9 A.M., October 23, 4004 B.C.

In 1650, the archbishop James Ussher, calculating from biblical references, fixed the date of the world's creation to have been the year 4004 BC. Another dedicated cleric, working independently of the archbishop, not only cooperated his findings but, with further scriptural proof, pinpointed not only the year, but the exact date and time: 4004 BC, October 23rd, 9 AM. That was 4004 BC. Meanwhile, a billion years before - give or take a little...