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Calendar Zone

http://www.calendarzone.com 

A directory of web resources, with sections for art, celestial studies, culture, geography, holidays, religion, reference, women, Y2K, and more.

Calendars through the Ages

http://webexhibits.com/calendars 

"The human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with the sun and stars": wonderful information about such topics as the organization of the week into seven days and the meanings of their names, atomic time, and daylight savings time; with many timelines.

Farmer's Almanac

http://www.farmersalmanac.com 

Astronomy, "the best days" to do all kinds of activities, weather, curious facts, and advice.

The Old Farmer's Almanac

http://www.almanac.com 

People who follow these weather forecasts argue that they are more accurate than those of the meteorologists. Also offered here are household tips, history, and puzzles.

Google Calendar

http://calendar.google.com 

“With Google Calendar, you can see your friends' and family's schedules right next to your own; quickly add events mentioned in Gmail conversations or saved in other calendar applications...You can set up automatic event reminders, including mobile phone notifications, and instantly bring up anything on your calendar with the built-in search tool.” Please note that a registered Google account is necessary to use the service.

National Institute of Standards and Technology
https://www.time.gov/
Official U.S. time.

Sunrise, Sunset Calendars and Local Time

http://www.sunrisesunset.com

Site consists of time table information for sunrises and sunsets in various locations all over the world. Site also has local time information for various locales around the world.

This Day in History

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

Find out what happened throughout time and throughout the world today or on other days of the year.

Time and Date

http://www.timeanddate.com

This site provides time zone maps, converters, weather, and more.

U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications

https://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/index

Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset; moon phases; eclipses; equinoxes and solstices; and more.

Virtual Perpetual Calendars

http://www.vpcalendar.net

Find the day of the week for virtually any day of any year. 

A Walk Through Time

https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/popular-links/walk-through-time

Ancient calendars, early clocks, and world time scales.

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