All - Leep Calendar

Middle Name Pride Day is celebrated by telling three people who don't know your middle name what it is and the story behind it. Through the first 4,500 years of biblical human history, surnames rarely existed, and people operated on a first-name basis. Surnames were infrequent in western society until the tenth century AD, and exceptions occurred, generally within the aristocracy. However, most people were identified by their tribes, culture, city, job, characteristics, or position of influence. Consider King David, Erik the Red, Attila the Hun, Julius Caesar, Socrates, Aesop, John the Baptist, Jesus of Nazareth, and Mary [of} Magdalene. Then a person's name qualified its bearer like a business card rather than today's use of names which act more like a serial number. The first known use of a middle name occurred in Europe around the 14th century. The use of middle names took off in the 20th century, and they benefit people with ubiquitous first or last names like Mohammed, Joseph, Lin, Mary, and Sarah. In the United States, individuals can lose their middle name upon marriage, which is why you will see many people with two last names and no middle name. In other societies, generation after generation strings together surnames to trace their family's genealogy and produce really, really long names. Often the wife's last name becomes the children's middle name.

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Mar

Pack Your Lunch Day: March 10

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Pack Your Lunch Day is an opportunity to eat something nutritious and save money. There are many easy ways to bring lunch to work. Pack dinner leftovers right after eating, thus saving time or excuses in the morning. Bring something delicious cold, saving the worry of figuring out how to reheat it. Use rice wraps to make low-calorie burritos. However, you choose to celebrate, enjoy your lunch!

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Mar

Salvation Army Day (1880): March 10

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Salvation Army Day celebrates its creation in 1880. The Salvation Army is a Christian-based international charitable organization structured as a quasi-military. The Salvation Army operates in 127 countries and has a worldwide membership of over 1.5 million people.

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Mar

Sankashti Chaturthi, Bhalachandra (H): March 10

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In the Hindu faith, Chaturthi celebrates Lord Ganesha. Sankashti Chaturthi (Sankata Chaturthi) is observed on the fourth day of Krishna Paksha (the dark lunar phase or the waning phase of the moon). If this Chaturthi falls on a Tuesday, it is called Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi. Devotees observe strict fasting during daylight until darshan (the sight of the moon). Prayers to Lord Ganesha precede the breaking of the fast. PLEASE NOTE: We use the Indian civil calendar, the official holiday calendar in India. The Hindu faith has many calendars, each specific to different regions and tribes, with dates and celebrations marked by differing positions of the sun, moon, and stars. Names of months and holidays and the corresponding dates in the Gregorian Calendar may vary widely from one calendar to the next. Determine the proper calendar before attending local events.

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Mar

School Clean-up Day, National (AU): March 10

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School communities across Australia gather annually to care for the environment by participating in Schools Clean Up Day. The event engages students in active conservation and teaches environmental sustainability. Conducted in partnership with Cool Australia, lesson plans and resources for teachers focus on water, energy, climate change, packaging, waste, and recycling. Tools for teachers are available on the event's website. This date(s) may vary by city and province. Schools Clean Up Day first ran in 1992.

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Mar

Shabbat Parah (J): March 10/11

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Shabbat Parah happens on the Saturday after Purim. It marks the start of the preparations for Passover and is an essential Shabbat, initiating a purification ritual involving a red heifer (parah adumah in Hebrew). Rabbis call it the greatest of mysteries by making all that's impure pure and the pure, impure. The Jewish Shabbat begins at sundown on Friday and ends at sunset on Saturday.

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Mar

Solar Appreciation Day: March 10

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Created by solar panel company Sunrun in 2009 as a "thank you" for their employees (they get the day off every year), Solar Appreciate Day has been adopted by clean energy advocates and enthusiasts throughout the United States. Annually the second Friday in March.

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Mar

South by Southwest Conference (US-TX): March 10-19

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South by Southwest Conference (SXSW) is held annually in mid-March and attracts thousands of people from around the world to Austin, Texas, to celebrate music, film, and interactive industries. The conference began in 1987 and continues to grow larger every year. The music portion of SXSW is the largest music festival in the world, including thousands of performers and bands. The Interactive Festival zeroes in on new ideas in technology. Lastly, the Film Festival focuses on finding up-and-coming directing talent. PLEASE NOTE: Treat all televised and venue-specific events (sporting, concerts, trade shows, etc.) as estimated. Several factors can cause an event to move dates at the last minute, including weather, strikes, natural disasters, political upheaval, conflicting programming, pandemics, and current events. Because of this, always verify the event with the promotor before committing resources. LEEP often estimates dates based on the previous year's schedules, as the final dates are only a few months, weeks, or days before the event. If the date is known to be estimated, you will see an (est) following the date in the title.

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Mar

Sterile Packaging Day: March 10

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Sterile packaging is a silent hero that plays a critical role in everyone's health and well-being. These innovative pouches, trays, and packs protect life-saving medical devices, supplies, and pharmaceuticals from harmful bacteria and particulates that can compromise their efficacy and safety. From your baby's first immunization to in-patient surgical procedures to the daily administration of insulin and other life-saving medications, your safety is assured thanks to sterile packaging's adherence to rigorous quality standards. At the Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council, we invite you to learn more about sterile packaging, get involved and celebrate Sterile Packaging Day with us on March 10. This event first ran in 2021.

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Mar

Dance, Ntl. Urban Ballroom Dance Day: March 11

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Mar

Dream Day: March 11

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Robert Muller created Dream Day to provide an opportunity for the global community to envision a world of a peaceful, united humanity. All nations and all people deserve to dream, and today is the day to imagine the change you wish to be.

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Mar

Fanny Pack Day, Intl.: March 11

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Mar

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Meltdown (JP) (2011): March 11

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Mar

Genealogy Day: March 11

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Genealogy Day occurs in March and is an opportunity to explore your family's history. This event began as part of Celebrate Your Name Week in 1997.

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Dec

AIDS Day, World: December 1

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World AIDS Day is held in December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV, and commemorate people who have died. In 1988, World AIDS Day was the first global health day ever created.

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