Newsroom discussions about Leap Day 2024 developed into this calendar commentary. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Gregorian calendar, used across most of the world and right here in the USA, was ...
In 1582, Thursday, October 4 was followed by Friday, October 15. In a way, one can say that there were 10 ‘lost’ days. Why was this so? Who decreed this ‘loss’? On October 5, 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ...
In honor of Leap Day, this read is for the history nerds. Ever wonder how America caught our calendar up with the rest of the world? In September 1752, we skipped 11 days. According to NASA, the Earth ...
It was not a time machine, nor a TARDIS that caused 11 days to go missing from the calendar in 1752. It was a calendar change, a long overdue one in fact. For centuries, much of the world had existed ...
In 1712, Sweden added an extra leap day, Feb. 30, to its calendar, for that year and that year alone. Every fourth year on the Gregorian calendar is a "leap year" — one in which an extra day (called a ...
The tradition of celebrating the New Year on January 1, a date now globally recognized, has a rich and varied history, tracing back to ancient civilizations and evolving through various calendar ...
On the night of January 14, 2026, millions of people in Russia and other post—Soviet countries will celebrate an amazing ...
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