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Former Name(s) Year of Change The College of Idaho: Albertson College of Idaho (1991–2007); The College of Idaho (1891–1991) 2007 Iḷisaġvik College: North Slope Higher Education Center; Arctic Sivunmun Iḷisaġvik College Illinois Benedictine College: St. Procopius College 1971 University of Illinois at Chicago: Ill.-Chicago Circle 1982
A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year) is a calendar year that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar, a month) compared to a common year. The 366th day (or 13th month) is added to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical year or seasonal year . [ 1 ]
This is the only type of leap year where Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Labor Day are 32 weeks apart. They are 33 weeks apart in all other leap years; Grandparents' Day falls on its earliest possible date, September 7. This is the only type of leap year where Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Grandparent’s Day are 230 days apart. They are 237 ...
As mentioned, leap years typically take place every four years. That means the next leap years coming up after 2024 are 2028, 2032, 2036, 2040, 2044 and 2048. But again, it's not quite that easy.
Leap day exists to even out time discrepancies between the calendar year and the solar year. While it's widely accepted that a calendar year has 365 days, it takes Earth about 365.242 days to ...
The rule is that if the year is divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400, the leap year is skipped. The year 2000 was a leap year, for example, but the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not. The ...
1912 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1912th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 912th year of the 2nd millennium, the 12th year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1912, the ...
1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1888th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 888th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of ...