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Friday, September 30, 2011

The Falsehood regarding October 2011

I have recently received a post from a social network regarding an interesting fact about October 2011.  It got my interest at first then my inquisitive mind came next.

What the viral "fact" claim is that October 2011 has  5 Saturdays, 5 Sundays, and 5 Mondays It also says that it will happen only again after 823 years.  Hmmm...ain't that too long for us to experienced again another month of October with 5 of these days?  Guess what?  It is not that long.

Following are some years that I found (adjusting my computer dates) with the same scenario as having 5 of those days mentioned.

You can see here on year 2004, 5 occurrences of the days-- Fri, Sat, and Mon.

Well, that's not too long ago.  Next is the October of this year.

The year that started it all :) 5 Sats, Suns, and Mons.

The closest year I found to have the same 5 days occurrences is 2021.

Add ten years in your life and you will be in this situation again.
The person or people who started this might contend that they said 5 days of Sats, Suns, and Mons and what I have presented were not those days.  Well, what I have presented so far -- that is.  Now, if you might be thinking that they have a point of contention, let me present you one more year.

5 Saturdays, 5 Sundays, and 5 Mondays

So, 823 years? :)