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Attempting to achieve as much as you can, assistants of pathologists, looking at whatever is in the sky (clouds, moon, stars, etc), baldness in children, ex-spouses, getting people to laugh, encouraging anti-bullying efforts, promoting peace/security in the Americas, pecans, and dolphins are all part of today's observance landscape: Children With Alopecia Day Ex Spouse Day International Day of Pink International Moment of Laughter Day Look Up at the Sky Day National Dolphin Day National Pecan Day Pan-American Day Pathologists’ Assistant Day Reach as High as You Can Day The International Day of Pink is about combating bullying. One of the more intelligent animals on the planet, dolphins, are celebrated today. Pablo Heimplatz on Unsplash

Observances today cover topics like slavery, Medal of Honor recipients, the settlement of what is now Maryland by Europeans, Greece becoming an independent nation, Lobster Newburg, waffles, pecans, and the transatlantic slave trade, and stories by J.R.R. Tolkien: Greek Independence Day International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade International Waffle Day Maryland Day National Lobster Newburg Day National Medal of Honor Day Old New Year's Day Pecan Day Tolkien Reading Day There are at least 2 Pecan Days; the other is on April 14. Apparently back when the Julian calendar was in use, the new year would start on this date. Intuitively this would make more sense since spring is a new start for many of the plants and animals around us. European settlers landed in Maryland on this date in 1634. Approximately on this date in 1821 Greece rose up to break off from the Ottoman Empire. The 25th of March is the date of the downfall of the Lord of ...