Re: The world didn't end on Jan 1, so....
eric sleator, on host 205.188.197.187
Monday, January 24, 2000, at 10:37:13
The world didn't end on Jan 1, so.... posted by Brunnen-G on Sunday, January 23, 2000, at 17:43:43:
> ...now we need some other date for the doomsayers among us to get all worked up about. DID YOU KNOW: > > The year which most of us are currently calling 2000 is, in fact: > > 1997 dating from Christ's birth if the 4 BC theory is true; > 2753 according to the old Roman calendar; > 2749 according to the ancient Babylonian calendar; > 6236 according to the first Egyptian calendar; > 5760 according to the Jewish calendar; > 1420 according to the Moslem calendar; > 1378 according to the Persian calendar; > 1716 according to the Coptic calendar; > 2544 according to the Buddhist calendar; > 5119 in the current Great Cycle of the ancient Mayas; > 208 according to the calendar of the French Revolution; > The year of the Dragon according to the traditional Chinese calendar;
And the year 14 SESM in the Erician calendar.
-eric "Which is really the most important of all of these" sleator Mon 28 ZehnX 14 SESM
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