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1979 Sean Fox, actor, 3 Ninjas Kick Back, Calendar Girl
1974 Edna Best, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74 1970 Afro-American Historical Calendar Series Established 1970 Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect 1957 Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian 1941 Archer's "Christian Calendar and Gregorian Reform" published 1940 U.S.S.R. returns to Gregorian calendar 1940 End of U.S.S.R. experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27 1931 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform 1925 Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar 1925 Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar 1923 U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks" 1923 U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar 1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria) 1920 Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar 1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece 1918 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania adopt Gregorian calendar 1918 U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar (originally Feb 1) 1918 Finland and U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar 1918 Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland 1912 China adopts Gregorian calendar 1900 Edna Best, born in Hove, England, actress starred in Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo 1893 Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar 1880 Elisabeth Achelis, creator, World Calendar 1867 Alaska adopts Gregorian calendar, crosses International date line 1867 Last day of Julian calendar in Alaska 1844 Origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1) 1805 End of French Republican calendar; France returns to Gregorianism 1793 Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France 1793 John Clare, Northamptonshire peasant poet, Shepard's Calendar 1790 Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City 1752 This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives 1752 Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies 1701 Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701) 1701 Drenthe Netherlands adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701 1701 Frisia and Groningen begin use of Gregorian calendar 1701 Parts of Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar 1700 Frisia/Groningen adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 1/12/1701 1700 Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/Ijsselstein adopt Gregorian calendar 1700 Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/IJsselstein go on Gregoria calendar 1700 Gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday is June 30, 1700 1700 Gelderland goes on Gregorian calendar (tomorrow is 12/7/1700) 1700 Last day of Julian calendar in Denmark 1700 Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar 1700 Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar 1694 Lord Chesterfield, letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar, 1752 1612 Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) 1584 Parts of Switzerland adopt Gregorian calendar (& parts in 1812) 1584 Bohemia adopts Gregorian calendar 1584 Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia and Holy Roman empire 1583 Groningen Netherlands begins using Gregorian calendar 1583 Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583) 1583 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland and Flanders 1582 Zealand/Brabant adopts Gregorian calendar, yesterday was Dec 14th 1582 Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583 1582 Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar 1582 Zealand/Brabant Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25 1582 France begins use of Gregorian calendar 1582 Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days 1582 Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries 1582 Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar 1502 Gregory XIII, Pope, introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582 1079 Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar 990 Russia adopts Julian calendar 638 Start of Islamic calendar 597 England adopts Julian calendar 552 Origin of Armenian calendar 468 Pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) |
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