There's a bizarre reason why 10 days are missing from October 1582
October 1582 isn’t exactly a year which went down in history. It certainly doesn’t have the same familiarity as 1066 (the ...
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Celebrating Russian Orthodox Christmas
Area residents celebrated Russian Orthodox Christmas on Tuesday. A majority of Russian Orthodox churches worldwide use the ...
This holiday season features a rare calendar quirk only seen once since 1959
Hanukkah is always observed on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar. That Hebrew calendar is based ...
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There’s a bizarre reason why 10 days are missing from October 1582
October 1582 isn’t exactly a year which went down ... reformed calendar – known as the Gregorian calendar in his honour. Screengrabs of the missing days in the iPhone calendar have gone ...
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This holiday season features a rare calendar quirk only seen once since 1959
But the Gregorian calendar established by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 defines one year by the time it takes for Earth to travel around the sun. The two systems don't line up, so Hanukkah drifts ...