national handwriting day

[Benjamin Barrett]

That sounds like a discrepancy due to the change from the Julian to
Gregorian calendar. Didn't the US/colonies adopt right around that time? BB

Dennis Baron wrote:
> In =20
> fact WIMA picked Jan. 23 for National Handwriting Day to coincide =20
> with Hancock=92s birthday.  Actually John Hancock, author of the =20
> largest and most famous American signature, was born not on Jan. 23 =20
> but on Jan. 12.  But that's not the point.  ... "

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