Yet, some parts of the world consider it lucky. When a Friday falls on the 13th day of a month, it is said to be bad luck.Thirsty Thursdays is a popular alternative amongst students and young professionals to reference Thursday as the day to get the weekend started early with alcoholic drinks.

This is the day on which the Last Supper occurred.

In Christian tradition, Maundy Thursday, or sometimes Holy Thursday, is the Thursday before Easter.

The bushfires are considered one of the biggest disasters in Australian history 75 people died, and over $300 million in damage occurred.

While Ash Wednesday mainly refers to the Christian holy day of prayer, fasting, and repentance, it can also refer to a series of bushfires that occurred in south-eastern Australia in 1983.

It's the hump that requires crossing before making it to the end, which is Friday. because of its place in the middle of the workweek. This was the day of the Great Stock Market Crash, and the start of the Great Depression. One of the most well-known Tuesdays is Black Tuesday, which was Tuesday, October 29th, 1929.This is also the day where most job applications are submitted.For many employees, Tuesday is the most productive of all the working days.Monday can be alternatively known as 'suicide day', due to the relatively higher number of suicides that take place on this weekday.Monday is the day of the week people tend to weigh the most.A study in 2011 found that the average person moans for 34 minutes on Mondays, as compared to 22 minutes on other days.Monday is the only day of the week that is an anagram for one word.Statistically, the most likely day the U.S.Also, the word for Thursday in most languages spoken in India is 'Guruvara', where 'guru' is the style of Brhaspati, the guru to the gods and regent of the planet Jupiter. The Japanese word for Tuesday, which is 'ka youbi', literally translates to 'fire day', in relation to Mars. For instance, the word Friday in Japanese is formed from the word 'kinsei', which means Venus, and 'yobi', which means day. It even seeped into cultures all around the world, such as Japanese and Indian culture. The others are a bit more obscure Monday was named after Luna, the divine embodiment of the moon, Tuesday after Mars, Wednesday after Mercurius (Mercury), Thursday after Jove (Jupiter), and Friday after (Venus).įrom these origins, Latin names for the days of the week permeated into other cultures and languages such as French and German. For instance, in the Roman calendar, Sunday is named after Sol, a Roman Sun god, and Saturday after Saturnus, the Roman god of wealth and liberation, amongst many other things. The names of the days of the week are mostly derived from the names of Roman gods (which current names of celestial bodies are also derived from) from the Hellenistic period, which is the period in history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the rise of the Roman Empire in 31 BC.

This method was further refined into what we now know as the current Gregorian Calendar. Because celestial bodies of such close proximity can be widely encountered, it was common in ancient times to use them to tell time and/or date. The Gregorian Calendar, named after Pope Gregory XIII, is based on the time it takes the moon to make one full revolution around the Earth (roughly one month) and the Sun to make a full revolution around the Earth (roughly one year). Monday is the official first day of the week according to ISO 8601. It is called Zeller's congruence, which was invented by Christian Zeller. The internationally recognized method of conveying the day of the week is governed by ISO 8601, which uses an algorithm for calculating the day of a week in a particular month and year. Though it is used by the majority of the world, particularly developed countries, not all adhere to this standard. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the regulator of ISO 8601, which is the international standard for covering the exchange of data related to date or time.

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