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Eleven days disappeared in September 1752
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30 August 2021
Eleven days disappeared in September 1752
People in Britain going to bed on September 2 1752 woke up the next day on September 14. It happened because the country switched from an old dating system, the Julian calendar, to a new one, the Gregorian calendar. This brought Britain in line with most of Europe.

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