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White Day is celebrated annually on March 14, one month after Valentine's Day, when people give reciprocal gifts to those who gave them gifts on Valentine's Day.It began in Japan in 1978; its observance has spread to several other East Asian nations like Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and other countries worldwide.
March 14. March 14 is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 292 days remain until the end of the year.
Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (the 3rd month) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π, and was first celebrated in the United States. [2][3] It was founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw, an employee of a science museum in San Francisco, the Exploratorium.
1964 - A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of John F. Kennedy. 1967 - The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery. 1980 - In Poland, a plane crashes during an emergency landing near Warsaw, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American ...
World Hearing Day. National Anthem Day. Missouri Compromise. National Mulled Wine Day. March 4. National Grammar Day. National Hug a G.I. Day. World Obesity Day. National Pound Cake Day.
The first recorded St Patrick's Day celebration in America was in St. Augustine, Spanish Florida, in the year 1600 according to Michael Franicis's 2017 research. [5] Franicis discovered the first St. Patrick Day Parade was also in St. Augustine in 1601. [6]
Mardi Gras arrived in North America as a sedate French Catholic tradition with the Le Moyne brothers, [3] Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, in the late 17th century, when King Louis XIV sent the pair to defend France's claim on the territory of Louisiane, which included what are now the U.S. states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Month of March. Frequency. annual. Irish Heritage Month is an annual observance originating in the United States, where it is known as Irish-American Heritage Month. It has received official recognition from governments in the United States and Canada. It was first celebrated by proclamation of the President and Congress in the United States to ...