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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1968
Page
15
A reader asks about month names origins. The article traces January from Janus, February from purify, March to Mars, April from aprilis, May to Maia, June to Juno, July from Julius Caesar, August to Augustus, and explains September to December mix Latin numbers with calendar order, noting pre Caesar naming. It also notes Hattie Caraway as history segment.
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