5-05-05

So what is 5-05-05?
.....Yes, it's May 5, 2005.
.....Yes, it's Cinco de Mayo.
.....Yes, it's the National Day of Prayer
.....Yes, it's Ascencion Thursday (you can look this up in the Encyclopedia Brittanica on GALILEO)

But best of all it's a PALINDROME.

b. A number, or a date expressed numerically, that is unchanged when the order of its digits is reversed.

Check out the Oxford English Dictionary on GALILEO http://www.galileo.usg.edu (ask the librarian at the circulation desk for the password to use GALILEO at home) for the meaning and use of all sorts of English words.