September, 1752

Try this out:

At the command prompt of a Unix system ($), type : cal 9 1752

Surprised????

See the explanation for what you see. If you are not in Unix don't
worry:

see below:


September 1752


S M Tu W Th F S
1 2 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Isn't the output queer? A month with whole eleven days less?
This was the time England shifted from Roman Julian Calendar to the
Gregorian Calendar, and the king of England ordered those 11 days
to be wiped off the face of the month of September of 1752.
(What couldn't a King do in those days?!)

And yes, the workers worked for 11 days less, but got paid for the
entire
30 days. And that's how "Paid Leave" was born. (Bless those
people).