Interestingly, it was the day on which Beatrix Potter (who wrote Peter Rabbit) was born.
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Nick Kocharhook >Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 22:16 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Cc: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:27933] Re: Metric law of july 28 1866 > > >On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 08:27:31PM -0800, john mercer proclaimed: >> >> Hello everybody. I am a bit of a history buff. I believe that the >> law making the metric system legal in the US was made law on July. 28 >> 1866. Is there anybody who could do some research and tell me what >> day of the week it was? > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cal 7 1866 > July 1866 > S M Tu W Th F S > 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 > 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 >15 16 17 18 19 20 21 >22 23 24 25 26 27 28 >29 30 31 > >Looks like it was a Saturday. Strange, don't you think? > >-- >Nick Kocharhook -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Rot-13 >
