This is an interesting fact to all of the descendants of Francis FERGUS, as he was born September 8, 1752 . . . hmmmmmmm, any ideas? ------------- The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 1999 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. - On This Day in History On this day in 1752, absolutely nothing happened in the English-speaking world. That's because this day didn't exist in 1752. When the English-speaking world decided to adopt the Gregorian Calendar (which we're still using today), all the days between the 3rd and the 14th of September had to be skipped, in order to catch up. ^.^.^. N E W FERGUS Research Worldwide website http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~fergus00/ ^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.