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March Twenty is the International Day of Happiness
I recently learned that my birthday and website, March 20th, land on what is known as the U.N. International Day of Happiness. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012, when all 193 member states unanimously adopted UN resolution 66/281, recognizing happiness as a fundamental human right and goal, and aspiration in the lives of all human [...]
The History of MarchTwenty
In honor of the date of this website's namesake, and of course my birthday🎈🎂, here is a little history of the existence of this website. This website has existed in one form or another for over twenty years. It began as a personal webpage through my ISP RoadRunner and then I transitioned it over to march-twenty.com then on to marchtwenty.net. [...]
Today is National Teddy Bear Day
This is from an article I found twenty years ago: September 9 is National Teddy Bear Day. The soft, huggable, adorable-looking stuffed animals have been children's friends for a hundred years. Tradition says that when Theodore Roosevelt was President, he received a new type of toy as a gift - a play bear. From then on, the new-fangled toy was [...]
Three Twenties Day
Today is 3/20/2020 and the namesake for this website, which is named for my birthday 🎂. Otherwise, I wish I had more to offer on this day. 🤷🏼♂️