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1795 – Henry Seymour Conway, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1721) 1797 – Edmund Burke, Irish-English philosopher, academic, and politician (b. 1729) 1828 – Cathinka Buchwieser, German operatic singer and actress (b. 1789) 1850 – Báb, Persian religious leader, founded Bábism (b. 1819)
The Babylonians invented the actual [clarification needed] seven-day week in 600 BCE, with Emperor Constantine making the Day of the Sun (dies Solis, "Sunday") a legal holiday centuries later. [2] In the international standard ISO 8601, Monday is treated as the first day of the week, but in many countries it is counted as the second day of the ...
The Gazette of India is dated in both the Gregorian calendar and the Indian national calendar. The Indian national calendar, also called the Shaka calendar or Śaka calendar, is a solar calendar that is used alongside the Gregorian calendar by The Gazette of India, in news broadcasts by All India Radio, and in calendars and official communications issued by the Government of India. [1]
July 9 gets its big mention in the second part of the first verse of “Last Kiss,” when Taylor sings: I do recall now the smell of the rain Fresh on the pavement, I ran off the plane
St. Patrick's Day: Sunday, March 17 NYC Pride Parade: Sunday, June 30 This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Holidays 2024: Here are the special days and dates
A lunar day or tithi may, for example, begin in the middle of an afternoon and end next afternoon. [50] Both these days do not directly correspond to a mathematical measure for a day such as equal 24 hours of a solar year, a fact that the Hindu calendar scholars knew, but the system of divasa was convenient for
July 31: Shaheed Udham Singh Martyrdom day: Haryana: August 20: Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi: Kerala: September 20: Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi: Kerala: January 12: Swami Vivekananda's Birthday: West Bengal: January 15 – January 16: Thiruvalluvar Day: Tamil Nadu: December 18: U Soso Tham Death Anniversary: Meghalaya: December 30: U Kiang ...
On This Day; BBC: On This Day; The New York Times: On This Day; Library of Congress: Today in History; History Channel (US): This Day in History; History Channel (UK): This Day in History; New Zealand Government: Today in New Zealand History Archived 2017-04-14 at the Wayback Machine; Computer History Museum: This Day in History