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Anyone see the "Cash 4 Gold" thing on the side? UberVash (talk) 22:29, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

fixed. -- Mufka ^(u) ^(t) ^(c) 23:02, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Odd description of February removed[edit]

The following paragraph was on this page. I'm removing it for now but it does seem interesting enough to keep around.

Inasmuch as the month of February in non-leap years is exactly four weeks long, in years when it commences on Sunday, all western calendars designating Sunday as the first day of the week present the month in four equal seven-day rows. February is the only such calendar month where this may occur, and February 2009 was one instance. A so-called "rectangular" February had previously occurred in 1998.^[1]
Although February 2004 also started on Sunday, it was not a "rectangular" February, because the 29th made one day of the fifth row of the month.
Also notable is the presence of Friday the 13th on the calendar for February 2009. During any month that commences on a Sunday, such as November 2009, the thirteenth falls on a Friday. Thus in any year with a "rectangular" February, Friday the 13th will also occur in March, giving two Friday-the-13ths in a row. The next instance of this appears on the calendar for the year 2015.^[2]

It could certainly stand to be re-written if it is kept. — RossO (talk) 21:02, 23 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

^ "Year 1998 Calendar – United States". Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^ "Year 2015 Calendar – United States". Retrieved 29 December 2015.

[1] "Year 1998 Calendar – United States". Retrieved 29 December 2015.

[2] "Year 2015 Calendar – United States". Retrieved 29 December 2015.

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