#Ludolf Nielsen

[lesser-known-composers]

Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939) - Romance, Op. 20 ·

Anton Kontra, violin

Orchestra: South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Frank Cramer

[brookston]

Holidays 3.29

Holidays

Alchemy Day

Alder Day (French Republic)

Barthélemy Boganda Day (Central African Republic)

Borrowed Days begin (Calendar legend held that March stole 3 days from April; England, Ireland, Scotland)

Britney Day (San Francisco)

Commemoration of Boganda (Central African Republic)

Commemoration of the 1947 Rebellion (a.k.a. Martyrs’ Day; Madagascar)

Day of the Young Combatant (Chile)

Declaw Awareness Day

Food Chain Day

Good Deeds Day

International Day of Solidarity with Haiti

International Day of the Landless

International Mermaid Day

Juenger Day (Germany)

Knights of Columbus Day

Love the Children Day (Texas)

Martyrs’ Day (Madagascar)

Memorial Day (Malagasy Republic)

Mule Day (Columbia, Tennessee)

National Governance Professionals Day

National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day

National Nevada Day

National Vietnam War Veterans Day

Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day

PayDay It Forward Day

Phagwah (Suriname)

Piano Day [88th Day of the Year]

Smoke and Mirrors Day (a.k.a. Festival of Smoke and Mirrors)

Swedish Colonial Day (Delaware)

Vesta Asteroid Day

World Marbles Day

Youth Day (Taiwan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Coca-Cola Day

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

Lemon Chiffon Cake Day

National Pita Day

5th & Last Friday in March

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

National Cleavage Day (South Africa) [Last Friday in March or 1st Friday in April]

No Homework Day [Last Friday]

Tater Day Festival begins (Kentucky) [Last Friday; ends Monday]

Wear a Hat Day (UK) [Last Friday]

Independence & Related Days

Barotseland (Declared; 2012) [unrecognized]

Helvetian Republic (Proclaimed; 1798)

Punjab Annexation (by the British; 1849)

Festivals Beginning March 29, 2024

Charleston Bluegrass Festival (Charleston, South Carolina) [thru 3.30]

Cherry Blossom Festival (Vancouver, Canada) [thru 4.25]

WonderCon (Anaheim, California) [thru 3.31]

Feast Days

Adolfo Müller-Ury (Artology)

Aequinoctium Vernum, Day 3 (Pagan)

Altoona Rooney (Muppetism)

Armogastes, Archinimus, and Satur (Christian; Martyrs)

Artemis Soteira (Goddess Artemis Festival; Ancient Greece)

Berthold (Christian; Saint)

Celsus (Positivist; Saint)

Cocktail Hour Every Hour Day (Pastafarian)

Cyril (Christian; Martyr)

A Day of Redress (Shamanism)

The Delphinaia (Festival to Apollo; Ancient Greece)

Egg Lore Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Erik Satie Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Eugene Onegin, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Opera; 1879)

Eustace of Luxeuil (Christian; Saint)

Expulsion of the Demons of Bad Luck (Pagan)

Festival of Ishtar (Babylonia)

Festival of Smoke and Mirrors

Gundleus, a Welsh King (Christian; Saint)

Gwladys (Christian; Saint)

Gwynllyw (Christian; Saint)

Hans Nielsen Hauge (Lutheran)

Imam Mahdi Day (Iran)

Jonas, Barachisus, and companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Johann Moritz Rugendas (Artology)

John Keble (commemoration, Anglicanism)

John Russell (Artology)

Jo Nesbø (Writerism)

Ludolf (Christian; Saint)

Mark of Arethusa, in Syria (Christian; Saint)

Masquerade Ritual Day (Bobo People of Africa; Everyday Wicca)

Rupert (Christian; Saint)

Christian Liturgical Holidays

Friday before Easter (a.k.a. ... 

