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A Very Short Year

  • June 26, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

In England and the American colonies, the year 1752 lasted only 354 days. When Parliament ordered a shift to the Gregorian calendar from the less accurate Julian, the difference between them was 11 days. So the day after Wednesday, September 2, was Thursday, September 14!

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