From: utzoo!watmath!pcmcgeer Newsgroups: net.followup Title: Re: re: re: Gregorian Great Circle Article-I.D.: watmath.3689 Posted: Mon Oct 25 19:27:35 1982 Received: Tue Oct 26 23:48:30 1982 References: ecn-pa.579 utah-gr.596 Actually, Julius Caesar shortened February because the Romans considered 12 to be an unlucky number. Rick.