TODAY'S date is 11.12.13. This is the last time the date will consist of three consecutive numbers in ascending order until February 1, 2103.
1. December 11 is also the 345th day of the year, which is a similar set of three ascending digits.
2. In the USA, they write the date as 12.11.13, so they will have to wait until December 13, 2014, to celebrate three ascending digits.
3. In 2011, the date of December 30 was omitted in Samoa as a result of its decision to change sides of the international date line.
4. In 1712, February had 30 days in Sweden as it changed from the Julian to Gregorian calendar.
5. November 2 is the only date that was the birthday of two US presidents: Warren Harding (born 1865) and James Polk (1795).
6. July 4 is the only date on which three US presidents died: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (both 1826) and James Monroe (1831).
7. UK prime ministers Ramsay MacDonald and Neville Chamberlain both died on November 9, in 1937 and 1940 respectively…
8. And November 9 this year was the last date until March 1, 2105 with three consecutive odd numbers.
9. And December 12 next year will be the last with three consecutive even numbers until April 2, 2106.
10. No UK prime minister has ever died in June.
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