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The Gregorian calendar is, quite simply, the most accurate and stable calendar ever devised. The Jesuit priests, appointed by Pope Gregory back in the 16th century, did a bang-up job in their calculations. They corrected the failing Julian calendar, in which the spring equinox had back-drifted over the centuries from the familiar date of March 21, to March 10.
Letters from an Astrophysicist
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