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1969 – Colson Whitehead, American author [83] 1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor, author, and director [49] 1971 – Laura Flessel-Colovic, French fencer and politician [84] 1972 – Thandiwe Newton, English actress [49] 1972 – Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress [85] 1973 – David Giffin, Australian rugby player [86]
The need to correct the calendar arose from the realisation that the correct figure for the number of days in a year is not 365.25 (365 days 6 hours) as assumed by the Julian calendar but slightly less (c. 365.242 days). The Julian calendar therefore has too many leap years.
If conversion takes you past a February 29 that exists only in the Julian calendar, then February 29 is counted in the difference. Years affected are those which divide by 100 without remainder but do not divide by 400 without remainder (e.g., 1900 and 2100 but not 2000).
In the liturgical books, the document General Roman Calendar (which lists not only fixed celebrations but also some moveable ones) is printed immediately after the document Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, [4] [5] which states that "throughout the course of the year the Church unfolds the entire mystery of Christ and observes the birthdays of the Saints".
1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade.
The Juche calendar (Korean: 주체력) was the system of year-numbering used in North Korea between 1997 and 2024. It begins with the birth of founding father Kim Il Sung, whose birth year, 1912 in the Gregorian calendar, is Juche 1 in the Juche calendar. The calendar was adopted in 1997, three years after the death of Kim Il Sung. It has been ...
It's been over 20 years since the movie Elf premiered! Here's what the stars who played Buddy, Walter, Jovie, and more look like now!
The evolution of United States standard time zone boundaries from 1919 to 2024 in five-year increments. Plaque in Chicago marking the creation of the four time zones of the continental US in 1883 Colorized 1913 time zone map of the United States, showing boundaries very different from today Map of U.S. time zones during between April 2, 2006, and March 11, 2007.