People who were living in Britain or any other English colonies went to bed on 2 September 1752 and woke up on 14 September 1752. The reason? The Calendar (New Style) Act, 1750. People at that time ...

Have you ever wondered why most months have 30 and 31 days, except for February which has 28 days and 29 in the case of a leap year? Although before Pope Gregory XIII developed the Gregorian calendar ...

If, in 1752, you'd arranged to do anything on any day between 2 September and today, you'd have had a hard time getting it done. And if it was your birthday on any of those days, you'd have a right to ...

(WHTM) — In 45 B.C.E. Rome adopted a new calendar proposed by Julius Caesar which, not surprisingly, became known as the Julian Calendar. (Credit where credit is due: a Greek astronomer and ...

For one year, more than two centuries ago, September 3-13 didn't exist in the British Empire. Overnight, citizens were transported from Wednesday, September 2, 1752 to Thursday, September 14. The loss ...

Here's the thing about September 10, 1752. It didn't exist. In fact, as far as the UK and its colonies were concerned (this included what later became the US), there was no September 3 through 13 at ...

George Washington and other British colonists went to sleep on Sept. 2, 1752; when they awoke the next morning, it was Sept. 14, 1752. Ben Franklin marveled at how pleasant it was for an old man to go ...

If today is your birthday, consider yourself lucky. Had you been alive in 1752, there would have been no party for you. That was the year the British Empire dropped the Julian calendar. To get current ...