Goede Vrijdag (Suriname)

Good Friday

Jour Chômé d’Usage (French Guiana, Guadeloupe)

Långfredagen (Sweden)

Lord’s Evening Meal (Jehovah’s Witness) [Nisan 14]

National Hot Cross Buns Day

Paixão de Cristo (Brazil)

Passion Friday

Procession of the Mysteries (Italy)

Semana de Turismo (Uruguay)

Via Crusus Way (Philippines)

Viernes Santo (Cuba, Spain)

World Marbles Day

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Shabbat Parah (Sabbath of the Red Heifer: שבת פרה) [19-20 Adair II]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [22 of 57]

Premieres

The Birthday Party (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1937)

Black Magic Woman, by Santana (Song; 1968)

Blow by Blow, by Jeff Beck (Album; 1975)

Breakfast in America, by Supertramp (Album; 1979)

Career Opportunities (Film; 1991)

Death on the Riviera, by John Bude (Novel; 1952)

Death to Smoochy (Film; 2002)

Desperately Seeking Susan (Film; 1985)

Fishing Tackler (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Fistic Mystic (WB LT Cartoon; 1969)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Film; 2024)

Give and Tyke (MGM Cartoon; 1957)

Godzilla x. Kong: The New Empire (Film; 2024)

Hare-Way to the Stars (WB LT Cartoon; 1958)

The King and I (Broadway Musical; 1951)

Little Beau Pepe (WB MM Cartoon; 1952)

Lust for Life, by Irving Stone (Biography; 1934)

Male Bags or Homely Are the Brave (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 358; 1965)

Mother Hub-Hubba-Hubbard (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1947)

My Old Kentucky Home (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1946)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Concerto; 1795)

Please Don't Eat the Daisies, by Jean Kerr (Novel; 1957)

Ready Player One (Film; 2018)

Rogues’ Gallery or Hole That Line-Up (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 357; 1965)

The Rookie (Film; 2003)

Room 237 (Documentary Film; 2013)

Some Like It Hot (Film; 1959)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (Film; 1939)

Umbrella, by Rihanna (Song; 2007)

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, by Billie Eilish (Album; 2019)

Today’s Name Days

Berthold, Helmut, Ludolf (Austria)

Bertold, Eustazije, Jona (Croatia)

Taťána (Czech Republic)

Jonas (Denmark)

Joakim, Joonas, Kimmo (Estonia)

Joni, Jonne, Jonni, Joona, Joonas, Jouni (Finland)

Gladys, Gwladys (France)

Berthold, Helmut, Ludolf (Germany)

Auguszta (Hungary)

Secondo (Italy)

Agija, Aldonis, Ilma, Ranta (Latvia)

Almantė, Bertoldas, Manvydas (Lithuania)

Jonas, Jonatan (Norway)

Cyryl, Czcirad, Eustachiusz, Eustachy, Ostap, Wiktoryn (Poland)

Denia, Marcu (Romania)

Miroslav (Slovakia)

Eustasio (Spain)

Jens, Jonas (Sweden)

Berthold, Fletcher, Pearl, Pearle, Pearlie, Pearline, Perla (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 89 of 2024; 277 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 13 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 13 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 20 (Red-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 19 Adair II 5784

Islamic: 19 Ramadan 1445

J Cal: 29 Green; Extraday [29 of 30]

Julian: 16 March 2024

Moon: 82%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 5 Archimedes (4th Month) [Galen]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 11 of 92)

Week: Last Week of March

Zodiac: Aries (Day 9 of 31)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 3.29

Holidays

Alchemy Day

Alder Day (French Republic)

Barthélemy Boganda Day (Central African Republic)

Borrowed Days begin (Calendar legend held that March stole 3 days from April; England, Ireland, Scotland)

Britney Day (San Francisco)

Commemoration of Boganda (Central African Republic)

Commemoration of the 1947 Rebellion (a.k.a. Martyrs’ Day; Madagascar)

