02022020 (U.S. and Europe), 20200202 (Asia)
The last worldwide palindromic date was November 11, 1111 (11111111), over 900 years ago. There was also one on January 1, 1010 (01011010), more than 56 years before anybody named William thought about conquering anybody named Harold. There was an even earlier palindromic date on October 1st, 1001 (10011001).
Generally speaking, however, palindromic dates are scarcer than hen's teeth.
The next worldwide palindromic date will occur on December 12, 2121 (12122121) but then one won't occur again until March 3, 3030 (03033030), followed by April 4, 4040 (04044040) and May 5, 5050 (05055050), and so on and so forth, by which I mean June 6, 6060 (06066060), July 7, 7070 (07077070), August 8, 8080 (08088080), and September 9, 9090 (09099090).
I'm sorry to inform you that one will not occur in the year 2525.
In The Year 2525
by Zager and Evans (1968)
In the year 2525, if man is still alive
If woman can survive, they may find
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545
You ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you
In the year 5555
Your arms hangin' limp at your sides
Your legs got nothin' to do
Some machine's doin' that for you
In the year 6565
You won't need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube.
At least there will still be worldwide palindromic dates to look forward to.
On a personal note, today is also the 97th birthday of my friend Rinaldo "Len" Gallucci of Bainbridge, Georgia, whom Mrs. RWP and I have known for 50 years. We visited him and his wife Lorraine in Boynton Beach, Florida, in Boca Raton, Florida, in Ocala, Florida, in Waconia, Minnesota, in Ozark, Missouri, and, finally, in Bainbridge, Georgia. They kept moving but we kept finding them.
Happy, 97th birthday, Len!
These two guys are not named William and Harold. Can you guess who they are?
I like fun numbers.
ReplyDeleteAdrian, so do I.
DeleteForgot to say it gets better at twenty past eight this evening.
ReplyDeleteAdrian, it may get better but it won't be palindromic.
DeletePut a note in your diary to remind us again in 2121.
ReplyDeleteTasker, I will do my best to remember but I don't have a diary.
DeleteHa. You too. Or, in fact me too because you posted first. Thanks for the confirmation 0f 12/12/2121. I get very confuse.
ReplyDeleteThe picture is of Zager and Evans.
Graham, we both received the cosmic memo, I guess. And you are correct, they are Zager and Evans around 1969.
DeleteHappy palindrome day!
ReplyDeleteBonnie, able was I ere I saw Elba. A man, a plan, a canal - Panama! Was it a rat I saw?
DeleteVery good! I admit it took me a minute, then I got it.
DeleteI will only be 7070 years old if I haven't made any errors in my calculation.
ReplyDeleteRed, if you are referring to the year 9090 (I'm not sure), then you made an error in your calculation. If you were born today you would be 7070 years old then. If you are 70 now, you would be 7140 then.
DeleteFun facts. I hated that song!
ReplyDeleteEmma, I agree wholeheartedly with both of your statements!
DeleteIt was yesterday here, and slipped by without a trace.
ReplyDeleteIn the Year 2525 has popped up several times of late, and going by our present trajectory I doubt that man (or woman) will still be alive.
Elephant's Child, I fervently hope you are wrong about the year 2525.
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