August 16 – Palindrome Week

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nBecause the year of a written date is often written with the first two digits missing – making 2018 into just 18 – and because this is the eighth month of the year, this week has been Palindrome Week in the U.S. (In much of the world, the day is written before the month in a date, and for entire swaths of Asia dates are written year-month-day…so this is not Palindrome Week for any other nation.)
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nActually, the palindromes of Palindrome Week will be going on a bit longer than a week.
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nYou may already know that palindromes are words or numbers that are the same backwards or forwards. Examples include MOM, MADAM, NURSES RUN, 101, and 45,654.
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nWell, this chunk of August has included: 
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nn8-10-18
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n8-11-18
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n8-12-18
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n8-13-18
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n8-14-18
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n8-15-18
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n8-16-18 (today!)
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nand will include:
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n8-17-18
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n8-18-18
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n8-19-18
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nIf you take out the punctuation, the numbers are the same backwards or forwards. 
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For more on palindromes, check out the cool sequence below, plus this earlier post:n
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nIndependence Day in Gabon
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nPlan ahead:

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• nAugust holidays

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• nAugust birthdays

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• nHistorical anniversaries in August

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• nSeptember holidays

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• nSeptember birthdays

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• nHistorical anniversaries in September

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