Decimal Day

day in 1971 when the United Kingdom and Ireland decimalized their currencies
Intangible decimalization Q3704511
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Decimal Day

Summary

Decimal Day is a decimalization[1]. It draws 418 Wikipedia views per month (decimalization category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Decimal Day is in the country of Ireland[3].
  • Decimal Day is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Decimal Day's instance of is recorded as decimalization[5].
  • Decimal Day's Commons category is recorded as Decimal Day[6].
  • Decimal Day's point in time is recorded as +1971-02-15T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Decimal Day's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02l3dx[8].
  • Decimal Day's facet of is recorded as Carolingian monetary system[9].
  • Decimal Day's BBC Things ID is recorded as 04c9399b-c2d2-4750-95c5-235f2f45e04d[10].
  • Decimal Day's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["HistoricalEvent", "BritishCoinageDecimalized"][11].
  • Decimal Day's object of occurrence is recorded as pound sterling[12].
  • Decimal Day's object of occurrence is recorded as Irish pound[13].

Why It Matters

Decimal Day draws 418 Wikipedia views per month (decimalization category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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