Day of the Young Combatant (Chile)

Declaw Awareness Day

Food Chain Day

Good Deeds Day

International Day of Solidarity with Haiti

International Day of the Landless

International Mermaid Day

Juenger Day (Germany)

Knights of Columbus Day

Love the Children Day (Texas)

Martyrs’ Day (Madagascar)

Memorial Day (Malagasy Republic)

Mule Day (Columbia, Tennessee)

National Governance Professionals Day

National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day

National Nevada Day

National Vietnam War Veterans Day

Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day

PayDay It Forward Day

Phagwah (Suriname)

Piano Day [88th Day of the Year]

Smoke and Mirrors Day (a.k.a. Festival of Smoke and Mirrors)

Swedish Colonial Day (Delaware)

Vesta Asteroid Day

World Marbles Day

Youth Day (Taiwan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Coca-Cola Day

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

Lemon Chiffon Cake Day

National Pita Day

5th & Last Friday in March

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

National Cleavage Day (South Africa) [Last Friday in March or 1st Friday in April]

No Homework Day [Last Friday]

Tater Day Festival begins (Kentucky) [Last Friday; ends Monday]

Wear a Hat Day (UK) [Last Friday]

Independence & Related Days

Barotseland (Declared; 2012) [unrecognized]

Helvetian Republic (Proclaimed; 1798)

Punjab Annexation (by the British; 1849)

Festivals Beginning March 29, 2024

Charleston Bluegrass Festival (Charleston, South Carolina) [thru 3.30]

Cherry Blossom Festival (Vancouver, Canada) [thru 4.25]

WonderCon (Anaheim, California) [thru 3.31]

Feast Days

Adolfo Müller-Ury (Artology)

Aequinoctium Vernum, Day 3 (Pagan)

Altoona Rooney (Muppetism)

Armogastes, Archinimus, and Satur (Christian; Martyrs)

Artemis Soteira (Goddess Artemis Festival; Ancient Greece)

Berthold (Christian; Saint)

Celsus (Positivist; Saint)

Cocktail Hour Every Hour Day (Pastafarian)

Cyril (Christian; Martyr)

A Day of Redress (Shamanism)

The Delphinaia (Festival to Apollo; Ancient Greece)

Egg Lore Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Erik Satie Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Eugene Onegin, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Opera; 1879)

Eustace of Luxeuil (Christian; Saint)

Expulsion of the Demons of Bad Luck (Pagan)

Festival of Ishtar (Babylonia)

Festival of Smoke and Mirrors

Gundleus, a Welsh King (Christian; Saint)

Gwladys (Christian; Saint)

Gwynllyw (Christian; Saint)

Hans Nielsen Hauge (Lutheran)

Imam Mahdi Day (Iran)

Jonas, Barachisus, and companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Johann Moritz Rugendas (Artology)

John Keble (commemoration, Anglicanism)

John Russell (Artology)

Jo Nesbø (Writerism)

Ludolf (Christian; Saint)

Mark of Arethusa, in Syria (Christian; Saint)

Masquerade Ritual Day (Bobo People of Africa; Everyday Wicca)

Rupert (Christian; Saint)

Christian Liturgical Holidays

Friday before Easter (a.k.a. ... 

Goede Vrijdag (Suriname)

Good Friday

Jour Chômé d’Usage (French Guiana, Guadeloupe)

Långfredagen (Sweden)

Lord’s Evening Meal (Jehovah’s Witness) [Nisan 14]

National Hot Cross Buns Day

Paixão de Cristo (Brazil)

Passion Friday

Procession of the Mysteries (Italy)

Semana de Turismo (Uruguay)

Via Crusus Way (Philippines)

Viernes Santo (Cuba, Spain)

World Marbles Day

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Shabbat Parah (Sabbath of the Red Heifer: שבת פרה) [19-20 Adair II]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [22 of 57]

Premieres

The Birthday Party (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1937)

