At 14:23 01/03/99 -0500, Eric wrote:
>>I like the idea of finding out the exact date of the worst day ever
>for
>>written records. Someone should do that.
>
>Well, I did a bunch of reading last night. People agrue over the
>year, let alone the day, in which it burned. I suspect we could
>arbitrarly choose any day and it would be a good a guess as the next
>guys...
In a few hundred years we could have *fixed* the date. "Historians know that the fire begin in the Children's section at ten to twelve in the morning of 5th May 39BC, flashing over within minutes to Arts & Crafts and Periodicals."