Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:08:12 -0700 From: James Long <james_mapson@umpquanet.com> To: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Happy birthday Earth Message-ID: <20031022200812.GA64583@ns.museum.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <20031022070251.N51615@njamn8or.bc.hsia.telus.net> References: <002a01c3989e$e9a4c410$04fea8c0@moe> <20031022070251.N51615@njamn8or.bc.hsia.telus.net>
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On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:18:01AM -0700, Viktor Lazlo wrote: > > > On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Charles Howse wrote: > > > Here's an interesting anniversary from my daily calendar report... > > > > History: > > Oct 23 Battle of Leyte Gulf begins, 1944 > > Oct 23 Day of the 1956 revolution in Hungary > > Oct 23 Earth created at 6:30 AM, 4004BC. > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > This is "based" on biblical calculations. James Ussher, Bishop of Armagh > worked it out as 8:00AM, October 22nd, BC 4004, and John Lightfoot of > Cambridge University adjusted it to 9:00AM, October 23, BC. UTC?
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