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From: "Michael Page" <>
Subject: Re: [CHS] 2000 CE?!
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 16:47:13 -0000


Sorry Liz but CE stands for Common Era and not Christian Era. When Mao
Tse-Tong accepted the Christian year numbering scheme it was the first time
in history that everybody was prepared to count on a common basis. Hence the
name change.

Michael
(Peterborough, Cambs, UK)

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