Most Boring Day in History

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations. - Charles de Montesquieu

Computer programmer William Tunstall-Pedoe has calculated that April 11, 1954 is the most objectively dull day since 1900. On that day the most significant events were a general election in Belgium, the birth of a Turkish academic and the death of footballer Jack Shufflebotham.

Mr Tunstall-Pedoe's computer program, called True Knowledge, was fed 300 million facts about "people, places, business and events" that made the news and this particular day was outstanding in its obscurity.

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"Nobody significant died that day, no major events apparently occurred and, although a typical day in the 20th century has many notable people being born, for some reason that day had only one who might make that claim - Abdullah Atalar, a Turkish academic.", said Mr Tunstall-Pedoe's .