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Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations, held on the second Monday in March.While the date holds some official status in select member states of the Commonwealth, observances of the date are not uniform across the Commonwealth, and the date is not celebrated as a public holiday in most Commonwealth countries.
4 March - World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development [9] 8 March - International Women’s Day [10] 14 March - International Day of Mathematics [11] 20 March - International Francophonie Day [12] 21 March - World Poetry Day [13] International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination [14] International Day of Nowruz [15]
The week begins on “Palm Sunday” (which is Sunday, March 24, 2024), it consists of other significant days such as “Maundy/Holy Thursday” and “Good Friday,” and ends on “Holy Saturday ...
Here's why 2024 is a leap year. You may know a year is 365 days. But that's not entirely accurate. ... Most people choose to celebrate on Feb. 28 or March 1, though.
St Patrick’s Day 2024 takes place on Sunday 17 March. ... St Patrick’s Day 2024: What is the meaning behind the holiday? Chelsea Ritschel and Clémence Michallon. March 14, 2024 at 5:29 PM ...
1776 – John Harrison, English carpenter and clockmaker, invented the Marine chronometer (b. 1693) [281] 1824 – Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, French lawyer (b. 1753) [282] 1838 – Abraham Hume, English floriculturist and Tory politician (b. 1748/49) [283] [284] 1866 – Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Queen of France (b. 1782 ...
Armed conflicts and attacks. Haitian crisis. Thousands of prisoners escape from the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after it was stormed by armed gangs.; Haiti declares a state of emergency in response to the attacks on the country's two largest prisons.