He then mandated a 365.25 day year that simply added a leap day every fourth year ... so his Gregorian calendar was unveiled in 1582—after another drastic adoption of time-warp tactics.

That means 1700, 1800 and 1900 were not leap years. But 2000 was – the first time since Pope Gregory XIII made the switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in 1582. “I went to Paris and got a ...

This month's extra day is more important than you think. Leap years are observed every four years, most of the time. The extra day in the year keeps our calendar aligned with the solar year, helping ...

The victory secured Spurs their first title in 17 years. Athletic Bilbao’s Estadio de San Mamés was full of tears of joy from Tottenham fans clad in white and players alike at the full-time whistle as ...

The UAAP names multiple Athletes of the Year for the first time to close out Season 87, as Season 88 host UST reveals a shorter, more packed basketball calendar due to other major sports events MA ...

(Web Desk) - Social media users have been baffled to discover that the iPhone calendar is missing 10 days. The strange omission was spotted by a sharp-eyed iPhone user who found that the calendar ...

(CNN) — A sculpture of the late American singer and poet Jim Morrison that went missing from his gravesite in Paris almost four decades ago has been found, according to French police. “After ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)-- Normally the Borderland sees about 22 dusty days a year, but we're not even 6 months into 2025 and today we hit our 40th dusty day. Some El Pasoans said they prefer triple ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — After beating cancer and serving the community for nearly 20 years, a horse in Allegheny County’s Mounted Unit is retiring. Henry, one of the Mounted Unit’s longest serving horses, ...

Why do we even have leap years anyway? Why not just get the ... Then finally in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII fixed the extra minutes and instituted the Gregorian calendar which we still follow today. But ...

How Did the Egyptian Calendar Contribute to the Modern Calendar?   While some earlier civilizations had created calendars, the Egyptian calendar contributed heavily to the modern calendar. The ...