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869 – The 8.4–9.0 M w Sanriku earthquake strikes the area around Sendai in northern Honshu, Japan. Inundation from the tsunami extended several kilometers inland. 969 – The Fatimid general Jawhar leads the Friday prayer in Fustat in the name of Caliph al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, thereby symbolically completing the Fatimid conquest of Egypt. [4]
A fragment of the Fasti Praenestini for the month of Aprilis, showing its nundinal letters on the left side The full remains of the Fasti Praenestini. The nundinae (/ n ə n ˈ d ɪ n aɪ /, /-n iː /), sometimes anglicized to nundines, [1] were the market days of the ancient Roman calendar, forming a kind of weekend including, for a certain period, rest from work for the ruling class ().
In Old Irish, the term nómad is used to signify a number of days. The usage of the term varies and there are different theories about the length of time involved, but they all involve nine periods of some kind, e.g. nine days & nights; 9 × 8 hours = 72 hours = 3 days & nights; 9 × 9 hours ~ 3½ days; 9 × 12 hours = 4½ days.
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (CamGEL [n 1]) is a descriptive grammar of the English language. Its primary authors are Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum. Huddleston was the only author to work on every chapter. It was published by Cambridge University Press in 2002 and has been cited more than 8,000 times. [1]
Holiday with no specific/special observance for each of its days (e.g. Naadam). For this type of holiday, avoid mentioning each day in the Holidays and observances section and instead, use the following format only: The first day of Naadam, celebrated until July 13. -- see July 11
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[26] Other books by Nesfield include A Junior Course In English Composition, A Senior Course In English Composition, but it was his A Manual Of English Grammar and Composition that proved to be greatly successful both in Britain and her colonies—so much so that it formed the basis for many other grammar and composition primers including but ...
1933 – Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863) 1934 – Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848) 1939 – Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859) 1941 – Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874) 1942 – Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)