Encyclopedia of Trivia
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Monday, 28 September 2026
Trivia Of The Day September 29
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Despite being of great weight, the Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope had a passion for fox hunting, and two or three times a week he went...
Happy Birthday September 29
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Horatio Nelson was born on September 29, 1758 in a rectory in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England, the sixth of eleven children of the Reveren...
Today Is September 29
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"World Heart Day" was founded by the World Heart Federation in 2000 to inform people around the globe that heart disease and strok...
On This Day September 29
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German engineer and inventor of the diesel engine, Rudolf Diesel , was lost overboard from the steamer Dresden while on his way to London on...
Sunday, 27 September 2026
Trivia of the Day September 28
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Private Henry Tandey, a British soldier serving near the French village of Marcoing, reportedly encountered a wounded German soldier on Sept...
Happy Birthday September 28
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It is generally thought that the Chinese sage Confucius was born on September 28, 551 BC. The son of a once noble family who had recently f...
Today is September 28
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Wenceslaus' feast day is celebrated on September 28. Wenceslaus I (the "Good King Wenceslas" of the Christmas carol) became t...
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