19 March - Saint Joseph's Day

 

Saint Joseph's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Joseph or the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, is in Western Christianity the principal feast day of Saint Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and legal father of Jesus Christ, celebrated on 19 March. It has the rank of a solemnity in the Catholic Church. It is a feast or commemoration in the provinces of the Anglican Communion,and a feast or festival in the Lutheran Church. Saint Joseph's Day is the Patronal Feast day for Poland as well as for Canada, persons named Joseph, Josephine, etc., for religious institutes, schools and parishes bearing his name, and for carpenters. It is also Father's Day in some Catholic countries, mainly Spain, Portugal, and Italy. It is not a holy day of obligation for Catholics in the United States.

19 March - Sant Tukaram passed away 1650

 

Sant Tukaram, passed away on 19 March 1650, was a 17th-century Marathi Saint. He was a Sant of Varkari sampradaya (Marathi-Vaishnav tradition) - that venerates the God Vitthal - in Maharashtra, India. He was part of the egalitarian, personalized Varkari devotionalism tradition. Sant Tukaram is best known for his devotional poetry called Abhanga and community-oriented worship with spiritual songs known as kirtan.

19 March - International Tourist Year

 

The First International Congress of National Tourism Bodies, meeting in ‎London, decides to create a new international non-governmental organization to ‎replace the International Union of Official Tourist Propaganda Organizations ‎‎(IUOTPO), established in 1934
       The First Constitutive Assembly of the International Union of Official Travel ‎Organisations (IUOTO) is held in The Hague. The temporary IUOTO ‎headquarters are established in London.
       The United Nations, following an IUOTO initiative, declares 1967 International ‎Tourist Year (ITY), with the slogan Tourism, Passport to Peace.‎

19 March - D. K. Pattammal was born in 1919

 

D. K. Pattammal, was an Indian Carnatic musician and a playback singer for film songs in Tamil. Pattammal, along with her contemporaries M. S. Subbulakshmi and M. L. Vasanthakumari, are popularly referred to as the female trinity of Carnatic Music. This trio initiated the entry of women into mainstream Carnatic Music. She has been appreciated all over the world by Carnatic music lovers. She was born on 19 March 1919.