Use Favorite Calendars Again

The photo shows several favorite calendars I have saved from various years. Some were gifts from family. One was photographed and commissioned for printing by a friend. One was mailed to me after correspondence with a shortwave radio broadcaster in Germany. All of them have memories. A couple come from the same year, but most are from different years. It would be nice to hang them on the wall again. 

Step 1 14 calendars

You may not know there are only 14 different calendars. Together, they cover any year that ever has been, or ever will be. But, they do not repeat on a regular rotational schedule. 

The graphic is a table from a web page that tells the user which basic calendar applies to any year in the 1900s and in the 2000s (20th and 21st Centuries). Click on this link to go to that web page in order to see this table in a more legible form. A table like this also appears in the calendar section of various almanacs. You can find an almanac in most libraries.

If you consult the table, the calendar for the year 2011 is followed by the numeral 6. Look for other occurrences of the code numeral 6. The calendar for 2011 will be repeated again during the 21st Century in 2022, 2033, 2039, 2050, 2061, 2067, 2078, 2089, and 2095. During my lifetime it was also the pattern calendar for 2005, 1994, 1983, 1977, 1966, 1955, and 1949. (I was born in 1946.) 

Comments

[rimar2000]

Very interesting, Phil.

[Phil B]

Thank you. Would you enjoy pointing a friend to a calendar in order to plan an event and watch his face as he realizes the calendar is 15 years old? The dates would be correct, but you could tell him there is really no difference. An old calendar works as well as a new calendar. The expression on his face would be wonderful to watch.