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Thread #34625 Message #486271
Posted By: mousethief
18-Jun-01 - 04:07 PM
Thread Name: BS: Roll Your Own Blackout - Summer Solstice
Subject: RE: BS: Roll Your Own Blackout - Summer Solstice
Historical footnote: The beginning of summer was set at the solstice during IGY in 1959. Before then there was no universal or official understanding of when "summer" starts.