Donald,

Early in our history and up until about WW2, we tended to say dates in this format..."Fourth of July, Nineteen Seventy-six." But somewhere about the middle of the last century, we began seeing a shift in the common usage of the language to..."July Fourth, Nineteen Seventy-six." Being the simpletons that we Yanks are, we write it like we tend to say it. Thus, 7/4/1976 has become the most common way to express dates in writing. We confuse easily.

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