latimes:

Happy Palindrome Day!

University of Portland engineering professor Aziz Anin wrote in an email to The Times:

“I know both 11-1-11 (which can also be interpreted as 1-11-11) and 11-11-11 dates to occur this month are very interesting dates as well since they won’t repeat again until the next century, but 11022011 won’t happen again in ALL four-digit years!!”

[Updated, 8:25 a.m., Nov. 2: We should add that 12.02.2021 looks like a Palindrome Day, too, but still!]

Image: Professor Aziz Anin created this palindrome image (with his face in the center) in honor of 11022011, a very rare eight-digit palindrome date. Credit: Courtesy of Aziz Anin.

(Source: Los Angeles Times)