ALT A screenshot of text and a calendar for the month of September in 1752. The date is September 2nd, but the dates from the 3rd to 13th are missing. The text reads: When folk in Britain headed off to bed on the evening of the 2nd September, 272 years ago, they weren’t happy that they’d be waking up on 14th September! This calendar curiosity was because we switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, one result of which meant a jump from the 2nd to the 14th overnight. The sparked objections of “Give us our 11 days” from those disgruntled that their lives had seemingly been shortened as a result of the change!