December 14 ns
December 1 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 December 14. 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 December 1.
Today
Railway enthusiast, music lover, and the man who gave us stereo sound.
Alan Blumlein (1903-1942) is the acknowledged father of stereophonic sound recording. There were others working on stereo, notably Arthur Keller in the USA, but Blumlein was the first man to patent stereo recording equipment, and the man whose ideas best stood the test of time.
On This Day • December 30 ns • 1 post
Alan Blumlein files the world’s first patent for stereo (1931)
Posted February 13 2017
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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