Pi, Greek letter (Π), is of course the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi = 3.1415926535... (This is pi to just ten decimal places; it is an irrational number, meaning the digits continue infinitely without repeating.) Math enthusiasts around the world celebrate Pi Day on March 14th, i.e. 3/14 in the American dating […]
Freedom of Information (FOI) Day (http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/press/information/topic.aspx?topic=FOI_Day) is an annual event on March 16, the birthday of James Madison, widely regarded as the Father of the Constitution and a foremost advocate for openness in government. On this day, the American Library Association (http://www.ala.org/) presents the James Madison Award and the Eileen Cooke State & Local Madison […]
Sunshine Week (http://www.sunshineweek.org/) includes Freedom of Information Day (March 16), the birthday of James Madison, and runs through that calendar week. Madison was the principal author of the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights which guarantee the rights of citizens. Therefore Sunshine Week stands as a national initiative to open discussions about the important or […]
The March Equinox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox) is one of two days in the calendar year when day and night hours are nearly equal; in the northern hemisphere, it is also the first day of Spring (Gregorian calendar). Annual seasons exist because of two planetary occurrences: 1) a 23.5° tilt of the earth's axis, which makes the earth […]
Atheist Day or Atheist Coming-Out Day (http://www.atheistrepublic.com/atheist-day) is a relatively new global secular holiday declared in 2019 by the Freedom From Religon Foundation (https://ffrf.org/) in partnership with the Atheist Republic (http://www.atheistrepublic.com/). In the words of the declaration: "We atheists and atheist allies hereby declare that from now on, March 23rd is Atheist Day. We recognize […]