VERNAL EQUINOX

In 2021, the Vernal Equinox falls on Saturday, March 20, at 5:37 A.M. EDT. To learn everything about the March equinox, go to Almanac.com/spring The word equinox is derived from the Latin words meaning “equal night.” The vernal, or spring, equinox is the point at which the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator from south to north, signaling the beginning of nature’s renewal in the Northern Hemisphere.

Every Year

• BORN : BIG BIRD (CHARACTER FROM SESAME STREET)
• BORN : OVID (ROMAN POET, BORN IN 43 B.C.)

1410s

• DIED 1413: KING HENRY IV OF ENGLAND

1540s

• DIED 1549: SIR THOMAS SEYMOUR (BROTHER OF QUEEN JANE, UNCLE TO PRINCE EDWARD)

1720s

• DIED 1727: SIR ISAAC NEWTON (PHYSICIST)

1820s

• BORN 1828: HENRIK IBSEN (POET & PLAYWRIGHT)

1830s

• BORN 1834: CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (EDUCATOR)

1850s

• 1852: UNCLE TOM’S CABIN, WRITTEN BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, WAS PUBLISHED

1880s

• 1880: AMERICAN BELL TELEPHONE CO. WAS ORGANIZED

1900s

• BORN 1906: OZZIE NELSON (ACTOR)
• BORN 1908: SIR MICHAEL REDGRAVE (ACTOR)

1910s

• 1911: THE FIRST FARM BUREAU IN U.S. FORMED IN BINGHAMTON, N.Y.
• 1914: FIRST U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP IN “INTERNATIONAL STYLE” TOOK PLACE IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
• BORN 1918: JACK BARRY (GAME SHOW HOST)

1920s

• 1920: THE FIRST FLIGHT BETWEEN ENGLAND AND SOUTH AFRICA WAS COMPLETED BY COL. H.A. VAN REJNEVELD AND MAJ. C.J. BRAND OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE
• BORN 1922: RAY GOULDING (COMEDIAN)
• BORN 1922: CARL REINER (ACTOR & DIRECTOR)
• BORN 1928: FRED ROGERS (EDUCATOR, MINISTER, HOST OF CHILDREN’S TELEVISION SHOW MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD)

1930s

• BORN 1937: JERRY REED (ACTOR)

1940s

• 1945: BRITISH TROOPS CAPTURED JAPANESE-HELD MANDALAY (WWII)
• 1945: USS MIDWAY LAUNCHED, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
• BORN 1948: BOBBY ORR (HOCKEY PLAYER)

1950s

• BORN 1950: WILLIAM HURT (ACTOR)
• BORN 1950: CARL PALMER (MUSICIAN)
• 1952: THE PEACE TREATY RESTORING JAPANESE SOVEREIGNTY WAS RATIFIED BY U.S. SENATE, ENDING AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF JAPAN
• BORN 1957: SPIKE LEE (DIRECTOR)
• BORN 1958: HOLLY HUNTER (ACTRESS)

1960s

• 1969: JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO WERE MARRIED IN A CIVIL CEREMONY IN GIBRALTAR

1970s

• 1970: COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE NATO 1 LAUNCHED

1980s

• BORN 1984: CHRISTY CARLSON ROMANO (ACTRESS)
• 1985: LIBBY RIDDLES OF TELLER, AK, BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THE IDITAROD TRAIL DOG RACE, FROM ANCHORAGE TO NOME

2010s

• 2010: SKIER LAUREN WOOLSTENCROFT WON HER 5TH GOLD MEDAL OF THE WINTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
• 2012: A MAGNITUDE-7.6 EARTHQUAKE LOCATED 120 MILES EAST OF ACAPULCO SHOOK SOUTHERN MEXICO
• 2015: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN

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