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See: set down CALENDER. An almanac. Julius Caesar ordained that the Roman year should consist of 365 days, except every fourth year, which should contain 366, the additional day to be reckoned by counting the twenty-fourth day of February (which was the 6th of the calends of March) twice. See Bissextile is period of time exceeds the solar year by eleven minutes or thereabouts, which amounts to the error of a day in about 131 years. In 1582, the error amounted to eleven days or more, which was corrected by Pope Gregory. Out of this correction grew the distinction between Old and New Style. The Gregorian or New Style was introduced into England in 1752, the 2d day of September (0. S.) of that year being reckoned as the 14th day of September, (N. S.) glee Almanac. CALENDER, crim. law. A list of prisoners, containing their names, the time when they were committed, and by whom, and the cause of their commitments. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Please check the rest of the calander for all the series). That's what I named my project to delete two digits from the calander which I thought up all by myself without the help of anybody else. Leaders of sport organizations can manage their athletes from the site with functions such as team calanders, team communications, team email notifications, and field directions will be at the click of a button; the 20 or 30 phone call chain system is outdated," says Nick Sunderman, SportsGist's EVP; a sport fan. |
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