TIL that Alaska experienced two Fridays in a row on the day that ownership transferred from Russia to the USA due to the change from Julian to Gregorian calendar systems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Alaska



Submitted April 11, 2015 at 07:50PM by shokk http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/328cts/til_that_alaska_experienced_two_fridays_in_a_row/