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2nd November 1868: New Zealand becomes the first country to use standardised time

2nd November 2022
Tagged as: Britain, Date, Law, New Zealand, Railways, Telegraph, Time, Train

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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4th October 1582: Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar

4th October 2022
Tagged as: Calendar, Catholicism, Date, Papacy, Pope, Pope Gregory XIII, Rome, Time

By the 16^th Century a sizable drift had developed between the Julian calendar, the lunar calendar, and the real moon which the new calendar sought to resolve.

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16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar

16th July 2021
Tagged as: Arabia, Astronomy, Calendar, Date, Islam, Muslim, Religion, Science

The Islamic calendar was dated to start with the first new moon after the Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina.

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4th October 1582: Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory XIII

4th October 2019
Tagged as: Astronomy, Calendar, Catholicism, Date, Religion, Science, Time

On the 4^th October 1582, Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian calendar.

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2nd November 1868: New Zealand becomes the first country to use standardised time

4th October 1582: Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar

16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar

4th October 1582: Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory XIII

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

31st January 1983: It became compulsory for drivers in the UK to wear a seat belt

30th January 1649: Execution of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland outside the Banqueting House in London

29th January 1942: Desert Island Discs, the longest-running radio show in the UK, first broadcast

28th January 1986: NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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