Happy St. Oswald’s Day!
So, today comes around once every four years and has done so since 45 BC. Leap years and leap days are necessary to keep the Gregorian calendar in line with the earth’s revolutions around the sun. Leap Day was started in 45 BC by Julius Caesar.
The first accusations in the Salem witch trials were made on Leap Day in 1692. Serial killer Richard Ramirez was born on Leap Day in 1960. Hattie McDaniel was the first black person to win an Oscar on Leap Day 1940. The first Walk/Don’t Walk signals were installed in New York City on Leap Day in 1952 and are still being ignored on Leap Day in 2008. Dinah Shore was a Leap Day baby, as was Herman Hollerith, the inventor of the 1st electronic tabulating machine. Oddly enough, February 30 was once a real calendar day too. Interested in Why Leap Years are Used?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment