Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Random Tandem

Why is October not the eighth month of the year?

1 comment:

Sarah said...

Good question.... I found the answer!

From wikipedia:

October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name (from the Latin "octo" meaning "eight") after July and August, after Julius and Augustus Caesar respectively; when the calendar was originally created by the Romans.