Black Magic Woman, by Santana (Song; 1968)

Blow by Blow, by Jeff Beck (Album; 1975)

Breakfast in America, by Supertramp (Album; 1979)

Career Opportunities (Film; 1991)

Death on the Riviera, by John Bude (Novel; 1952)

Death to Smoochy (Film; 2002)

Desperately Seeking Susan (Film; 1985)

Fishing Tackler (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Fistic Mystic (WB LT Cartoon; 1969)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Film; 2024)

Give and Tyke (MGM Cartoon; 1957)

Godzilla x. Kong: The New Empire (Film; 2024)

Hare-Way to the Stars (WB LT Cartoon; 1958)

The King and I (Broadway Musical; 1951)

Little Beau Pepe (WB MM Cartoon; 1952)

Lust for Life, by Irving Stone (Biography; 1934)

Male Bags or Homely Are the Brave (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 358; 1965)

Mother Hub-Hubba-Hubbard (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1947)

My Old Kentucky Home (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1946)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Concerto; 1795)

Please Don't Eat the Daisies, by Jean Kerr (Novel; 1957)

Ready Player One (Film; 2018)

Rogues’ Gallery or Hole That Line-Up (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 357; 1965)

The Rookie (Film; 2003)

Room 237 (Documentary Film; 2013)

Some Like It Hot (Film; 1959)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (Film; 1939)

Umbrella, by Rihanna (Song; 2007)

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, by Billie Eilish (Album; 2019)

Today’s Name Days

Berthold, Helmut, Ludolf (Austria)

Bertold, Eustazije, Jona (Croatia)

Taťána (Czech Republic)

Jonas (Denmark)

Joakim, Joonas, Kimmo (Estonia)

Joni, Jonne, Jonni, Joona, Joonas, Jouni (Finland)

Gladys, Gwladys (France)

Berthold, Helmut, Ludolf (Germany)

Auguszta (Hungary)

Secondo (Italy)

Agija, Aldonis, Ilma, Ranta (Latvia)

Almantė, Bertoldas, Manvydas (Lithuania)

Jonas, Jonatan (Norway)

Cyryl, Czcirad, Eustachiusz, Eustachy, Ostap, Wiktoryn (Poland)

Denia, Marcu (Romania)

Miroslav (Slovakia)

Eustasio (Spain)

Jens, Jonas (Sweden)

Berthold, Fletcher, Pearl, Pearle, Pearlie, Pearline, Perla (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 89 of 2024; 277 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 13 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 13 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 20 (Red-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 19 Adair II 5784

Islamic: 19 Ramadan 1445

J Cal: 29 Green; Extraday [29 of 30]

Julian: 16 March 2024

Moon: 82%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 5 Archimedes (4th Month) [Galen]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 11 of 92)

Week: Last Week of March

Zodiac: Aries (Day 9 of 31)

[ondasyletras]

Ludolf Nielsen - Symphony No.1 in B-minor, Op.3 (1903)

[lesser-known-composers]

Ludolf Nielsen - Isbella, Op. 10: Overture (1907)

Performers: Orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert.

[lesser-known-composers]

Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939) - String Quartet No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 5: III. Andante lento ·

Aros Quartet

[lesser-known-composers]

Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939) - String Quartet No. 3 in C Major, Op. 41: III. Adagio con dolore ·

Aros Quartet

[lesser-known-composers]

Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)

[lesser-known-composers]

Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939) - Symphony No. 1, I. Andante Lento - Allegro energico ·

Danish Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Frank Cramer

[lesser-known-composers]

Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939) - String Quartet No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 5: I. Lento maestoso. Allegro moderato ·

Aros Quartet

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 3.29

Holidays

Alchemy Day

Barthélemy Boganda Day (Central African Republic)

Borrowed Days begin (Calendar legend held that March stole 3 days from April; England, Ireland, Scotland)

Commemoration of Boganda (Central African Republic)

