Today of all days

a calendar of feasts, commemorations, historical highlights and joys of the day.

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19 Sept 1991: Ötzi, a man from the Stone Age and the oldest #human ever found, is discovered in the #Similaun glacier in the #Ötzal #Alps near the Italian-Austrian border. #history #oldman #ad https://t.co/ENKSu1ida1

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L’Shanah Tovah

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Pink Super Moon — April 7, 2020

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The 43rd march down Oxford Street known as the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras is commencing now: Saturday February 29, 2020. ❤️🖤💛💚💙💜 #sydneymardigras #MardiGras2020
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Jimmy Dorsey was born on this day, February 29, in 1904.

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Dinah Shore was born on this day, February 29, in 1916.

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Today, February 29, is a leap day, as instituted in Western calendars in the time of Julius Caesar. This day preserves the position of the seasons in the calendar, since Earth’s orbit of the Sun is an uneven 365.256 days.

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Fats Domino was born on this day, February 26, in 1928.

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Today, as the sun sets, so commences the five days of Ayyám-i-Há for followers of Baháʼí, celebrating the essence of god with acts of charitable giving.

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Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Christian festival of Lent; a season of penitential abstinences leading to Palm Sunday and Easter.

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The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, which began as a commemoration of Stonewall in June 1978, holds its climactic annual evening parade this weekend.

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Today is Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday, and associated famous Carnival festivals have taken place in the preceding days. “Fat Tuesday” concludes the excess, feasting and revelry before the sombre Lenten fast.

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The Krewe of Dead Beans parading for this year’s New Orleans Mardi Gras.

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Today, February 24, is celebrated as Dragobete, in Romania. A day celebrating love at the end of winter - ziua când se logodesc păsările ...

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Jonathan Demme was born on this day, February 22, in 1944.

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Drew Barrymore was born on this day, February 22, in 1975.

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Kyle McLachlan was born on this day, February 22, in 1959.

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Lea Salonga was born on this day, February 22, in 1971.