I hope you are all commemorating the day with a nice slice of your favorite pie. I would love a slice of key lime pie,but not the frozen kind,and I know one reader whose favorite pie is lemon meringue,of course you all will have your own personal choices.
Some additional Pi day facts,in 1897,Indiana tried to pass a bill stating that pi is equal to 3.2,but it never became law due to an intervention by a Purdue University professor. Pi day is celebrated on 7/22 in other countries because of the 22/7 approximation,Pi day is also Albert Einsteins birthday.
In the original blog about March non-holidays I forgot the Ides of March which is 3/15. The significance of the Ides of March was the Roman calendar marked the 15th as the approximate middle of the month. The Ides of March is best known for the day Julius Caesar was killed in 44B.C.,popularized by the phrase "Beware of the Ides of March" from the play by Shakespeare. It also used to mark an annual ancient festival dedicated to the god Mars. On March 15,1917, Nicholas II of Russia abdicated his throne, another of the many things that happened on the 15th.
Some additional Pi day facts,in 1897,Indiana tried to pass a bill stating that pi is equal to 3.2,but it never became law due to an intervention by a Purdue University professor. Pi day is celebrated on 7/22 in other countries because of the 22/7 approximation,Pi day is also Albert Einsteins birthday.
In the original blog about March non-holidays I forgot the Ides of March which is 3/15. The significance of the Ides of March was the Roman calendar marked the 15th as the approximate middle of the month. The Ides of March is best known for the day Julius Caesar was killed in 44B.C.,popularized by the phrase "Beware of the Ides of March" from the play by Shakespeare. It also used to mark an annual ancient festival dedicated to the god Mars. On March 15,1917, Nicholas II of Russia abdicated his throne, another of the many things that happened on the 15th.
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