Saturday
While many people now take Saturday for granted, it was unknown in the western world (although alluded to briefly in the Aztec calendar) until the Ecumenical Council of Nicea in 378. It was decided that as scripture referred to seven days, the seventh (which had previously only existed in scripture) should be invented in order to make it all look a bit speccy and not as if they were all just making shit up.
It was decided that this should be a day of rest too, but unlike the already-established Sunday, the new day should be a day of not complete rest but one where you could also do the shopping (although the banks would be closed) and go to the footy. As such, they named it 'Sat On Day', to represent the 'sitting' rest as opposed to 'lying down' rest that the Council anticipated. Over the intervening 17 centuries (adjusted for daylight savings) it has become known as the 'Saturday' that we all know and love.
Saturday was banned in the Italy of Bennitto Mussolini, and replaced with Iron Man Day.
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