Tag: calendars

Romans spent the year 46 BC trying to fix all the issues with their calendar. That made time literally drag on.

It's the release date of a Christmas classic... even if it took a couple decades to become a standard.

The eight day Festival of Lights takes place toward the end of each year, but due to some unusual circumstances, there won't be a Hanukkah at all in 3031 (!)

If you’re doing an Advent calendar this month, you’re just over halfway finished opening up those little windows to see what’s inside. So let’s open up a few windows into where they came from.

We're in the shortest month of the year, but how did that happen? The answer starts with the Romans, who had reasons.

Today in 1867, the United States formally purchased the land now known as Alaska. The day before had been a Friday, but because of the transfer, that day became a Friday too.

Most years February is 28 days long. Every fourth year it has 29. But one time, in one country, for one year, there was a February 30th.