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This talk page may have a tendency to attract repeated discussions of the same theme. Please read through the list of highlighted discussions below before starting a new one: How to render Paine's birth year has been previously discussed on the George Washington talk page, as seen in the Talk page Archives including Talk:George Washington/Archive 1#Birth date, Talk:George Washington/Archive 6#George Washington's birthday, Talk:George Washington/Archive 6#Founding Fathers' birthdates, Talk:George Washington/Archive 9#GW's birthday & calendar switch issue, Talk:George Washington/Archive 7#Birthdate, and Talk:George Washington/Archive 10#Dates for George Washington's birth. Editorial consensus is that Thomas Paine was born on "January 29, 1736/Old Style" and on "February 9, 1737/New Style" - this rendering is supported by reliable sources as shown in the article.

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