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January 1, 1950: AD, BC, BCE, CE and now BP? The Year Designation You Do not Know
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5:52Now PlayingOn January 1, 1950, a new method of designating what year it is (or was) went into effect with the BP system, meaning “Before Present.”
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“Auld Lang Syne,” a Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1788, is traditionally used to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve.
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