In 1582, ten days really did vanish from the calendar. To fix centuries of drift caused by the Julian calendar, Pope Gregory ...

In honor of Leap Day, this read is for the history nerds. Ever wonder how America caught our calendar up with the rest of the world? In September 1752, we skipped 11 days. According to NASA, the Earth ...

Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, leap years, February 29th... why there is an extra day every four years goes back to the time of Julius Caesar. To correct the mismatch of the Julian calendar, the ...

According to the claim, Russian competitors showed up 13 days late for their events as they still hadn't switched to the ...

The Old New Year remains one of the most unusual holidays in the Russian calendar: it appeared as a result of the country's transition from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar and has been preserved ...

Most ordinary folks are governed by the calendar and time they reckon by their watch. Gregorian or English calendar was born after the Julian calendar of Julius Caesar, based upon Greenwich Mean Time ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Newsroom discussions about Leap Day 2024 developed into this calendar commentary. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Gregorian calendar, used across most of the world and right here in the USA, was ...