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Leap Day
March 3, 2024 Special Interest
February 29 is a leap day, added periodically to create leap years in Julian and Gregorian calendars. In the Gregorian calendar, February 29 is added in each year that is an integer multiple of four, unless it is evenly divisible by 100 but not by 400.
Tags: Leap Year · Periodically · Intercalary Date · Periodic · Julian Calendar · Gregorian Calendar · Special Day · Special Date · Divisible · Multiples
New Year's Day
January 1, 2024 Special Interest
New Year's Day is the first day of the year. Whilst most solar calendars begin the year regularly at or near the northern winter solstice, cultures that observe a lunisolar celebrate their Lunar New Year at less fixed points relative to the solar year.
Tags: Lunar Calendar · Lunar New Year · December Solstice · Solar Calendar · Solar Year · Lunisolar Calendar · Gregorian Calendar · Julian Calendar · Janus · Julian Calendar
New Year's Eve
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, December 31. The last day of the year is referred to as New Year's Eve.
Tags: Gregorian Calendar · Old Year's Day · Saint Sylvester's Day · Midnight · Celebration · Countdown · Timer · New York City · Times Square · New Year
Saint Stephen's Day
Saint Stephen's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Stephen, is a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr, celebrated on December 26 in Western Christianity and December 27 in Eastern Christianity.
Tags: Feast of Saint Stephen · Christianity · Martyr · Protomartyr · Christmastide · Western Christianity · Eastern Christianity · Stoned to Death · Saint Stephen · Gregorian Calendar
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