September 28 ns
September 15 os
We mark certain days of the year with ‘On This Day’ posts, recalling events associated with them.
Our events are grouped under two calendars. The Gregorian ‘New Style’ (NS) is the worldwide calendar first issued at Rome in 1582. On that calendar, today is September 28. The Julian ‘Old Style’ (OS), also issued at Rome but in 46 BC, was used in Roman Britain and then in England from Anglo-Saxon times until 1752. It is still used today by roughly 100 million Orthodox Christians worldwide. On that calendar, today is September 15.
Today
An improbable chain of coincidences led to one of the great medical revolutions just when it was most needed.
Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) discovered the principle underlying antibiotics, a genuine medical revolution, and it all happened by accident. But whereas the excitable Archimedes cried ‘Eureka!’ on making his famous discovery, Scotsman Fleming muttered a more British ‘That’s funny’.
Posted May 24 2016
The Calendar below shows the year on the Roman (Gregorian or ‘New Style’) Calendar for 2024. Click on any date to see the events we have marked for it.
Roman Easter 2024: Sunday March 31
Old English Easter 2024: Sunday May 5
Christmas 2024: Wednesday December 25
Old English Christmas 2024: Tuesday January 7, 2025
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