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  2. Old Style and New Style dates - Wikipedia

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    The corresponding date in the Gregorian calendar is 9 February 1649, the date by which his contemporaries in some parts of continental Europe would have recorded his execution. The O.S./N.S. designation is particularly relevant for dates which fall between the start of the "historical year" (1 January) and the legal start date, where different.

  3. Conversion between Julian and Gregorian calendars - Wikipedia

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    For unlisted dates, find the date in the table closest to, but earlier than, the date to be converted. Be sure to use the correct column. If converting from Julian to Gregorian, add the number from the "Difference" column. If converting from Gregorian to Julian, subtract.

  4. World war - Wikipedia

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    A world war is an international conflict that involves most or all of the world's major powers. [1] Conventionally, the term is reserved for two major international conflicts that occurred during the first half of the 20th century, World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), although some historians have also characterized other global conflicts as world wars, such as the Nine ...

  5. Calendar reform - Wikipedia

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    Calendar proposals that introduce a thirteenth month or change the Julian-Gregorian system of months often also propose new names for these months. New names have also been proposed for days out of the week cycle (e.g., 365th and leap) and weeks out of the month cycle. Proposals to change the traditional month and weekday names are less frequent.

  6. International Date Line - Wikipedia

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    Moving forward or back 24 hours generally also implies a one day date change. The 14th century Arab geographer Abulfeda predicted that circumnavigators would accumulate a one-day offset to the local date. [2] This phenomenon was confirmed in 1522 at the end of the Magellan–Elcano expedition, the first successful circumnavigation.

  7. Soviet calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Soviet calendar was a modified Gregorian calendar that was used in Soviet Russia between 1918 and 1940. Several variations were used during that time. The Gregorian calendar, under the name "Western European calendar", was implemented in Soviet Russia in February 1918 by dropping the Julian dates of 1–13 February 1918.

  8. Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 - Wikipedia

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    The introduction to the Act states succinctly the rationale for a change to the start of the year in England (and Wales) to 1 January: the March date had been found to have many inconveniences. [14] It differed from the date (1 January) used by Scotland, which had ceased to use 25 March in 1600, as well as that used by other neighbouring ...

  9. 1944 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Governor of Alabama: Chauncey Sparks (); Governor of Arizona: Sidney Preston Osborn (); Governor of Arkansas: Homer Martin Adkins (); Governor of California: Earl Warren (); Governor of Colorado: John Charles Vivian ()