
8. The birthday of folkish composer Antonin Dvorak, 1841
9. Birthday of Houston Stewart Chamberlain, 1855
10. Birthday of pro-golfer Arnold Palmer, 1929
11. The death of WWII ace Billy Bishop, 1956
12. The birthday of Polish s-f writer Stanislaw Lem, 1936
13. Birthday of Milton Hershey, 1857
14. The birthday of Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist, 1849
15. Holy Cross Day (Christian)
16. Alexander the Great destroys Thebes, 335 B.C.
17. The birth of Wenceslas II, King of Bohemia and Poland
18. Gemini X launched, 1966
19. The birth of Dutch scholar Jan Luyts, 1655
20. The birth of Alexander the Great, 356 B.C.
21. The death of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, 1860
22. Autumn Equinox, St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist (Quarter Day) (Christian), Winter Finding or Haustblot (Asatru), Michael Faraday discovers principle of electric motor, 1791
23. The birth of 1st Roman Emperor, Octavian, 63 B.C.
24. Cornielius Vanderbilt makes 1st round-the-world trip in a yacht, 1853
25. Columbus sails on second voyage to the new world, 1493
26. The birthday of Martin Heidegger, German existentialist, 1889
27. Railroad era begins with 1st track in England, 1825
28. Greeks defeat Persians at Marathon, 490 B.C.
29. Saint Michael and All Angels or Michaelmas (Christian)
30. Birthday of Hans Geiger, invented Geiger counter, 1882

October

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1. Henry Ford introduces Model T car in 1908
2. Darwin returns to England, 1836
3. Reunification Day in Germany
4. Soviet Union launches Sputnik, 1957
5. Republic Day in Portugal
6. Thomas Edison shows first motion picture, 1889
7. Death of Edgar Allan Poe, writer, 1849
8. The birthday of Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astronomer, 1873
9. Leif Eriksson Day
10. Birth of Henry Cavendish, English chemist, 1731
11. Charles Martel defeats Moors at Tours, 732
12. National Day in Spain
13. Columbus Day (U.S.A.), Canadian Thanksgiving
14. Birthday of Katherine Mansfield, 1888
15. The birthday of Fredrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, 1844
16. The birthday of Albrecht von Haller, physiologist, 1708
17. The birth of Robert "Evel" Knievel, daredevil, 1938
18. St. Luke the Evangelist (Christian)
19. First performance of Richard Wagner's Tannhauser, 1845
20. The death of explorer Sir Richard Burton, 1890
21. The birth of poet Samuel Coleridge, 1772
22. The birthday of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, 1811
23. St. James of Jerusalem (Christian)
24. The birthday of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, microscopist, 1632
25. The birth of Geoffrey Chaucer, poet, 1400
26. National Day in Austria
27. The birth of explorer Captain James Cook, 1728
28. St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles (Christian)
29. The premier of Mozart's Don Giovanni, 1789
30. Launch of the 8th Crusade, 1270
31. All Hallow's Eve or Halloween (Christian), Winter Nights or Vetrarblot (Asatru)

November

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1. All Saints Day (Cross Quarter Day) (Christian)
2. All Faithful Departed or All Souls Day (Christian)
3. The birth of Italian opera composer Vincenzo Bellini, 1801
4. Election Day (U.S.A.)
5. Celebration of Guy Fawkes Day, 1605
6. Birthday of Antoine-Joseph Sax, invented saxophone, 1814
7. Birthday of Marie Curie (Sklodowska), 1867
8. The birthday of Edmund Halley, 1656, first to calculate comet's orbit
9. Berlin wall falls, 1989
10. The birth of religious reformer Martin Luther
11. Veterans Day (U.S.A.), Rememberance Day in Canada
12. First use of chloroform as an anesthetic, 1847
13. Mariner 9 first ship to orbit another planet (Mars), 1971
14. The birthday of anti-communist Joseph R. McCarthy, 1908
15. The birth of William Herschel, 1738, discoverer of Uranus
16. Pizarro seizes Incaan emperor Atahualpa, 1532
17. The birthday of Pierre La Verendrye, explorer, 1685
18. The birthday of Jan Paderewski, Polish composer, 1860
19. The death of Austrian composer Franz Schubert, 1828
20. The birth of Otto von Guericke, invented the air pump
21. The birth of Voltaire, 1694
22. The death of explorer Sir Martin Frobisher, 1594
23. The birth of Otto the Great, Holy Roman Emperor, 912
24. The birth of William F. Buckley, writer, 1925
25. The birthday of Karl Benz, 1844, creator of the first internal combustion engine
26. France launches first satellite, 1965
27. Thanksgiving Day, the Feast of Ullr (Asatru), the birthday of Anders Celcius, 1701
28. Magellan begins to cross Pacific Ocean
29. Birthday of Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist, 1803
30. The First Sunday of Advent or the Christian New Year (First day of the season of Advent) (Christian)

December

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1. St. Andrew the Apostle (Christian), Independence Day in Portugal
2. Napolean crowns himself 1st Emperor of France, 1804
3. The birthday of Polish writer Joseph Conrad, 1857
4. Roald Amundsen reaches south pole, 1912
5. The birthday of Walt Disney, 1901
6. Columbus discovers Haiti, 1492
7. Assassination of Cicero, 43 B.C.
8. Immaculate Conception Day in Italy, Portugal and Spain, Martyr's Day
9. The birth of Swedish King Gustavus II Adolphus, 1594
10. The birth of Emily Dickinson, 1830
11. The death of Swedish King Charles XII, 1718
12. Marconi receives 1st trans-atlantic radio signal, 1901
13. Wright Brothers 1st airplane flight at Kittyhawk, 1903
14. Premier of Mozart's Requiem, 1793
15. The birth of Roman Emperor Nero, 37 A.D.
16. The birth of Ludwig von Beethoven, 1770
17. The death of Pierre Renoir, painter, 1919
18. The death of Antonio Strativari, violin maker, 1737
19. The birth of Sir William Parry, explorer, 1790
20. The death of Ambroise Pare, father of modern surgery, 1590
21. Winter Solstice, Yule (Twelve day festival of the new year.) (Asatru)
22. Saint Thomas the Apostle (Quarter Day) (Christian)
23. The death of Thomas Malthus, economist, 1834
24. The birthday of Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz, 1798
25. The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ or Christmas Day (First day of the twelve day season of Christmas) (Christian)
26. St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr (Christian), Boxing Day in the U.K., Canada and Australia
27. St. John, Apostle and Evangelist (Christian)
28. The battle of Wounded Knee, 1890
29. The Holy Innocents (Christian)
30. Edwin Hubble announces existence of other Milky Way system, 1924
31. Eve of the Holy Name or New Year's Eve (Christian)

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