«The calendar I'm advocating isn't nearly as accurate» as the Gregorian calendar, said Richard Henry, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins who has been pushing for calendar reform for years. (scientificamerican.com)
Copernicus, it is well to recall, wrote his book also with an eye on calendar reform. (religion-online.org)
Another hoax: that the April Fool's tradition began with Renaissance calendar reform, when the new year was moved from April to January, and those ignorant of the switch were mocked. (discovermagazine.com)