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Canberra Day is a public holiday held annually on the second Monday in March in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) to celebrate the official naming of Canberra. Canberra was named at a ceremony on 12 March 1913 by Lady Denman, the wife of the then Governor-General Lord Denman. In 2012 Canberra Da...

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Boycott the London Olympics It is unfortunate that the organisers of London Olympics should remain adamant about continuing Dow Chemicals, the infamous successor to Union Carbide, to continue as the sponsor of the games. It is equally unfortunate that the organising committee should have the a...

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International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Womens Day is marked on the 8th of March every year. Read more

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Vejovis or Vejove (Latin: Viovis or Vdiovis; rare Vive or Vdius) is a Roman god. In spring, goats were sacrificed to him to avert plagues. Aulus Gellius informs us that Vejovis received the sacrifice of a female goat, sacrificed ritu humano; this obscure phrase could either mean "after the man...

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International School for Young Astronomers in Cape Town During last week I participated as a tutor at the 34th International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA) which was jointly organized by the International Union of Astronomy (IAU), University of Cape Town (UCT) and the South African Astrono...

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St Piran's Day (Cornish: Gool Peran) is the national day of Cornwall, held on 5 March every year. The day is named after one of the patron saints of Cornwall, Saint Piran, who is also the patron saint of tinminers. Read more

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The Pi Virginids meteor shower occur between February 13 and April 8, peaking between March 3 and March 9, with two to five meteors per hour. The shower was first observed in 1908 and identified in 1948. Read more

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Community College Scholars Selected to Design Rovers Community college students will have the chance to design robotic rovers in cooperation with NASA. Ninety-two students from schools in 24 states have been selected to travel to a NASA centre, including NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasa...

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In ancient Roman religion, the Matronalia (or Matronales Feriae) was a festival celebrating Juno Lucina, the goddess of childbirth ("Juno who brings children into the light"), and of motherhood (mater is "mother" in Latin) and women in general. In the original Roman calen...

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Grandma March Day (Bulgarian: Baba Marta) is a holiday celebrated in Bulgaria, on the first of March. Read more

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Saint David's Day is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March each year Credit TaffTVcouk St Davids Day Parade through Cardiff city centre - March 2010

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Mercury: at magnitude -1.1, starts the month in the constellation of Capricornus. (On February 14th, RA=22h14m47s Dec=-12°42.5' (J2000) Distance=1.339AU Elongation= 6° Phase k=98% Diameter=5.0") Venus: is at magnitude -4.1. The planet is in constellation Aquarius at the start...

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National Science Day is celebrated in India on February 28 each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on 28 February 1928. Read more National Science Day Celebrati...

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Kitano Tenman-g is a Shinto shrine in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It was built in 947, to appease the 'angry spirit' of bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political manoeuvres of his enemies in the Fujiwara clan. The Plum Blossom Festival is held on Fe...

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In Roman religion, Regifugium or Fugalia was an annual observance that took place every February 24. In Latin, the name of the observance transparently means "flight of the king." What exactly this observance was occasioned by is a matter of some controversy. Read more

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	Canberra Day (Preview) Canberra Day is a public holiday held annually on the second Monday in March in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) to celebrate the official naming of Canberra. Canberra was named at a ceremony on 12 March 1913 by Lady Denman, the wife of the then Governor-General Lord Denman. In 2012 Canberra Da...	Blobrana	0	Mar 12 07:06 2012 by Blobrana
	London Olympics (Preview) Boycott the London Olympics It is unfortunate that the organisers of London Olympics should remain adamant about continuing Dow Chemicals, the infamous successor to Union Carbide, to continue as the sponsor of the games. It is equally unfortunate that the organising committee should have the a...	Blobrana	1	Mar 11 17:24 2012 by Blobrana
	International Women's Day (Preview) International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Womens Day is marked on the 8th of March every year. Read more	Blobrana	3	Mar 9 04:39 2012 by Blobrana
	Festival of Vejovis (Preview) Vejovis or Vejove (Latin: Viovis or Vdiovis; rare Vive or Vdius) is a Roman god. In spring, goats were sacrificed to him to avert plagues. Aulus Gellius informs us that Vejovis received the sacrifice of a female goat, sacrificed ritu humano; this obscure phrase could either mean "after the man...	Blobrana	0	Mar 7 08:09 2012 by Blobrana
	Young Astronomers in Cape Town (Preview) International School for Young Astronomers in Cape Town During last week I participated as a tutor at the 34th International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA) which was jointly organized by the International Union of Astronomy (IAU), University of Cape Town (UCT) and the South African Astrono...	Blobrana	0	Mar 5 22:31 2012 by Blobrana
	St Piran's Day (Preview) St Piran's Day (Cornish: Gool Peran) is the national day of Cornwall, held on 5 March every year. The day is named after one of the patron saints of Cornwall, Saint Piran, who is also the patron saint of tinminers. Read more	Blobrana	0	Mar 5 08:03 2012 by Blobrana
	Pi Virginids Meteor shower (Preview) The Pi Virginids meteor shower occur between February 13 and April 8, peaking between March 3 and March 9, with two to five meteors per hour. The shower was first observed in 1908 and identified in 1948. Read more	Blobrana	2	Mar 4 06:45 2012 by Blobrana
	Community College Aerospace Scholars program (Preview) Community College Scholars Selected to Design Rovers Community college students will have the chance to design robotic rovers in cooperation with NASA. Ninety-two students from schools in 24 states have been selected to travel to a NASA centre, including NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasa...	Blobrana	0	Mar 3 08:19 2012 by Blobrana
	Matronalia festival (Preview) In ancient Roman religion, the Matronalia (or Matronales Feriae) was a festival celebrating Juno Lucina, the goddess of childbirth ("Juno who brings children into the light"), and of motherhood (mater is "mother" in Latin) and women in general. In the original Roman calen...	Blobrana	0	Mar 1 08:33 2012 by Blobrana
	Baba Marta Day (Preview) Grandma March Day (Bulgarian: Baba Marta) is a holiday celebrated in Bulgaria, on the first of March. Read more	Blobrana	0	Mar 1 08:11 2012 by Blobrana
	Saint David's Day (Preview) Saint David's Day is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March each year Credit TaffTVcouk St Davids Day Parade through Cardiff city centre - March 2010	Blobrana	0	Mar 1 07:52 2012 by Blobrana
	February 2012 ( 1 2 3 4 ) Calendar (Preview) Mercury: at magnitude -1.1, starts the month in the constellation of Capricornus. (On February 14th, RA=22h14m47s Dec=-12°42.5' (J2000) Distance=1.339AU Elongation= 6° Phase k=98% Diameter=5.0") Venus: is at magnitude -4.1. The planet is in constellation Aquarius at the start...	Blobrana	35	Feb 29 03:02 2012 by Blobrana
	National Science Day (Preview) National Science Day is celebrated in India on February 28 each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on 28 February 1928. Read more National Science Day Celebrati...	Blobrana	0	Feb 28 10:31 2012 by Blobrana
	Plum Blossom Festival (Preview) Kitano Tenman-g is a Shinto shrine in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It was built in 947, to appease the 'angry spirit' of bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political manoeuvres of his enemies in the Fujiwara clan. The Plum Blossom Festival is held on Fe...	Blobrana	0	Feb 25 08:02 2012 by Blobrana
	Regifugium (Preview) In Roman religion, Regifugium or Fugalia was an annual observance that took place every February 24. In Latin, the name of the observance transparently means "flight of the king." What exactly this observance was occasioned by is a matter of some controversy. Read more	Blobrana	0	Feb 24 08:01 2012 by Blobrana
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