Oh, The Possibilities! - Trivia

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 128400

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister"
> <gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
 
bboyminn:

> I've been looking for an opportunity to drop this little fact. On a
> recent Astronomy program it was pointed out that up until approx 1752
> the new year started in March.

Geoff:
I think that was the year, when we switched from the Julian to the 
Gregorian calendar and a number of days (was it 17?) were dropped out 
of the year to catch up and there were riots and demonstrations because 
poorer folk actually believed that they had lost that number of days 
from their lives.