New Year Milestones From 452 B C To Modern Times
A timeline notes New Year events from 452 B C through 1942, listing moments such as the first New Year celebration, Caesar era start, Betsy Ross and Paul Revere births, the 1776 Union flag, state entries and emigrations, Lincoln emancipation, and the United Nations declaration, ending with multilingual well wishes for a happy year.
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Gan
Paul Revere
Betsy Ross
George Washington
Kentucky
Great Britain and Ireland
Jackson
New Orleans
Lincoln
Greece
Turkey
New York City
Commonwealth of Australia
U. S
Republic of China
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Debate: Solar Years Versus Calendar Years Explained
The article discusses the Earth’s orbit of about 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 46 seconds and how Leap Years adjust the calendar. It notes the Gregorian reform of 1582 by Pope Gregory XII allowing 366 days in years divisible by four, with centurial exclusions.
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Gregory XII
Calendar Reform Creates New Year From January First
In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII issued a procalmation moving New Year to January 1 and replacing the Julian with the Gregorian calendar aiming to align with the solar year. Protestant states adopted it in the 18th century and Russia and Balkan nations followed in the 20th century.
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Gregory XIII
Gregory
Russia
Balkan States
Scotch Handset Monday Day of Gift Giving
The Monday after New Year is the traditional big day for Scotch children with gift giving and feasting. Families gather to drink a cup of kindness yet for Auld Lang Syne.
Hanson Island Welcomes 1947 First in Chatham Islands
Hanson Island in the Chathams, a small British colony about 414 miles southeast of Wellington, New Zealand, will be the first to greet 1947. It lies just east of the international date line from which all time is reckoned.
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Hanson Island
Chathams
Wellington
New Zealand
Fortunes Read From Bible Spine in Early Scots Belief
Early Scots believed the Bible could foretell a person’s fortune. A Bible was opened at random and read aloud from the marked chapter, with a finger placed on the page to determine happiness or misery for the individual involved.
Sewing Circle Patterns for Wharron Lingerie Styles
Advertises pattern Panem No. 8002 with sizes 36 to 52 and specific measure notes. Promotes Fall Winter fashion issue with easy to make farm frocks and free crocheting directions. Printed pattern costs 25 cents.
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Panem
Oldest Vet Organization, the Army and Navy Union
The Army and Navy Union founded in 1886 boasts 35,000 members and is described as the oldest surviving veterans group in the United States for veterans of any war.
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The
Army and Navy Union
United States
Torch in Hand of Vulcan Statue Warns Motorists
A new warning device lights up the Vulcan statue in Birmingham Alabama. For 24 hours after a fatal crash the torch in the statue’s raised hand glows red instead of green to alert drivers.
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Torch
Vulcan
Birmingham
Ala
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