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Re:In 1000 BC the summer solstice was on July 2nd [pdf] by ronilan on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @01:45AM (#7135727)
The sun didn't change. The way people date the sun did. A Julian calendar prior to October 1582 and from there on a Gregorian calendar

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

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Re:In 1000 BC the summer solstice was on July 2nd [pdf] by fhars on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @01:54AM (#7135753)
And there was no July in 1000 BC as the month is named after some Julius Ceasar who lived quite a bit later. The whole argument is a silly, ahistoric play on calendar definitions.
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