March 21: Did you know? Marzo 21: Sabias que?
Spring Equinox. An equinox happens each year at two specific moments in time (rather than two whole days), when the centre of the Sun can be observed to be vertically above the Earth 's Equator , occurring around March 20/21 and September 22/23 each year, the first days of spring and fall depending on which hemisphere you are in. World Poetry Day is on March 21 , and was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999. The purpose of the day is to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world and, as the UNESCO session declaring the day says, to "give fresh recognition and impetus to national, regional and international poetry movements. The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March . On that day, in 1960 , police opened fire ...