In 1582, ten days really did vanish from the calendar. To fix centuries of drift caused by the Julian calendar, Pope Gregory ...
February looks like the "perfect" month – at least on paper. Here's why people are obsessing over the calendar.
The Gregorian calendar is a relatively recent invention, and it's pretty far removed from how we originally tracked our days and seasons. Up until 1582, most cultures known to us relied on a 13-moon ...
According to the claim, Russian competitors showed up 13 days late for their events as they still hadn't switched to the ...