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Re: The world didn't end on Jan 1, so....
Posted By: eric sleator, on host 205.188.197.187
Date: Monday, January 24, 2000, at 10:37:13
In Reply To: The world didn't end on Jan 1, so.... posted by Brunnen-G on Sunday, January 23, 2000, at 17:43:43:

> ...now we need some other date for the doomsayers among us to get all worked up about. DID YOU KNOW:
>
> The year which most of us are currently calling 2000 is, in fact:
>
> 1997 dating from Christ's birth if the 4 BC theory is true;
> 2753 according to the old Roman calendar;
> 2749 according to the ancient Babylonian calendar;
> 6236 according to the first Egyptian calendar;
> 5760 according to the Jewish calendar;
> 1420 according to the Moslem calendar;
> 1378 according to the Persian calendar;
> 1716 according to the Coptic calendar;
> 2544 according to the Buddhist calendar;
> 5119 in the current Great Cycle of the ancient Mayas;
> 208 according to the calendar of the French Revolution;
> The year of the Dragon according to the traditional Chinese calendar;

And the year 14 SESM in the Erician calendar.

-eric "Which is really the most important of all of these" sleator
Mon 28 ZehnX 14 SESM