Vortech
02-18-2002, 05:29 PM
I hope no one has posted this.. My wife sent it to me and i thought it was kind of cool. Thought i might as well share.. :)
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ONE MORE DAY IN HISTORY
Believe it or not but 8.02 PM on February 20 this year will be an historic
moment in time.
It will not be marked by the chiming of any clocks or the ringing of bells,
but at that precise time, on that specific date, something will happen which
has not occurred for 1,001 years and will never happen again.
As the clock ticks over from 8.01 PM on Wednesday, February 20, time will,
for sixty seconds only, read in perfect symmetry 2002, 2002, 2002, or to be
more precise - 20:02, 20/02, 2002.
This historic event will never have the same poignancy as the 11th hour of
the 11th day of the 11th month which marks Armistice Day, but it is an event
which has only ever happened once before, and is something which will never
be repeated.
The last occasion that time read in such a symmetrical pattern was long
before the days of the digital watch and the 24-hour clock - at 10.01 AM on
January 10, 1001.
And because the clock only goes up to 23.59, it is something that will never
happen again.
---------------------------------------------------------
ONE MORE DAY IN HISTORY
Believe it or not but 8.02 PM on February 20 this year will be an historic
moment in time.
It will not be marked by the chiming of any clocks or the ringing of bells,
but at that precise time, on that specific date, something will happen which
has not occurred for 1,001 years and will never happen again.
As the clock ticks over from 8.01 PM on Wednesday, February 20, time will,
for sixty seconds only, read in perfect symmetry 2002, 2002, 2002, or to be
more precise - 20:02, 20/02, 2002.
This historic event will never have the same poignancy as the 11th hour of
the 11th day of the 11th month which marks Armistice Day, but it is an event
which has only ever happened once before, and is something which will never
be repeated.
The last occasion that time read in such a symmetrical pattern was long
before the days of the digital watch and the 24-hour clock - at 10.01 AM on
January 10, 1001.
And because the clock only goes up to 23.59, it is something that will never
happen again.