Re: Religion and Holidays, were Socialism (WAS: Re: Why Can't We Just Not Talk Politics?
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 2, 2004, 19:49 |
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On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 02:22:25PM -0500, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> In other words: as had been the custom for a long time, March 24, 1751, was
> followed by March 25, 1752.
Whups, my mistake. The move to January was made a year earlier than the
11-day drop. March 24, 1750 was followed by March 25, 1751, but
December 31, 1751, was followed by January 1, 1752. So I retract the
"[sic]" from my OCY quotation. :)
-Mark