by Peggy Robin
Remember this hit song? In the Year 2525 [Zager & Evans, 1969]-- now there are only 500 years to go!
Want to know a useless fact about the year? Skip over the next paragraph if your answer is no; if it's yes, read the social media post below from retired Harvard law professor Lawrence Tribe (@tribelaw.bsky.social]:
Happy 2025 = 45², the first “square” year since 1936, the next being 2116. Notably, its digit sum is also a square: 2+0+2+5 = 9 = 3². This last happened in 1681 and next occurs in 2304. And, to top that, it’s the first year since 900 whose digit sum (9) and product (100) are both squares. QED. 👀🎉😁
Want even more news you can't use? Then take a look at the list of palindrome dates in 2025. These are dates that are the same, read forwards and backwards. This list comes from UK mathematics blogger Matthew Scroggs, who has invented the portmanteau term, "palindates"
| Date | Format |
| 2 February 2025 | YYYYMDD |
| 5 February 2025 | DMYY |
| 21 May 2025 | MDDYY |
| 22 May 2025 | MDDYY |
| 23 May 2025 | MDDYY |
| 24 May 2025 | MDDYY |
| 25 May 2025 | MDDYY |
| 26 May 2025 | MDDYY |
| 27 May 2025 | MDDYY |
| 28 May 2025 | MDDYY |
| 29 May 2025 | MDDYY |
There's one date that works in two different palindromic formats:
| Date | Formats |
| 20 May 2025 | MDDYYYY;MDDYY |
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In 2025, here is what you will find when you look to the night sky...
Full moons and supermoons and a red moon, oh my!
Full moons of 2025: Names, dates and everything you need to know
By Jamie Carter published January 1, 2025 in Live Science
In 2025, you'll have the chance to see 12 full moons, including three supermoons and two lunar eclipses. Although experienced moon gazers know that the night of the full moon is not the best for observing the lunar surface (even with a good pair of binoculars), the full moon rising as an orb at dusk is a celestial view that's hard to beat.
Each full moon has a unique name that reflects its agricultural past. Besides the usual collection of full moons in 2025, there will also be three supermoons (when the moon's monthly perigee, or closest point to Earth, coincides with its full phase) and two total lunar eclipses, the first since 2022.
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Lunar eclipses 2025
The two lunar eclipses in 2025 will be hugely impressive events. The first, on March 13 to 14, will be a total lunar eclipse, during which the full Worm Moon will drift through Earth’s inner umbral shadow and turn a reddish-orange color for 65 minutes from 2:26 to 3:31 a.m. EDT, according to Timeanddate.com. It will be best seen from North and South America.
The second, on Sept. 7 to 8, will be another total lunar eclipse, during which the Harvest Moon will enter Earth’s inner umbral shadow and turn a reddish-orange color for 82 minutes from 1:30 to 2:52 a.m. EDT, according to Timeanddate.com. It will be best seen from Asia and Australia.
The complete article is available at: https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/full-moons-of-2025-names-dates-and-everything-you-need-to-know
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Planets in a Line-up - January 21 (6 in a row) and March 8 (7 in a row)
See A ‘Planetary Parade’ Tonight — With Must-See Dates For 2025
by Jamie Carter, Senior Contributor to Forbes.
Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky.
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Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, and Saturn will be visible together in January 2025, with Jan. 21 being a good time to look in the evening. That's when the moon reaches its Last Quarter phase, rising at midnight.
Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and Saturn will be joined by Mercury in the first week of March 2025, with Mar. 8 a good night to look — though you should be in position as soon as it gets dark. Mercury, between Saturn and Venus, will sink quickly after. A view of a crescent moon nearby will also be possible that night.
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Friday the 13th comes just once this year, on June 13, one week before the summer solstice on Friday, June 20.
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Anniversaries of Historic Events in 2025
2025 will mark 80 years since the end of World War II (V-E Day, May 8, 1945; V-J Day, August 15, 1945)
A trio of 100-year anniversaries of note:
The Scopes "Monkey Trial." In July 1925 John T. Scopes, a high school science teacher, was put on trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching evolution in violation of state law. The trial ended on July 21, 1925 when Scopes was convicted and fined $100.
On October 1, 1925, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial was dedicated in South Dakota
On October 2, 1925 a TV screen flickered on for the first time in history, as John Logie Baird successfully transmitted the first television pictures with a greyscale image in London.
It's the 200-year anniversary of the Erie Canal: On October 26, 1825, the Erie Canal opened, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
And it's been 200 years since the Panic of 1825, which Yahoo Finance calls, " the first example of an economic crisis that wasn't triggered by an external event, such as a war or other geopolitical development." The website tell us that "British speculators were borrowing massive amounts of money to trade in mining operations and commodities, particularly in South America. Once the market began to turn, the banks that extended the credit for these speculations were in trouble. The crisis came to a head on Dec. 14, 1825 when London bank Pole & Co. failed, triggering a wave of 40 other bank failures. The resulting panic and bank run sent the London stock market tumbling 80 percent and nearly brought down the Bank of England."
Happy 250th birthday, Jane Austen - December 16, 1775. Though you lived just 41 short years, you produced six splendid novels that may never go out of print!
And now, going back 1,100 years ago, there's an event that led in a long and tortuous path to the present King of England, Charles III. On September 4 in the year 925, Aethelstan was crowned King of the Anglo Saxons by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Kingston upon Thames. You can trace the kings and queens of English on their family tree at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_tree_of_British_monarchs
May this year be peaceful and productive for all posters and readers of the Cleveland Park Listserv!
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