Calendar Date - Compare monthly calendars for the years between 1970 and 2030. You may also
calculate the number of days between two dates during this same time period.
Daylight Saving Time - The
rationale, the history, and the dates that you should change your clock through the year 2099.
Leap Year - This site explains why a
leap year is needed and which years are leap years.
Chabad.Org Calendar - Convert a
regular calendar date into the Jewish calendar date, determine the time to light the Shabbat candle, and
determine the date for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah.
Calendar Stats - Convert Julian, Gregorian and Jewish dates, and
calculate the serial day number for the date. If you do not know what a serial day number is, this site explains it.
Will the World Really End in 2012?
- on Dec. 21, 2012, the fourth cycle of the Mayan Long Count will end. More information is available from this site
from How Stuff Works. Possibly you could start planning a party now.
Astonomical Applications Department - of
the US Naval Observatory. This site has data about the sun, moon, beginnings of the seasons,
eclipses, and navigation. There are also FAQ's about time and calendars.
Archaeostronomy.Com - Excellent explanations
of solstices, equinoxes, and cross quarters and almanacs of these events.
Earth Orbit -
Information about the solstices, equinoxes, and seasons from Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of
Astronomy.
Sun and Moon Rise and Set - Calculation of
time of sun, moon, and planets rise and set. From the Old Farmer's Almanac.
On This Day - from Finding
Dulcinea. Good background information is given for each event.
This Day in History - from the History
Channel. Historical events for each day with a short article about each event. This site also has
events for the day in automotive history, Civil War, WWII, cold war, and Vietnam war history,
literary history, and old west history.
Bank Holidays of the World - This site lists the days that
banks are closed for political or religious holidays. A section of "other events" gives days on which banks
may be closed for elections, strikes, or other reasons. The holidays list is worldwide in scope, and in
seven languages.
On This Day - by the New York
Times. This site lists events and birthdays, and has the front page of the Times for the day of the
most prominent event.
Time Covers - Search for covers of Time
magazine by date.
Find A Grave - Grave sites and biographies of famouus people. This site may be
searched by birth date or death date.
The Daily Bleed - An interesting collection of events remembered by
political progressive and radicals for each day of the year.
Daily Dose of the Web - This site provides
daily pictures, math problems, quotations, historical events, birthdays, trivia, and other daily items.
Creative Quotations - Birthdays of famous people for each day of
the year. There are quotations by each person listed.
Need a Speech: Great Days - Starting topic for a speech
linked to an event that happened on that day. Clever.
Daily Almanac - Astronomical and a
few historical events for the day.
Chamber's Book of Days, 1879 -
Being a "Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in connection with the Calendar". Online text containing
many strange and interesting stories.
Culinary Events - Daily events in cooking and food processing.
Food Theme Month Links - This site will help you to observe Soup Month in
January and Strawberry Month in May. By the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension.
National Health Observances - Special
monthly and weekly heath observances days such as National Poison Prevention Week. By the US Office of Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion.
Health Observances - A calendar by the
Wellness Coucils of America. A web link to a related organization is provided for each observance.
Today in History - An event from
American History with a picture. From the Library of Congress. There is a searchable archive where
you can locate events from any day of the year.
National Arbor Day (U.S.) - The observation of Arbor Day varies from
state to state. This site has a list of state observation dates.
Facts for Features - This site
by the US Census Bureau provides statistical, economic, and geographical information related
to American religious and secular holidays.
Chabad.Org - This site has This Week at a
Glance which presents significant events in Jewish history for that week. It also has candle lighting times, a
thousand year calendar, and other calendar related information.
Time Exhibits - This site includes Calendars
Through the Ages and A Walk Through Time listed below and also has information on how clocks work
and about modern advances in timekeeping. By the US Department of Commerce.
Calendars Through the Ages - A good
introduction to calendars in different countries and historical periods.
A Walk through Time - A look at
clocks and calendars from ancient to modern times.
Calendopaedia - A comparison of
calendars around the world.
Calendars - Links to
information on calendrical systems and the relation of astronomy to time-keeping systems.
Calendar Studies - Modern and historic calendars, and articles about calendars.
Horology - The Index - Extensive directory of
clock and watchmaking sites on the net.
The National Watch and Clock Museum - This is the virtual museum exhibit. The
real museum is in Columbia, Pa. You will find many interesting clocks and other timekeeping devices here.
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