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Saturdays Only
Saturday is a day of the week. Saturday may also refer to: Film and television * Saturday (film), ''Saturday'' (film), a 1945 Czechoslovak film * Saturday (Roseanne), "Saturday" (''Roseanne''), a 1989 television episode * Saturdays (TV series), ''Saturdays'' (TV series), a 2023 Disney Channel series Literature * Saturday (novel), ''Saturday'' (novel), 2005, by Ian McEwan * The Saturdays (novel), ''The Saturdays'' (novel), 1941, by Elizabeth Enright Music * Saturday (opera), ''Saturday'' (opera) (German: ''Samstag''), by Karlheinz Stockhausen * The Saturdays, a British-Irish girl group * Saturday (group), a South Korean girl group Albums * Saturday (Ocean Colour Scene album), ''Saturday'' (Ocean Colour Scene album), 2010 * Saturday (The Reivers album), ''Saturday'' (The Reivers album) or the title song, 1987 Songs * Saturday (Basshunter song), "Saturday" (Basshunter song), 2010 * Saturday (The Enemy song), "Saturday" (The Enemy song), 2012 * Saturday (Fall Out Boy son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday
Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. No later than the 2nd century, the Romans named Saturday ("Saturn's Day") for the planet Saturn, which controlled the first hour of that day, according to Vettius Valens. The day's name was introduced into West Germanic languages and is recorded in the Low German languages such as Middle Low German , ''saterdach'', Middle Dutch (Modern Dutch ) and Old English , ''Sæterndæġ'' or . Origins Between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD, the Roman Empire gradually replaced the eight-day Roman nundinal cycle with the seven-day week. The astrological order of the days was explained by Vettius Valens and Dio Cassius (and Chaucer gave the same explanation in his ''Treatise on the Astrolabe''). According to these authors, it was a principle of astrology that the heavenly bodies presided, in succession, over the hours of the day. The association of the weekdays with the respective deities is thus indirect, the days are named for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
