From: J. R. Molloy wrote:
> Sorry you missed it, but the new millennium began in 1996, 2,000 years
after the
> *actual* birth of Jesus Christ.
>
>
Actually, no one knows the date of Jesus's birth. Estimates run about 3-4
years before and after the year 0. The date of our current celebrations was
a convention adopted later on.
Happy new year!
Robert
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