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Article #9124Re: New years eve 1999
From: David Messer
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1989 19:18
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1989 19:18
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In article <1642.258926e7@cc.helsinki.fi> sundius@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>In article <48@kiere.ericsson.se>, tp_asr@kiere.ericsson.se writes:
>> When (western civilisation) enters the next millenium why not celebrate
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>> with the BIGGEST fireworks ever. In the last hour of 1999 all MX:s,
>
> According to what I have read, the coming of the next millenium should
> be celebrated towards the end of the year 2000, since there was no year
> 0 according to our calendar ... Thus it would more appropriate
> to postpone the celebration until new year's eve 2000, but I wonder if
> anybody (except for chronology fans) have thought of it?
I vote we celebrate BOTH new years. That way we don't have to
worry about it.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!uwvax!umn-d-ub!umn-cs!nis!viper!dave From: dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: New years eve 1999 Message-ID: <3018@viper.Lynx.MN.Org> Date: 17 Dec 89 19:18:13 GMT References: <48@kiere.ericsson.se> <1642.258926e7@cc.helsinki.fi> Reply-To: dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer) Organization: Lynx Data Systems, Eagan, MN Lines: 17