Commemoration of the 1947 Rebellion (a.k.a. Martyrs’ Day; Madagascar)

Day of the Young Combatant (Chile)

Food Chain Day

Good Deeds Day

International Day of Solidarity with Haiti

International Day of the Landless

International Mermaid Day

Knights of Columbus Day

Love the Children Day (Texas)

Martyrs’ Day (Madagascar)

Mule Day (Columbia, Tennessee)

National Governance Professionals Day

National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day

National Nevada Day

National Vietnam War Veterans Day

Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day

Payday It Forward Day

Phagwah (Suriname)

Piano Day [88th Day of the Year]

Smoke and Mirrors Day (a.k.a. Festival of Smoke and Mirrors)

Swedish Colonial Day (Delaware)

World Piano Day

Youth Day (Taiwan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Coca-Cola Day

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

Lemon Chiffon Cake Day

National Pita Day

5th & Last Wednesday in March

Document Freedom Day [Last Wednesday]

Manatee Appreciation Day [Last Wednesday]

National Little Red Wagon Day [Last Wednesday]

A Whole Day for Whole Grain [Last Wednesday]

Independence Days

Barotseland (Declared; 2012) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Aequinoctium Vernum, Day 3 (Pagan)

Altoona Rooney (Muppetism)

Armogastes, Archinimus, and Satur (Christian; Martyrs)

Artemis Soteira (Goddess Artemis Festival; Ancient Greece)

Berthold (Christian; Saint)

Celsus (Positivist; Saint)

Cocktail Hour Every Hour Day (Pastafarian)

The Delphinaia (Festival to Apollo; Ancient Greece)

Erik Satie Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Eustace of Luxeuil (Christian; Saint)

Expulsion of the Demons of Bad Luck (Pagan)

Festival of Ishtar (Babylonia)

Festival of Smoke and Mirrors

Gundleus, a Welsh King (Christian; Saint)

Gwladys (Christian; Saint)

Gwynllyw (Christian; Saint)

Hans Nielsen Hauge (Lutheran)

Imam Mahdi Day (Iran)

Jonas, Barachisus, and companions (Christian; Martyrs)

John Keble (commemoration, Anglicanism)

Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, in Syria (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [22 of 57]

Premieres

Black Magic Woman, by Santana (Song; 1968)

Blow by Blow, by Jeff Beck (Album; 1975)

Breakfast in America, by Supertramp (Album; 1979)

Career Opportunities (Film; 1991)

Death to Smoochy (Film; 2002)

Desperately Seeking Susan (Film; 1985)

The King and I (Broadway Musical; 1951)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Concerto; 1795)

Ready Player One (Film; 2018)

The Rookie (Film; 2003)

Room 237 (Documentary Film; 2013)

Some Like It Hot (Film; 1959)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (Film; 1939)

Umbrella, by Rihanna (Song; 2007)

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, by Billie Eilish (Album; 2019)

Today’s Name Days

Berthold, Helmut, Ludolf (Austria)

Bertold, Eustazije, Jona (Croatia)

Taťána (Czech Republic)

Jonas (Denmark)

Joakim, Joonas, Kimmo (Estonia)

Joni, Jonne, Jonni, Joona, Joonas, Jouni (Finland)

Gladys, Gwladys (France)

Berthold, Helmut, Ludolf (Germany)

Auguszta (Hungary)

Secondo (Italy)

Agija, Aldonis, Ilma, Ranta (Latvia)

Almantė, Bertoldas, Manvydas (Lithuania)

Jonas, Jonatan (Norway)

Cyryl, Czcirad, Eustachiusz, Eustachy, Ostap, Wiktoryn (Poland)

Denia, Marcu (Romania)

Miroslav (Slovakia)

Eustasio (Spain)

Jens, Jonas (Sweden)

