On 13 Apr 2009 06:41:10 -0700, john_w_gilm...@msn.com (john gilmore) wrote:
>. . . The Gregorian Calendar did not start sometime from 1582 (for the Roman >Church) to 1752 (the UK and the US [American Colonies at that point]) through >1926 (Turkey) so you have to state what country you are talking about. The >skipping of anywhere from 10 to 13 days in the switch from the Julian Calendar >also screws up dates (for example Washington's Birthday is NOT celebrated on >his actual birthday since he was born on a Julian (OS/Old Style) date/year. Don Miguel de Cervantes died - on April 23, 1616. William Shakespeare died 10 days later - on April 23, 1616. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
