In M, the current date and time is contained in a special system variable, $H (for "HOROLOG"). The format is a pair of integers separated by a comma, e.g. "54321,12345" The first number is the number of days since December 31st, 1840, i.e. day number 1 is January 1st, 1841; the second is the number of seconds since midnight. The reason for this choice of epoch is a bit of MUMPS trivia that illustrates the degree to which the design of MUMPS was driven by practical considerations. James M. Poitras has written that he chose this epoch f ...

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Battle of Stones River, Battle of Stones River - Stones River Campaign, Battle of Stones River - Murfreesboro and plans for battle, Battle of Stones River - December 31, Battle of Stones River - January 1 to 3, Battle of Stones River - Aftermath

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See also: Afghanistan timeline December 2002 December 2002 - December 31 2002. United States troops get into a brief gun battle with paramilitary forces of the Warzirstan Scouts of Pakistan, in a remote tribal area along the undefined Afghan/Pakistani border, in Paktia Province, Afghanistan. One US soldier is wounded by gunfire, and several Pakistani soldiers are killed when US air support arrives. The border in this region is poorly demarcated. [1]. Three missiles from US ...

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Wicca and Witchcraft: Holidays in Wicca and Witchcraft

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October 31 - November Eve - Samhain

December 21 - Winter Solstice - Yule

January 31 - February Eve - Imbolc

March 21 - Vernal Equinox - Lady Day

April 30 - May Eve - Beltaine

June 21 - Summer Solstice - Litha

July 31 - August Eve - Lughnassad

September 21 - Autumnal Equinox - Harvest Home

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William Cunnington (1754–31 December 1810) was a pioneering English antiquarian and archaeologist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. His work centred on excavating the barrows of Salisbury Plain. Along with fellow excavationist Richard Colt Hoare, Cunnington was the subject of an exhibition at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum in 2003. The museum is the keeper of documentation made by Cunnington at the time of his work. Other related archives1754, 1810, 31 December, Ri

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December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. December begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Sagittarius and ends in the sign of Capricorn. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of Ophiuchus, which is the only zodiacal constellation that is not counted as an astrological sign, and ends in the constellation of Sagittarius. The name is from the Latin decem for "ten". December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar until a monthless winter p ...

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Events August 31 - Paul IV abdicates as Patriarch of Constantinople December 25 - Tarasius elected Patriarch of Constantinople The Japanese capital moved away from Nara. End of the Nara period. Births February 4 - Hrabanus Maurus, German poet Deaths Category: 784 ...

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Andrews Norton (December 31, 1786-September 18, 1853) was, along with William Ellery Channing, the leader of mainstream Unitarianism of the early and middle nineteenth century. In his early career he helped to establish liberal Unitarianism, and stridently opposed harshly conservative Calvinism and Trinitarianism; but later in life he became the chief conservative Unitarian opponent of Transcendentalism. As a vocal and well-published theologian, he earne ...

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The Province is a daily newspaper published in British Columbia by the Pacific Newspaper Group Inc, a CanWest Global Communications Company. It has been a daily newspaper since 1898. According to a recent NADbank survey, The Province's average weekday readership was 520,100, making it British Columbia's most read newspaper. Its six-day average circulation was 167,746 copies a day (as of December 31, 2001). [1]Including:

• The Province - History
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Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Silvester Maria Stuart (December 31, 1720 – January 31, 1788), was the exiled claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland, commonly known as "Bonnie Prince Charlie". Charles was the son of James Francis Edward Stuart who was in turn the son of King James II of England, Scotland and Ireland, who had been deposed in 1688. The Jacobite movement tried to restore the family to the throne. Charles's mother was James's Polish-born wife, Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702–1735). After hi ...

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1491 - Births. June 28 - King Henry VIII of England (died 1547) October 26 - Zhengde Emperor of China (died 1521) November 8 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544) December 24 - Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Society of Jesus (died 1556) December 31 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer (died 1557) George Blaurock, Swiss founder of Anabaptism (died 1529) Martin Bucer, German protestant reformer (died 1551) Friedrich Myconius, German ...

