In Memorium

[Subdeacon Joe]

(See who catches the problem with this)

 

 

[Dapper Dave]

I don't see it, unless you refer to the Day/Month/Year format, instead of Month/Day/Year. 

[Subdeacon Joe]

Well, you're close, but it's not the foremat.

[Pat Riot]

From Wikipedia:

Several stories, including the Vita Haroldi, suggested that Harold had not died at Hastings, but instead fled England or that he later ended his life as a hermit at Chester or Canterbury
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Godwinson

[Widder, SASS #59054]

I thought he died during the middle of the Tennessee/Alabama football game a couple years ago.

 

..........Widder

 

[Subdeacon Joe]

OK, the "problem" has to do with the calendar.  That date was on the Julian Calendar, which on our modern Gregorian Calendar is 20 October.  

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Gregorian calendar was not yet invented.

[Subdeacon Joe]

3 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

Gregorian calendar was not yet invented.

 

Yep.  Which means to match the Julian date, we would commemorate it on the 20th.

[Texas Lizard]

25 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

Yep.  Which means to match the Julian date, we would commemorate it on the 20th.

Whats a few days one way or the other...He's still dead....

 

Texas Lizard

Edited October 15 by Texas Lizard

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

35 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

Yep.  Which means to match the Julian date, we would commemorate it on the 20th.

 

Should we bake a cake...?  

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

37 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

Yep.  Which means to match the Julian date, we would commemorate it on the 20th.

If we’re using Gregory’s upstart invention.

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

George Washington was born on February 11, 1731, under the Julian calendar.  But after Great Britain and its colonies switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, his birth date shifted by 11 days to February 22, 1732. This change was necessary because the Julian calendar was no longer accurate and had fallen behind the solar year by 11 days.

 

Martha Washington's birthday was February 20, 1731.  Care must be taken to apply the same adjustment to her as George, otherwise he would be two days younger instead of nine days older.  

[Texas Jack Black]

 And this is very important,NOT😉 This is going to be a very LONG winter.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Well, what is important about the Julian calendar?

 

my observation?  The period between new new year and old new year is an excuse for Russian men to “celebrate “.

Edited October 15 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984