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HISTORY OF 2010: A NEW DECADE?
As the chronometer clicks over from 2009 to 2010, many are heralding the end of one decade and the beginning of another, regaling the best and worst at the end of the first decade of the 21st century.
Except that it isn’t.
Clicking over to 2010 does mark the end of a [...]
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HISTORY OF AUGUST
What’s in a name? The name of this month wasn’t always August, previously it was called Sextilis by the Romans. The Roman Senate, in 8 B.C. decided to honor their first Emperor, Augustus Caesar, by changing the name of the month to Augustus. Now Augustus wasn’t his name, it was more of a [...]
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HISTORY OF JULY
The month of July was renamed for Julius Caesar, who was born in that month. Prior to that, it was called Quintilis in Latin meaning the fifth month in the ancient Roman calendar. This was before January became the first month of the calendar year about the year 450 BC. We currently use [...]
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HISTORY OF THE IDES OF MARCH
According to the ancient Roman calendar, the ides fell on the 13th of the month with the exception of the months March, May, July, and October, when it fell on the 15th.
It was on March 15, 44 B.C. that the Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated. Contrary to popular belief, [...]
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HISTORY OF LEAP YEAR
The Leap Day, February 29, depicts a day that occurs only once every four years, every Leap Year or intercalary year when an extra day is inserted. But not every forth year, if that year ends in “00″ like 1900, then it is not a Leap Year. Except if that year ending [...]
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