Today is Tuesday, March 21, the 80th day of 2017 in the Gregorian calendar, with 285 days remaining.
There are:
11 days until April
Fools' Day;
19 days until Palm
Sunday;
20 days until First
Day of Passover;
24 days until Good
Friday;
26 days until Easter
Sunday;
27 days until US
Federal Income Tax filing day;
28 days until Last
Day of Passover;
32 days until Earth
Day;
39 days until Arbor
Day;
45 days until Cinco
de Mayo;
54 days until Mother's
Day;
68 days until Memorial
Day;
605 days until the
2018 mid-term elections; and
1,401 days until the end of Donald
Trump's term as President, assuming he isn't impeached.
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On this date in 1952, The Moondog Coronation Ball, the first major rock and roll concert, was held in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Today is also World Puppetry Day.
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Florida man vows to return to scene of urination.
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Some persons born on March 21 who said interesting things:
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer;
- Peter Brook (1925), English theatre and film director;
- Scott Fahlman (1948), CMU computer scientist;
- Thomas Frank (1965), American political analyst;
- Hans Hoffman (1880-1966), German-born American abstract expressionist painter;
- Margaret Mahy (1936-2012), New Zealand author of children's and young adult books;
- Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978), Pulitzer Prize winning American author;
- Jean Paul (1763-1825), German Romantic writer;
- Raoul Vaneigem (1934), Belgian writer;
Quote of the day:
"Bad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe
government is bad."
-Thomas Frank
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No Big Bang? Quantum equation predicts universe has no beginning. The universe may have existed forever, according to a new model that applies quantum correction terms to complement Einstein's theory of general relativity. The model may also account for dark matter and dark energy, resolving multiple problems at once. And not only does it not have a beginning, it doesn't have an end, either.
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Fear, hope, and deportations. Next-door neighbors, a world apart.
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The great, recently late, columnist Jimmy Breslin wrote a lot of great stuff: three dead-on-the-money articles about Trump, and and a touching piece about JFK's grave-digger.
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Discoveries in the TRAPPIST-1 System Could "Change the Course of Human History," according to Bill Nye.
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Rural school districts are adopting a four-day week, hoping for academic benefits and real family and quality-of-life benefits. But the benefits aren't certain.
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As FBI Director James Comey's congressional testimony contradicted several claims made by President Trump, the presidential Twitter feed offered a distorted account of what Comey said.
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