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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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