Preparedness Notes for Tuesday – October 30, 2018

October 30th, 1735 was the birthday of President John Adams. (Other sources cite his birthdate as October 19, 1735.) He died on July 4, 1826–just a few hours after the death of Thomas Jefferson.




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  1. FYI, the discrepancy in his cited date of birth is due to the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in 1752. By the 1700s, the Gregorian Calendar was eleven days ahead of the Julian Calendar.

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