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Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Ravioli Day'.
[The Hankster says] I'll have a big plate of Cheese ravioli please. With a side of meat ravioli and some seafood ones for appetizers.
Tomorrow is 'World Storytelling Day'.
[The Hankster says] The storytellers of old, always got the best places around the fire on a cold winter's night. And I bet a captivating tale can still be spun without the Internet, movie or TV screen. Give it a try. The kids will love it and you.
Falling right in line with storytellers, tomorrow we celebrate one the the best.
Tomorrow is 'Won't You Be My Neighbor Day'. On Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers) birthday.
We are still celebrating 'Act Happy Week'. So, tomorrow get an early start on the
'International Day of Happiness'. A U.N. day since 2012.
We have several days that celebrate a change of season.
- 'Northern Hemisphere, the spring (vernal) equinox 2015.'. Southern emisphere, autumnal (fall) equinox. Mar. 20 or 21? The equinox may oscillate by about 53 hours around its mean position, so it may be 20 or 21.
- 'Snowman Burning Day'.
Spring is the time for romance. These two days, aim to help.
- 'Kiss Your Fiance Day'.
- 'Proposal Day'. Marriage proposal day
OK, here we go again. Tomorrow is another UFO watch day. Tomorrow is
'Extraterrestrial Abductions Day'.
[The Hankster says] I was abducted once, but if you have ever read the story 'The Ransom of the red Chief' by O' Henry, you can guess the outcome.
Awareness days tomorrow.
- 'National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day'. Specifically addressing the communities of the American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.
- 'UN French Language Day'. One of the six official working languages at the UN (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish).
- 'Great American Meatout Day'. Since 1985 by FARM (Farm Animals Rights Movement)
- 'World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People'. .In Germany. German Children and Young People’s Theatre Centro. Motto: 'Generations in Dialogue'
- 'National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence'.
In Australia.
- 'World Oral Health Day'.
- 'World (House) Sparrow Day'.
Victor Hugo once wrote 'All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.'
[The Hankster says] Let us see what great things came and went on March 20 in the past.
In 1916, Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
In 1922, The USS Langley (CV-1) is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
[The Hankster says] It was the conversion of a ship by adding a flight deck.
In 1942, During World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: 'I came out of Bataan and I shall return'.
In1948, At the 20th Academy Award
- Best Motion Picture is 'Gentleman's Agreement'.
- Best Actor is Ronald Colman for 'A Double Life'.
- Best Actress is Loretta Young for 'The Farmer's Daughter'.
- Best Supporting Actor is Edmund Gwenn for 'Miracle on 34th Street'.
- Best Supporting Actress is Celeste Holm for 'Gentleman's Agreement'.
- Best Original Song is 'Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah' from 'Song of the South'.
In 1952, At the 24th Academy Awards,
- Best Motion Picture is 'An American in Paris'.
- Best Actor is Humphrey Bogart for 'The African Queen'.
- Best Actress is Vivien Leigh for 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.
- Best Supporting Actor is Karl Malden for 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.
- Best Supporting Actress is Kim Hunter for A Streetcar Named Desire'.
- Best Original Song is 'In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening' from Here Comes the Groom'.
In 1961, Ricky Nelson recorded 'Hello Mary Lou'.
In 1964, The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
In 1982, Joan Jett and Blackheart's, 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' goes #1 for 7 weeks.
In 1993, The 274th and final episode of the comedy show 'Cheers' airs on NBC.
In 1994, at the 14th Golden Raspberry Awards
- Worst Picture is 'Indecent Proposal'.
- Worst Actor is Burt Reynolds in 'Cop and a Half'.
- Worst Actress is Madonna in 'Body of Evidence'.
- Worst Supporting Actor is Woody Harrelson in 'Indecent Proposal'.
- Worst Supporting Actress is Faye Dunaway in 'The Temp'.
- Worst Original Song is 'Addams Family (Whoomp!)'.
In 1999, At the 19th Golden Raspberry Awards,
- Worst Picture is 'Burn Hollywood Burn'.
- Worst Actor is Bruce Willis in 'Armageddon'.
- Worst Actress is The Spice Girls in 'Spice World'.
- Worst Supporting Actor is Joe Eszterhas in 'Burn Hollywood Burn'.
- Worst Supporting Actress is Maria Pitillo in 'Godzilla'.
- Worst Original Song is 'I Wanna Be Mike Ovitz!'.
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Food Holiday:
Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month
Berries and Cherries Month
Exotic Winter Fruit and Leeks and Green Onions Month
National Celery Month
National Flour Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Noodle Month
National Nutrition Month
National Peanut Month
National Sauce Month
Other:
American Diabetes Alert Month
American Red Cross Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Child Life Month
Colic Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month
Dolphin Awareness Month
Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
Hemophilia Month
Honor Society Awareness Month
Humorists are Artists Month
International Listening Awareness Month
International Mirth Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Kidney Month
Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training Month
Music in our Schools Month
National Athletic Trainers Month
National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Craft Month
National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
National Endometriosis Awareness Month
National Essential Tremor Awareness Month
National Ethics Awareness Month
National Eye Donor Month
National Flower Month
National Kidney Month
National March Into Literacy Month
National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
National Poison Prevention Awareness Month
National Problem Gambling Awareness Month
National Professional Social Worker's Month
National Social Work Month
National Women's History Month
Red Cross Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
Save Your Vision Month
Trisomy Awareness Month
March is:
March origin (from Wikipedia):
'The name of March comes from Latin Martius, the first month of the earliest
Roman calendar. It was named for Mars, the Roman god of war who was also
regarded as a guardian of agriculture and an ancestor of the Roman people
through his sons Romulus and Remus.
'
March
'is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
It is one of seven months that are 31 days long. In the Northern Hemisphere,
the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March.
The March equinox on the 20th or 21st marks the astronomical beginning of
spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the
Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the
Northern Hemisphere's March.
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