Today is...
World Water Day

Today is World Water Day! The purpose of this day is to raise awareness about the state of sustainable freshwater resources around the world. More than 880 million people on the planet do not have access to safe drinking water, and the amount of water we need to drink and to produce food, goods, and services continues to grow.
The United Nations General Assembly announced the first World Water Day in 1993. Every year on March 22 thousands of participants attend the World Water Forum to discuss the important issues. Send a free eCard for World Water Day to help raise awareness and learn more about this important campaign.

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Today is also National Goof Off Day

March is National Peanut Month & International Ideas Month & National Craft Month

This week is American Chocolate Week & National Spring Fever Week & National Wildlife Week

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History for March 22 1733 - Joseph Priestly invented carbonated water (seltzer). 1765 - The Stamp Act was passed. It was the first direct British tax on the American colonists. It was repealed on March 17, 1766. 1873 - Slavery was abolished in Puerto Rico. 1934 - The first Masters golf championship began in Augusta, GA. 1963 - The Beatles' first album, "Please Please Me," was released in the U.K. 1995 - Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned to Earth after setting a record for 438 days in space. ______________________________________________________ "In spite of illness, even of the archenemy, sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways." --Edith Wharton