Posted
on September 11, 2013
On
January 3, 2005, somebody realized that he could write the date as
1/3/5. (This somebody was an American. Most people in the world write
the day first, then the month and year.)
“That's
odd,” that American somebody thought. “The first three
consecutive odd numbers make up the date!”
“Ooo,
I'm awed!” somebody's friend said.
“You're
odd?” somebody asked. “Or awed?”
Truth
be told, somebody and his friend were both a little bit odd to be
awed. Even odder, they decided to celebrate the day as Odd Day. They
told all their friends: Do your odds and ends, give your friend a
high-five, and watch The Odd Couple.
It
was so much fun being awed about odd numbers for an entire day, the
two decided to sit down and write all the other dates that would be
three consecutive odd numbers. And this is what they came up with:
3/5/7 – March 5, 2007
5/7/9 – May 7, 2009
7/9/11 – July 9, 2011
9/11/13 – September 11, 2013
11/13/15 – November 13, 2015
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| Have you ever noticed that some numbers are just a little bit...odd? |
And
then somebody and his friend realized that that would be the end of
the parade of odd days, for an entire century!
Of
course, you probably noticed that today's date is in there. However,
9/11 is a special day of remembrance, every year, so the emphasis on
oddity has been muted.
(By
the way, remember when I mentioned that most of the world writes
dates in this fashion: day/month/year? All of them will celebrate
this year's odd day on November 9!)
Also
on this date:
This
day commemorates the tragic deaths and injury and loss that most
Americans know as 9/11.
Check
out my Pinterest pages on September
holidays, September
birthdays,
and historical
anniversaries in September.
And
here are my Pinterest pages on October
holidays, October
birthdays,
and historical
anniversaries in October.
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