Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/March 21

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Contents 1 J.S. Bach's birthday 2 March 10th ?! 3 Someone else 4 Americans boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics vs Pete Rose 5 Norouz, The Persian New-Year's Day 6 Norouz 7 Purim (2008)

[edit] J.S. Bach's birthday

Johann Sebastian Bach surely deserves to be mentioned.

[edit] March 10th ?!

The "This date in recent years" feature is showing March 10th, not March 21st...

[edit] Someone else

Just my two cents, but that Alcatraz thumb is so small as to be unrecognizable. Radagast 03:28, Mar 21, 2004 (UTC)

A crop would be best, but I increased the width to 150px. For now, another U.S. topic has replaced it. --mav 03:51, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Americans boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics vs Pete Rose

• 1980 - The United States announced the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.

Is this a better item to feature than Pete Rose ? -- PFHLai 19:57, 2005 Mar 20 (UTC)

• 1989 - An article in Sports Illustrated alleged that Pete Rose, the Manager of the Cincinnati Reds, was involved in baseball gambling.

Never mind. We have no room. Perhaps we can do some event cycling.... -- PFHLai 23:59, 2005 Mar 20 (UTC)

[edit] Norouz, The Persian New-Year's Day

already featured on MainPage the day before --PFHLai 16:14, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

I didn't see it in March 21. This year, March 21 was the Persian New-Year's Day. Bidabadi 05:45, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Norouz

Happens at an exact moment of vernal equinox which this year occurs at exactly 12:07 GMT [1]. If someone could add this information it would be great.

I would suggest the format of:

• Norouz in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan and also for Bahai faith and Zoroastrians at the exact moment of vernal equinox (12:07 GMT)

Regards, --Rayis 23:05, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, it's 00:07 UTC, not 12:07. It's already there. --PFHLai 14:45, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Purim (2008)

Purim is a Jewish holiday that is on March 21 in 2008. Can an Admin please add Purim for this year only? Manassehkatz 05:00, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Doesn't Purim begin on sunset on the previous day, like all other Jewish holidays? That is what was displayed on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 20. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:33, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it does. But like the other Jewish holidays, more of the holiday takes place in the day than at night. And unlike Passover where the main commandments/observances are at night, in Purim there are 4 commandments for the day and only 1 for the night (which is also in the day). Manassehkatz 13:13, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, Y and Happy Purim! Manassehkatz 17:24, 21 March 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manassehkatz (talk • contribs)