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Calendar day; March 10, 2015

Tuesday, the 10th of March, 2015 is the 69th day in 2015 and in the 11th calendar week.

General Events:

Tibetan Uprising Day
March 10, 2015 in Tibet

Tibetan Uprising Day commemorates the 1959 Tibetan uprising against the presence of the People’s Republic of China in Tibet. The failure of the armed rebellion ultimately resulted in a violent crackdown on Tibetan independence movements, and the flight of the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso into exile. Tibetan Uprising Day is observed primarily by organizations and individuals who support Tibetan independence, such as Students for a Free Tibet, and is often accompanied by the release of a statement by the Dalai Lama. Tibetan independence groups often organize protests or campaigns on March 10th to draw attention to the situation in Tibet.

Where is Tibetan Uprising Day?
Nationwide Tibet

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 10, 2015 in the USA

Of the more than 1.2 million people living with HIV in the U.S. today, one in four is a woman. Women of color have been especially hard hit, accounting for the majority of new infections occurring among women in the U.S. There has been some good news when it comes to women and HIV in the U.S. with a reported significant 21% decrease in new infections among American women in recent years.

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is coordinated by the Office on Women’s Health (OWH), within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, alongside many organizations that play a critical role in the observance in communities across the nation.

http://www.womenshealth.gov/NWGHAAD/

Where is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day?
Nationwide USA

International Day of Awesomeness
March 10, 2015 in the World

This day gives us the opportunity to celebrate every person, place, thing, or idea in the world that is awesome. As the official tag line points out, “No one’s perfect, but everyone can be awesome.”

A man named Kevin Lawver declared the need for an International Day of Awesomeness in 2007. He was working with an intern named Freddie Maneiro who suggested that the office should celebrate Lawver’s awesomeness. Lawver replied that there should be an International Day of Awesomeness. He posted the idea to Twitter and the rest is history.  It started as a national day, but eventually the holiday went global.

To celebrate the occasion, be sure to tell all your friends how awesome they are and be awesome yourself. Do not take the holiday too seriously and have a lot of fun, that’s what it’s all about.

http://dayofawesomeness.com/

Where is the event?
Worldwide

National Blueberry Popover Day
March 10, 2015 in the USA

A popover is described as; puffy pastries, roughly the size of muffins, that have moist interiors — whether hollow or stuffed, with crispier, lightly browned exteriors.  Can’t you already taste a blueberry filled, light and fluffy, fresh out of the oven, popover?

“A popover is a light, hollow roll made from an egg batter similar to that of Yorkshire pudding, typically baked in muffin tins.Popovers may be served either as a sweet, topped with fruit and whipped cream for breakfast or with afternoon tea, or with meats at lunch and dinner.”  (Wikipedia) The name “popover” comes from the fact that the batter swells or “pops” over the top of the muffin tin while baking.** 1850 – The oldest known reference to popovers in a letter of E.E. Stuart.**  1876 – The first cookbook with a popover recipe was Practical Cooking by M.N. Henderson.

Where is the event?
Nationwide USA

Historical Events on 10th March:

241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands – The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end

1535 – Bishop Tomés de Berlanga discovers Galapagos Islands

1629 – King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he recalled it 11 years later

1830 – The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.

1831 – The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.

1861 – El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Segou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali

1891 – Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching

1893 – New Mexico State University cancels its 1st graduation ceremony; its only graduand Sam Steele was robbed & killed the night before

1902 – Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri

1910 – China ends slavery

1920 – The Home Rule Act is passed by the British Parliament, dividing Ireland into two parts; it is rejected by southern counties, where the Ango-Irish war continues for a year

1952 – Military coup led by General Fulgencio Batista in Cuba

1959 – Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet

1969 – James Earl Ray pleads guilty to murder of Martin Luther King Jr

1975 – Dog spectacles patented in England

1987 – Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization & embryo transfer

1994 – 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri’s funeral