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TWENTY PAST MIDNIGHT

A good mathematical joke is better, and better mathematics
than a dozen mediocre papers. 
                       -- John Edensor Littlewood
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Chinese Lunar:      Ren2-Wu3.Geng1-Xu1.Yi3-Mao3.Bing3-Zi3 
Discordian:         Boomtime, Bureaucracy 68, 3168 YOLD 
Gregorian:          October 14 2002  Monday  287:2002  Week 41 
Hebrew:             Heshvan 8 5763  (02/08/5763)  Day 2 
Islamic:            Sha'ban 7 1423  (08/07/1423)  Day 2 
Julian:             2452561.5 
Mayan (short form): 12.19.9.11.17  12 Kaban  10 Yax G3 
Persian (Jalali):   mehr 22 1381 
Stardate:           [-30]9221.52 

Phase of the Moon:  61% (wax moon) 
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Important events today (in Gregorian years):
  1066: Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror and the Normans
  1890: Dwight David Eisenhower born
  1947: Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier
  1957: British Computer Society founded
  National Day in Yemen Arab Repyblic
  William Penn born in London, 1644
  Young People's Day in Zaire
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