Prior to the adoption of universally accepted time zones, the vast majority of settlements around the world observed local mean solar time.
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By the 16th Century a sizable drift had developed between the Julian calendar, the lunar calendar, and the real moon which the new calendar sought to resolve.
The Islamic calendar was dated to start with the first new moon after the Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina.
On the 4th October 1582, Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian calendar.
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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