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The Oxhill News December 2003 |
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It happened in December Christmas Day (25th
December) is the last quarter day in The Arpanet, the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, started as a four-node network in December 1969. It is bigger now. The Dekabrists, or Decembrists, were members of an unsuccessful anti-Tsarist revolt in December 1825, following the death of Alexander I. Edward VIII abdicated on The Mayflower, the ship that carried
the Pilgrim Fathers to On The winter solstice, usually on 22nd
December, is when daylight hours are minimal.
On the other hand, later in the same article in the OUP Science
Dictionary, we read, “the winter solstice occurs on December 21st
in the northern hemisphere”. Always
better at Arts subjects, Orville Wright was a |
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