What's so special about Sept. 1752?

Sept 1752 Calendar, originally uploaded by Anand Surana.

Have you ever seen the calendar for September 1752?

If you are working in Unix, try this out. At $ prompt, type: cal 9 1752

Isn't the output queer? A month with whole of eleven days missing. Well, let me explain.

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.