Greenpeace held a meeting on the polar emergency in New York City, by chance on the same day the record extent minimum was called, and while on the surface it seemed pretty ordinary, it was at heart very odd.
The Sun, by chance, launched its tale on the same day that our current government launched an ominous review of the freedom of information legislation that revealed the letters another Prince of Wales wings around Whitehall, a review advised by political luminaries who've long claimed that such freedoms went too far.
That means that there is more than one per month, on average, and by chance, sometimes two quakes occur on the same day.
So what are the chances of both giving birth on the same day?
All other patients were offered the chance to be discharged home on the same day if they felt well enough.
Serge and Beate met by chance on the Paris Metro on May 11 , 1960— on the same day the Israelis kidnapped Adolf Eichmann outside Buenos Aires.
Chance had brought him to this office on the same day as the two women he used to greet every morning on his way to work.
The chance that their children will be born on the same day - any day, not necessarily 4 April - is higher.
"By chance, they both arranged to have meetings with me on the same day, Chris by Skype from Hong Kong and Ai in person," Wishnow said.
With the two sports playing major events on the same day, it's a rare chance to drop the hostilities and appreciate how intertwined they really are.
"So, we were both born on the same day," he told her. "What if, by chance, we were also to get married on the same day?" They wed two months later.
