almanac command
This page implements the COHERENT almanac command using its original data files.
See also:
almanac manual page
Fred Butzen's original C source almanac.c [7/12/88]
Data files almanac.birth, almanac.death, almanac.event [10/26/94]
Enter a month and day (e.g., "Sep 22"):
BIRTHS:
1290 (Shire reckoning): Bilbo Baggins, bearer of the Ring.
1368 (Shire reckoning): Frodo Baggins, bearer of the Ring.
DEATHS:
1776: Nathan Hale, hanged as a spy.
EVENTS:
1789: Office of the Postmaster General created.
1789: French Republic proclaimed.
1830: Venezuela seceeds from Colombia.
1862: Emancipation Proclamation delivered by President Lincoln.
1949: USSR explodes its first atomic bomb.
1960: Sudan gains independence.
1960: Mali gains independence.
1290 (Shire reckoning): Bilbo Baggins, bearer of the Ring.
1368 (Shire reckoning): Frodo Baggins, bearer of the Ring.
DEATHS:
1776: Nathan Hale, hanged as a spy.
EVENTS:
1789: Office of the Postmaster General created.
1789: French Republic proclaimed.
1830: Venezuela seceeds from Colombia.
1862: Emancipation Proclamation delivered by President Lincoln.
1949: USSR explodes its first atomic bomb.
1960: Sudan gains independence.
1960: Mali gains independence.
