Oregon is a great choice due to favorable weather, good transportation infrastructure in the Willamette Valley, and superior scenery. The first total solar eclipse touching the continental United States since 1979 touches down on the Oregon coast between Lincoln City and Newport at 10:15 a.m. PDT. Before Oregon, the shadow of the Moon (umbra) does not touch any other landmass or island before Oregon.
The definition of Calendar Year in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: January first through December thirty-first; usually used in contradistinction to some other way of measuring a year, e.g., academic year, fiscal year.
calendar year. 1  age. 2  old age: a man of years. 3  time; period: the years of hardship and frustration. 4  an unusually long period of time of indefinite length: I haven't spoken to them in years.