20 March - Nowruz Persian New Year

 

The Iranian New Year,also known as the Persian New Year,is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Iranian Solar Hijri calendar. In Persian it is known as Nowruz and begins on the spring equinox;the day is celebrated worldwide by various ethnolinguistic groups and falls on or around the date of 21 March on the Gregorian calendar.

The day of Nowruz has its origins in the Iranian religion of Zoroastrianism and is thus rooted in the traditions of the Iranian peoples; however, it has been celebrated by diverse communities for over 3,000 years in Western Asia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Black Sea Basin, the Balkans, and South Asia.Presently, while it is largely a secular holiday for most celebrants and enjoyed by people of several different faiths and backgrounds, Nowruz remains a holy day for Zoroastrians, Baháʼís,and some Muslim communities.

As the spring equinox, Nowruz marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere,i.e. the moment at which the Sun crosses the celestial equator and equalizes night and day is calculated exactly every year. Traditional customs of Nowruz include fire and water, ritual dances, gift exchanges, reciting poetry, symbolic objects and more; these customs differ between the diverse peoples and countries that celebrate the festival.

 

Today google celebrates Nowruz with a doodle. It is celebrated as the winter season recedes in the northern hemisphere. More than 300 million people celebrate the festival across the globe. The day is also recognized by the United Nations. It is also known as Persian New Year or Norooz. Nowruz has been celebrated for over 3,000 years in the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Middle East, including Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, and parts of India and Pakistan.
 

20 March - World Storytelling Day

 

World Storytelling Day is an annual global celebration of the art of oral storytelling, observed on March 20th each year. It is a day dedicated to promoting the timeless tradition of storytelling, which has been an integral part of cultures worldwide for centuries. The aim of World Storytelling Day is to encourage people to share stories, whether they are traditional tales, personal narratives, or creative works, as a means of fostering understanding, empathy, and connection among individuals and communities.

The celebration of World Storytelling Day often includes various events such as storytelling performances, workshops, festivals, and other activities organized by storytelling enthusiasts, organizations, libraries, schools, and cultural institutions around the world. These events provide opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to come together, listen to stories, share their own experiences, and celebrate the power of storytelling to inspire, educate, and entertain.

The theme for World Storytelling Day may vary from year to year, but the underlying purpose remains the same: to promote the importance of storytelling as a fundamental aspect of human communication and cultural expression.

20 March - Isaac Newton death anniversary

 

Isaac Newton, passed away on 20 March 1726, was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), first published in 1687, laid the foundations of classical mechanics. Newton also made seminal contributions to optics, and shares credit with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for developing the infinitesimal calculus.

20 March - Tunisia became an independent nation 1956

 

Tunisian independence was a process that occurred from 1952 to 1956 between France and a separatist movement, led by Habib Bourguiba. He became the first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia after negotiations with France successfully had brought an end to the colonial protectorate and led to independence.

In 1956, Tunisia gained independence as the Tunisian Republic under the leadership of Habib Bourguiba with the help of activists such as Chedly Kallala, Farhat Hached and Salah Ben Youssef. Today, Tunisia's culture and identity are rooted in this centuries-long intersection of different cultures and ethnicities.

20 March - World Oral Health Day

 

World Oral Health Day is a global observance holiday celebrated annually on March 20. The day was created to spread awareness about good oral hygiene. The holiday is sponsored and marketed by F.D.I. World Dental Federation, the day has presented itself as a flagship forum to discuss and talk about dental care and oral hygiene. On this day, dentists and oral Hygienists use various platforms to educate people on achieving good oral hygiene and expanding on different treatments.

20 March - World Frog Day

 

World Frog Day is an annual celebration celebrated on March 20. Unlike other animals, not all of us love frogs for their looks, appearance, and most importantly, their croak. Most often they are tiny creatures, small in body, and will make us scrunch up our faces. Frogs are amphibians that can be found both on land and in water. They are considered to be predators and play an important role in preserving the environment throughout their lives. In recent years, however, frogs have been critically endangered for several reasons. World Frog Day is an awareness day celebrated to save these living beings and provide them with a safer environment to survive.

20 March - The Solar system minature sheet was released in 2018

 

A Miniature sheet consisting of 8 nos.of commemorative postage stamp issued on (20.March.2018) The Solar system is the gravitation-ally bound of the Sun and objects that orbit orbit it either directly or indirectly.The Solar system includes the Sun Earth and the Moon , the major planets including Mercury, Venus, Mars , Jupiter , Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.Galileo was the first to discover physical details about the individual bodies of the Solar system

20 March - French Language Day

 

French Language Day is on March 20 and we’re more than excited to celebrate with some French culture, language, and history as we ask…parlez vous Francais? Even if you don’t speak the language there’s a lot of aspects of French culture to learn about. This occasion is meant to respect multilingualism and cultural diversity. When most people think of French they think of France, but it’s actually Africa that has the most French speakers. There are an estimated 120 million Africans from 29 countries that speak the language alongside their indigenous languages

20 March - The Dutch East India Company was established in 1602

 

On 20 March 1602, The Dutch East India Company was established

The Dutch East India Company or the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), a chartered company that carried out colonial trade operations in Asia for two centuries, was founded on 20 March 1602.

The first postage stamp in the Dutch East Indies was printed in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on 1 April 1864. The stamp showed a picture of King Willem III of the Netherlands and had a face value of ten cents.