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To: CharlesMartelsGhost

Since the Julian calendar was in use at the time, the anniversary is actually November 1.


7 posted on 10/25/2012 12:55:44 PM PDT by Fiji Hill (Deo Vindice!)
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To: Fiji Hill
Since the Julian calendar was in use at the time, the anniversary is actually November 1.

I disagree. This is a case where we remember the date, not the translated version of the date. For example, Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, (March 15) which was also the 15th day into the Roman Spring. Julius recalibrated the calendar so that spring occurred on March 1. Due to calendar drift, we see spring now as March 21, but we don't remember the Ides as a date 15 days past March 21, we remember it as March 15.

37 posted on 10/25/2012 7:59:59 PM PDT by MrsEmmaPeel (a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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