Ned Konz wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 16 May 2001 09:56, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> 
> > Ten days
> > following that date were eliminated by the reformation, so the calendar
> > for that month is a bit unusual.
> 
> For an interesting description of what really happened during those ten days,
> read Thomas Pynchon's _Mason and Dixon_
> 
And the October revolution in Russia was always celebrated in November
because they changed from Georgian to Julian calendar after the revolution.

Karl