211 Years Ago Today, the French Abandoned Their Decimal Calendar
It used ten-day weeks...until Napoleon gave it the axe.
It used ten-day weeks...until Napoleon gave it the axe.
The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service has added a leap second to the calendar on December 31.
Leap Day comes just once every four years. Here's a list of eight events that occurred on this rare day.
Louise Estes has given birth to three children on three consecutive Leap Days. Was it fate, or careful planning?
For one year, more than two centuries ago, September 3-13 didn't exist in the British Empire.
Researchers find that people attach more meaning to Mondays and Fridays, but have fewer mental representations of mid-week days.
Due to unusual record-keeping practices or because of months that were eliminated over the centuries, there are a few days you’ll never see on your joke-a-day calendar.