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Today is 11 March, 2010, and the International Year of Biodiversity is in its seventieth day.

On this day, the church commemorates Sts. Sophronius of Jerusalem, Ængus of Keld, and Eulogius of Córdova.

Birthdays:

• Torquato Tasso
• Jean-Pierre Nicerón
• Louise d'Epinay
• Kenneth Miller
• Alba de Césepedes
• Ezra Jack Keats
• Ralph David Abernathy
• Douglas Adams

Other Events:

• Death of:
  • John Tolland
  • Hannah Cowley
  • Johnny Appleseed
  • Grandma

• Anniversary of the beginning of the Luddite Riots
• Publication of Frankenstein
• Anniversary of the premier of A Raisin in the Sun
• Anniversary of the Madrid train bombings

1. A clergyman in Newark, Nottinghamshire, preaches a Bombshell Sermon.
2. Lithuanians celebrate Independence Day.
3. The Danes celebrate the King's Birthday.
4. The British celebrate National No Smoking Day.
5. Residents of Taranaki, New Zealand, celebrate their Provincial Anniversary.
6. In the USA, Procrastination Week may be happening, or people may not have gotten around to observing it yet.
7. Bisquick promotes National Pancake Week.
8. Residents of the USA ought to attend to National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week.
9. The Japanese continue celebrating Omizutori, the Water-Drawing Festival.
10. In the USA, Women's History Month continues, as does American Red Cross Month.
11. It is also National Frozen Food Month.
12. March is International Mirth Month.
13. Western Pacific Hurricane Season goes on.

Thought for the day: