Presidents' Day is Never on Either of Washington's Birthdays

[Jim Koepke]

What you may ask, "either of Washington's birthdays?"

Due to a quirk of human calendars Washington changed his birthday to February 22nd to make up for the 11 days skipped in 1752 when the Gregorian calendar was adopted by Britain and her colonies. He was born on February 11th by the Julian calendar.

That is why, depending on which calendar you are using, Washington was born on both Feb. 11, 1731, and Feb. 22, 1732. They were the same day.

The missing days were September 3rd through September 13th.

Presidents' day falls on the third Monday of February (Uniform Monday Holiday act of 1971) which means the day falls between the 15th and 21st of February. Neither of Washington's birthdays falls between this period.

Another oddity of the calendar change:

Yes, there were exactly 365 days between Feb. 11, 1750, and Feb. 22, 1752.

From an article at > https://www.washingtonpost.com/histo...residents-day/

jtk