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2012 Event - A missing piece of the Mayan calendar is discovered, proving the Maya didn't believe 2012 would be the end of the world

1979 Birthday - Sean Fox, actor, 3 Ninjas Kick Back, Calendar Girl

1974 Death - Edna Best, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74

1970 Event - Afro-American Historical Calendar Series Established

1970 Event - Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect

1957 Event - Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian

1941 Event - Archer's "Christian Calendar and Gregorian Reform" published

1940 Event - U.S.S.R. returns to Gregorian calendar

1940 Event - End of U.S.S.R. experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27

1931 Event - 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform

1925 Event - Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar

1925 Event - Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar

1923 Event - U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks"

1923 Event - U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar

1920 Event - Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria)

1920 Event - Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar

1920 Event - Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece

1918 Event - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania adopt Gregorian calendar

1918 Event - U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar (originally Feb 1)

1918 Event - Finland and U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar

1918 Event - Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland

1912 Event - China adopts Gregorian calendar

1900 Birthday - Edna Best, born in Hove, England, actress starred in Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo

1893 Event - Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar

1880 Birthday - Elisabeth Achelis, creator, World Calendar

1867 Event - Alaska adopts Gregorian calendar, crosses International date line

1867 Event - Last day of Julian calendar in Alaska

1844 Event - Origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1)

1805 Event - End of French Republican calendar; France returns to Gregorianism

1793 Event - Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France

1793 Birthday - John Clare, Northamptonshire peasant poet, Shepard's Calendar

1790 Event - Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City

1752 Event - This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives

1752 Event - Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies

1701 Event - Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)

1701 Event - Drenthe Netherlands adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701

1701 Event - Frisia and Groningen begin use of Gregorian calendar

1701 Event - Parts of Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar

1700 Event - Frisia/Groningen adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 1/12/1701

1700 Event - Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/Ijsselstein adopt Gregorian calendar

1700 Event - Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/IJsselstein go on Gregoria calendar

1700 Event - Gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday is June 30, 1700

1700 Event - Gelderland goes on Gregorian calendar (tomorrow is 12/7/1700)

1700 Event - Last day of Julian calendar in Denmark

1700 Event - Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar

1700 Event - Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar

1694 Birthday - Lord Chesterfield, letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar, 1752

1612 Death - Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)

1584 Event - Parts of Switzerland adopt Gregorian calendar (& parts in 1812)

1584 Event - Bohemia adopts Gregorian calendar

1584 Event - Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia and Holy Roman empire

1583 Event - Groningen Netherlands begins using Gregorian calendar

1583 Event - Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)

1583 Event - 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland and Flanders

1582 Event - Zealand/Brabant adopts Gregorian calendar, yesterday was Dec 14th

1582 Event - Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583

1582 Event - Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar

1582 Event - Zealand/Brabant Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25

1582 Event - France begins use of Gregorian calendar

1582 Event - Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days

1582 Event - Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries

1582 Event - Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar

1502 Birthday - Gregory XIII, Pope, introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582

1079 Event - Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar

990 Event - Russia adopts Julian calendar

638 Event - Start of Islamic calendar

597 Event - England adopts Julian calendar

552 Event - Origin of Armenian calendar

468 Death - Pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)

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