WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
LOST DAYS
Profile America — Friday, September 11th. This was a day that didn't exist in Colonial America in 1752, as the familiar calendar underwent what is called the "Gregorian correction," switching from the ancient Julian calendar to adjust for errors accumulated over centuries. After September 2, the next day was September 14, and there was rioting by those who felt cheated and demanded the 11 days back. The British parliament's Calendar Act of 1750 had also changed New Year's Day from March 25 to January 1. As a result, the year 1751 had only 282 days. Since then, with leap years built in, the calendar has remained constant. Calendar production engages some of the country's 25,000 printing establishments, which employ around 435,000 workers. Profile America is in its19th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sources:
Calendars timeline: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/the-timeline-calendars-2169718.html
Calendar Act: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo2/24/23/introduction?view=plain
Calendar riots: http://www.academia.edu/2342015/Give_us_our_eleven_days_
Printing services/NAICS 32311: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=BP_2012_00A1&prodType=table
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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