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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, paul o johnson wrote:
the great handicap of having to use Roman numerals, in which there is no
0, so he began counting with the year 1. The 1st century, therefore, had
only 99 years.
Every century has 100 years.
Leave us not perpetuate this mistake. (See Gould's book on the subject).
Check any dictionary on the subject.
Mervin Koehlinger
Physics Instructor
Concordia Lutheran High School
Fort Wayne, Indiana