International Women’s Day (UN) – According to one source, a women’s march in New York in 1857 provided the inspiration for the day. Others claim that it began as a commemoration of a strike by women needle trades workers in New York City in 908. International Women’s Day was revived in the 1960s and in [...]
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Ala (19-Day Fast Begins through March 20) (Baha’i) – The nineteenth and final month in the Baha’i calendar and the time of the 19-day fast in preparation of their new year, Now Ruz. The English translation of Ala (Arabic) is Loftiness.
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Great Lent Begins (Christian – Coptic and Eastern Orthodox) – Clean Monday is the beginning of the forty-day fast when Christians imitate Jesus’ withdrawal into the wilderness before his crucifixion.
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