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Re: New Year's problem

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From: Howard Landman
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 06:31
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In article <1htrk2INNrql@mirror.digex.com> kfl@access.digex.com (Keith F. Lynch) writes:
>What property did 1961 have, that no year after it will have until 6009?

Too easy.  I figured that out in 1961 when I was 8 or 9 years old.
The previous year with that property was 1881.  Of course, one might
argue that '69  and '88 and '96 have some of the same property ...

>What property did 1987 have, that no year after it will have until 2013?

I'll take a wild guess without even checking.  It's prime?

	Howard A. Landman
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Subject: Re: New Year's problem
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