On This Day March 12th

 OTD

March 12th is the Seventy-first Day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 294 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.

1088—Urban II was elected the 159th Pope of the Catholic Church. He is best known for initiating the Crusades.

1912—The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) were founded in the United States.

1918 – Moscow became the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.

1933 – Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats."

1947 – Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.

1989—Sir Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which eventually becomes the World Wide Web.

2011 – A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

 

 

Birthdays

1607 – Paul Gerhardt, German poet and composer (d. 1676)

1864 – W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (d. 1922)

1917 – Leonard Chess, American record company executive, co-founder of Chess Records (d. 1969)

1922 – Jack Kerouac, American author and poet (d. 1969)

1923 – Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2007)

1956 – Dale Murphy, American baseball player.

1956 – Steve Harris, English bass player and songwriter

1990 – Marvin Jones, American football player

 

Holidays And Observances

Plant A Flower Day

Flowers have had a transformative impact on the earth since their appearance over 145 million years ago in the Cretaceous period. Before their arrival, ferns and conifers were the dominant plant species, resulting in a sea of green. However, with the help of insects and dinosaurs, flowers diversified rapidly, leading to the birth of several plant families we know today.

Flowering plants are essential to survival, providing humans and animals with the necessary sustenance. Beyond their practical applications, flowers have an uplifting quality that captures the imagination. Although they only bloom briefly, usually in spring or early summer, the beauty of flowers in full bloom is incomparable. This transient beauty has inspired the symbolic meanings of flowers across various world cultures.

Throughout history, flowers have retained certain myths and symbolism. Due to their fragility, they have come to represent death or new life and have also been used to represent gods and goddesses. However, flowers in full bloom are universally recognized as a symbol of joy.

In Europe, flowers became a way to represent people's feelings during the late 1800s. Communicating through flower arrangements helped to articulate the unsaid, and codebooks were created to decipher the language of flowers. For example, a field clover meant "When can I see you again?" while a red rose petal meant "Yes." Green flowers signified that the receiver's heart was as hard as a stone!

Although the days of complex flower codes may be long gone, flowers continue to bring joy and meaning to our lives. We may never know who created National Plant A Flower Day, but the question isn't "why?" - it's "why not?"

 

Others Include.

Girl Scouts Day

National Alfred Hitchcock Day

National Baked Scallops Day

Organize Your Home Office Day

Plant a Flower Day -

World Day Against Cyber Censorship

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