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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KLJ, post: 286728, member: 1910&quot;]If I remember correctly, when the British adopted the Gregorian calendar, it meant adding 12 days to the calendar.&nbsp; So under the so-called New Style, Jefferson was born April 14, 1745.</p><p><br /></p><p>A bit of historical trivia.&nbsp; The Russians were still using the Julian Calendar at the time of the Bolshevik Revolution in the fall of 1917.&nbsp; Under the Gregorian calendar, it took place in early November, but under the Julian it took place in October - hence the phrase &quot;Red October.&quot;&nbsp; The Communists adopted the Gregorian calendar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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