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The names of the days of the week in North Germanic languages were not calqued from Latin directly, but taken from the West Germanic names. Sunday: Old English Sunnandæg (pronounced [ˈsunnɑndæj]), meaning "sun's day". This is a translation of the Latin phrase diēs Sōlis.
In English, the names of the days of the week are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. In many languages, including English, the days of the week are named after gods or classical planets. Saturday has kept its Roman name, while the other six days use Germanic equivalents.
Suppose that we want to find the day of week that the American Civil War broke out at Fort Sumter, which was April 12, 1861. The anchor day for the century was 94 days after Tuesday, or, in other words, Friday (calculated as 18 × 5 + ⌊ 18 / 4 ⌋; or just look at the chart, above, which lists the century's anchor days). The digits 61 ...
If Cheshvan has 29 days, then Kislev will have either 29 or 30 days. This is the only occurrence in which it happens. If both Cheshvan and Kislev have 30 days, then the Tenth of Tevet will occur on Friday, one of two public fasts that can possibly be observed on a Friday (the other being the Fast of the Firstborn). The fast is not broken until ...
The chart of the day. What we're watching. What we're reading. Economic data releases and earnings. With its 0.04% gain Thursday, the Dow finally broke its 10-day losing streak, the worst since ...
A traditional Chinese holiday observed on the 9th day of the 9th month in the Chinese calendar. [9] October 10: Double Ten Day: National Celebration Day: Republic of China (Taiwan) National day of Taiwan, commemorating the start of the Wuchang Uprising on October 10, 1911. [10] November 5: Fifth of November: Guy Fawkes Night: England, some ...
Goldman Sachs predicted this month that the stock market is poised for a decade of tepid gains, ending a long run of big returns for the benchmark index.
Modern day Indonesian Gregorian calendar for a Catholic church British calendar, 1851, gilt bronze and malachite, height: 20.3 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years.