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January 4

Sir Isaac Newton

Just so that this date doesn't go unnoticed, Sir Isaac Newton, FRS, was born on this date in 1643 (NS), (OS: 25 December 1642) :)) hydnjo talk 20:56, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

In some calendars. Algebraist 21:03, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Just wanting to be sure that this wasn't a null date here at the good ol' /Math. So, more completely:

Gregorian (New Style) 1643-01-04 (Sunday, January 4, 1643)

Ordinal Calendar 1643-004

Week Date (ISO commercial calendar) 1643-W01-7

Julian (Old Style) 1642-12-25 (Sunday, December 25, 1642)

Islamic (Moslem) 1052-10-13 (Shawwal 13, 1052)

Hebrew (Jewish) 5403-10-13 (Teveth 13, 5403)

Mayan Long Count 12.1.4.11.14

Mayan Haab --10-7 (7 Yax)

Mayan Tzolkin --14-13 (13 Ix)

French Revolutionary *

Old Hindu Solar 4743-09-26 (Dhanu 26, 4743)

Old Hindu Lunar 4743-10-14 (Pausha 14, 4743)

Achelis' World Calendar 1643-01-04 (Wednesday, January 4, 1643)

Coptic 1359-04-29 (Kiyahk 29, 1359)

Ethiopian 1635-04-29 (Takhs'as' 29, 1635)

Jalaali *

Japanese Traditional "Kyureki" with CE 1642-11-14 (Shakku, Shimotsuki 14, 1642)

chronological Julian day number (JD) 2321157

chronological modified Julian day number (MJD) -78844

Lilian day number (LDN) 21997

and others I'm sure :)) hydnjo talk 21:52, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Positivist calendar: day of Ulysses, month of Moses, 146 before the great crisis

Illuminati calendar: 4th January 5643—Preceding unsigned comment added by Algebraist (talk • contribs) 22:03, 4 January 2009

Oops! How the f*ck did we manage to miss that non-obscure calender reference riveted in its glorious historical perspective? :) hydnjo talk 00:56, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Discordian: Prickle-Prickle, Chaos 4, Year of Our Lady of Discord 2809 :-) the wub "?!" 15:17, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

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Without this thread, this would've been a null day :( Thanks Algebraist for your contributions, and Sir Isaac Newton's birthday is a null day not :) hydnjo talk 02:25, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

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I was just coming over here to procrastinate, and now you've given me a ton of strange calendars to look up! Excellent. No homework will be done until tomorrow. Eric. 68.18.17.165 (talk) 04:49, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to procrastinator central! Shoot, we can always find something worthwhile and humanity saving to do here instead of <whatever>. Bless you man! hydnjo talk 04:58, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for reminding me. I'd meant to make a new years resolution about not procrastinating. Dmcq (talk) 18:45, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

I hope you weren't waiting to the fifth to make your resoutions, then? Eric. 68.18.17.165 (talk) 00:23, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Sir Isaac Newton was not born on any of those dates. Perhaps you are thinking of Isaac Newton? He had to wait until Queen Anne knighted him in 1705. Cuddlyable3 (talk) 12:12, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Are you claiming Sir Isaac Newton is a different person from Isaac Newton? If so, that's an interesting philosophical position. It does have the problem, though, that Sir Isaac was probably not named at all until somewhat after his birth. I myself rejoiced in the name of <surname> Twin Two for a brief period. Does this mean <my real name> was never born? Algebraist 15:32, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

People would snigger if the Queen of England dubbed someone who was already a knight. Sniggering at the Queen is unthinkably dastardly so that cannot be. Q.E.D. My compliments to your older twin who can rejoice in being your senior. I guess you arrived before a name was prepared for you, but you seem to have turned out all right. Cuddlyable3 (talk) 17:06, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

In that date, neither Isaac Newton was born indeed... --PMajer (talk) 18:55, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

On this date (as defined by some calendars), a male was born to Hannah Ayscough. He was named after his deceased father Isaac Newton. -hydnjo talk 02:49, 7 January 2009 (UTC)