In honor of Leap Day, this read is for the history nerds. Ever wonder how America caught our calendar up with the rest of the world? In September 1752, we skipped 11 days. According to NASA, the Earth ...

January wasn’t always the first month of the year—and in some places, it still isn’t.That simple fact explains why calendars ...

Christmas is widely celebrated on December 25, but many, especially in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, observe it on ...

The rare date Feb. 29 is coming up − and though it only crops up every four years, it is indeed real. But what about Feb. 30 or March 32? Sorry, folks. Those are ...

Our modern calendar is the Gregorian calendar, named for Pope Gregory XIII, who reformed it in 1582 to correct some errors in ...

The Old New Year remains one of the most unusual holidays in the Russian calendar: it appeared as a result of the country's ...

Newsroom discussions about Leap Day 2024 developed into this calendar commentary. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Gregorian calendar, used across most of the world and right here in the USA, was ...

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church and some other Oriental Orthodox churches – distinct from Eastern Orthodox but sharing many ...

Nearly two weeks after celebrating New Year, many Serbians did it again on Tuesday evening, this time according to old ...