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James Robert Shawkey (December 4, 1890 - December 31, 1980) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees from 1913 to 1927. Born in Sigel, Pennsylvania, he won 20 or more games four times for the Yankees. Shawkey also served as the Yankees' manager after the untimely death of Miller Huggins. He served in this capacity for just one season, 1930, when he guided the Yankees to a disappointing third plac ...

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3rd millennium - January 1 2001 - December 31 3000. For those who start counting their calendar from January 1, 1, then the third millennium began on January 1, 2001 and will end on December 31, 3000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. 3rd millennium - January 1 2000 - December 31 2999. In the sense of the Common Era calendar, the third millennium began on January 1, 2000 and will end on December 31, 2999. The majority of the celebrations for the start of the ...

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3rd millennium - January 1 2001 - December 31 3000. For those who start counting their calendar from January 1, 1, then the third millennium began on January 1, 2001 and will end on December 31, 3000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar or other calendars based on the BC/AD system of calendar eras. 3rd millennium - January 1 2000 - December 31 2999. In the sense of astronomical year numbering or the ISO 8601 standard, both of which precede Year 1 with Year 0, the th ...

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The Delors report of 1989 set out a plan to introduce the EMU in three stages and it included the creation of institutions like the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), which would become responsible for formulating and implementing monetary policy. The three stages for the implementation of the EMU were the following. Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union - Stage One: 1 July 1990 to 31 December 1993. On 1 July 1990, exchange controls were abolished, thus capital movements were ...

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Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union, Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union - History of the EMU, Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union - Stage One: 1 July 1990 to 31 December 1993, Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union - Stage Two: 1 January 1994 to 31 December 1998, Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union - Stage Three: 1 January 1999 and continuing

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Murfreesboro was a small town in the Stones River Valley, a former state capital named for a colonel in the American Revolutionary War, Hardy Murfree. Throughout the war it was a center for strong Confederate sentiment and Bragg and his men were warmly welcomed and entertained during the month of December. It was located in a rich agricultural region from which Bragg planned to provision his army and a position that he intended to use to block a potential Federal advance on Chattanooga. Gen. Hardee noted afterwards that "The field of battle ...

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Battle of Stones River, Battle of Stones River - Stones River Campaign, Battle of Stones River - Murfreesboro and plans for battle, Battle of Stones River - December 31, Battle of Stones River - January 1 to 3, Battle of Stones River - Aftermath

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NFL playoffs 1983-84 - December 31 1983. at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida The Seahawks converted three turnovers in the second half into 13 points. Scoring MIA - Johnson 19 pass from Marino (kick failed) SEA - Bryant 6 pass from Krieg (Johnson kick) MIA - Duper 32 pass from Marino (von Schamann kick) SEA - Warner 1 run (Johnson kick) SEA - FG Johnson 27 MIA - Bennett 3 run (von Schamann kick) SEA - Warner 2 run (J ...

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NFL playoffs 1983-84, NFL playoffs 1983-84 - Wild Card playoffs, NFL playoffs 1983-84 - December 24 1983, NFL playoffs 1983-84 - December 26 1983, NFL playoffs 1983-84 - Divisional playoffs, NFL playoffs 1983-84 - December 31 1983, NFL playoffs 1983-84 - January 1 1984, NFL playoffs 1983-84 - Conference Championships, NFL playoffs 1983-84 - January 8 1984

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After Confederate General Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi was defeated at the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862, he retreated to Harrisburg, Kentucky, where he was joined by Major General Kirby Smith's army of 10,000 on October 10. Although Bragg now had a strong force of 38,000 veteran troops, he made no effort to regain the initiative. The Union victor at Perryville, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, was equally passive and refused to attack Bragg. Bragg, frustrated, withdrew through the Cumberland Gap, passed through Knoxville ...

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Battle of Stones River, Battle of Stones River - Stones River Campaign, Battle of Stones River - Murfreesboro and plans for battle, Battle of Stones River - December 31, Battle of Stones River - January 1 to 3, Battle of Stones River - Aftermath

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