Reburial took place Jan. 2, 1934, in Maplewood Cemetery, under a marker that lists incorrect middle name, and erroneous dates of birth and death.

This erroneous date appeared in several otherwise reliable sources, such as the Townshend-authorised biography "Before I Get Old: The Story of The Who."

A picture caption about the seven original Mercury astronauts carried an erroneous date.

However it is now accepted by historians that this was an erroneous date assigned by medieval chroniclers.

And a correction on this page on Thursday gave a second erroneous date.

However, modern historians also recognize that his Chronicles betray many shortcomings: erroneous dates, misplaced geography, inaccurate estimations of casualties, and biases in favor of his patrons.

As a result, some programs with the Y2K leap year bug will assign erroneous dates every day after Feb. 28, 2000.

His tomb has an erroneous date of birth, given as 1837 instead of 1836.

The report has also been criticized for inclusion of an erroneous date for the projected demise of the Himalayan glaciers.

Like misprinted stamps that become valuable because they are mistakes, the beautiful blanket will have a little extra meaning--plus nice memories--because of the erroneous date.