Calendars 

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 

This is Google’s Calendar site. Description from Google: “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; and add other interesting events that you find online…..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.

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.do

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

U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications

http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications/data-services  

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

U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl 

The exact time according to the U.S. Naval Observatory Clock, time zone conversions for the United States, and other links.

Virtual Perpetual Calendars

http://www.vpcalendar.net/ 

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

A Walk Through Time

http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html 

Ancient calendars, early clocks, and world time scales.

World Time Zones

http://wwp.global-time-zones.com/ 

This site gives all world time zones accessible through maps as well as text links. Has a conversion area where you can compare time zones with the one you are in.

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