https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Donglebakerexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-29T12:59:21ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1140:_Calendar_of_Meaningful_Dates&diff=20305Talk:1140: Calendar of Meaningful Dates2012-11-28T18:16:05Z<p>Donglebaker: </p>
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<div>Seeing how the (northern hemisphere) summer months are bolder than the winter ones, I remember that someone said that "historical things" like wars and battles used to occur during the good weather months. Same for e.g. romance novels - people date and love on those dates. {{unsigned|81.34.231.6}}<br />
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If the search included Spanish dates in English texts, May 5th would be larger. {{unsigned|214.4.253.121}}<br />
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I wonder if he took into account the month/day swap between the US and UK dating system (among other countries). [[Special:Contributions/76.122.5.96|76.122.5.96]] 14:22, 28 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
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Interesting about the 11ths -- perhaps that correlates with low passenger loads on airplanes as well, and thus why the 11th was chosen for the attack (the month of September having been chosen for some other reason).[[Special:Contributions/50.0.38.245|50.0.38.245]] 15:33, 28 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
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I second the Spanish language date in English texts. May 5th is routinely routinely called Cinco De Mayo in English. Has Randall weighed in on how this was handled? [[User:Donglebaker|Donglebaker]] ([[User talk:Donglebaker|talk]]) 18:16, 28 November 2012 (UTC) JC</div>Donglebaker