Berthold, Fletcher, Pearl, Pearle, Pearlie, Pearline, Perla (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 88 of 2024; 277 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 13 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Second Month 2 (Gui-Mao), Day 8 (Bing-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 7 Nisan 5783

Islamic: 7 Ramadan 1444

J Cal: 27 Ver; Sixday [27 of 30]

Julian: 16 March 2023

Moon: 56%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 4 Archimedes (4th Month) [Celsus]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 10 of 90)

Zodiac: Aries (Day 9 of 30)

[brookston]

Holidays 3.29

Holidays

Alchemy Day

Barthélemy Boganda Day (Central African Republic)

Borrowed Days begin (Calendar legend held that March stole 3 days from April; England, Ireland, Scotland)

Commemoration of Boganda (Central African Republic)

Commemoration of the 1947 Rebellion (a.k.a. Martyrs’ Day; Madagascar)

Day of the Young Combatant (Chile)

Food Chain Day

Good Deeds Day

International Day of Solidarity with Haiti

International Day of the Landless

International Mermaid Day

Knights of Columbus Day

Love the Children Day (Texas)

Martyrs’ Day (Madagascar)

Mule Day (Columbia, Tennessee)

National Governance Professionals Day

National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day

National Nevada Day

National Vietnam War Veterans Day

Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day

Payday It Forward Day

Phagwah (Suriname)

Piano Day [88th Day of the Year]

Smoke and Mirrors Day (a.k.a. Festival of Smoke and Mirrors)

Swedish Colonial Day (Delaware)

World Piano Day

Youth Day (Taiwan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Coca-Cola Day

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

Lemon Chiffon Cake Day

National Pita Day

5th & Last Wednesday in March

Document Freedom Day [Last Wednesday]

Manatee Appreciation Day [Last Wednesday]

National Little Red Wagon Day [Last Wednesday]

A Whole Day for Whole Grain [Last Wednesday]

Independence Days

Barotseland (Declared; 2012) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Aequinoctium Vernum, Day 3 (Pagan)

Altoona Rooney (Muppetism)

Armogastes, Archinimus, and Satur (Christian; Martyrs)

Artemis Soteira (Goddess Artemis Festival; Ancient Greece)

Berthold (Christian; Saint)

Celsus (Positivist; Saint)

Cocktail Hour Every Hour Day (Pastafarian)

The Delphinaia (Festival to Apollo; Ancient Greece)

Erik Satie Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Eustace of Luxeuil (Christian; Saint)

Expulsion of the Demons of Bad Luck (Pagan)

Festival of Ishtar (Babylonia)

Festival of Smoke and Mirrors

Gundleus, a Welsh King (Christian; Saint)

Gwladys (Christian; Saint)

Gwynllyw (Christian; Saint)

Hans Nielsen Hauge (Lutheran)

Imam Mahdi Day (Iran)

Jonas, Barachisus, and companions (Christian; Martyrs)

John Keble (commemoration, Anglicanism)

Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, in Syria (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [22 of 57]

Premieres

Black Magic Woman, by Santana (Song; 1968)

Blow by Blow, by Jeff Beck (Album; 1975)

Breakfast in America, by Supertramp (Album; 1979)

Career Opportunities (Film; 1991)

Death to Smoochy (Film; 2002)

Desperately Seeking Susan (Film; 1985)

The King and I (Broadway Musical; 1951)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Concerto; 1795)

Ready Player One (Film; 2018)

The Rookie (Film; 2003)

Room 237 (Documentary Film; 2013)

Some Like It Hot (Film; 1959)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (Film; 1939)

Umbrella, by Rihanna (Song; 2007)

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, by Billie Eilish (Album; 2019)

Today’s Name Days

Berthold, Helmut, Ludolf (Austria)

Bertold, Eustazije, Jona (Croatia)

Taťána (Czech Republic)

Jonas (Denmark)

Joakim, Joonas, Kimmo (Estonia)

Joni, Jonne, Jonni, Joona, Joonas, Jouni (Finland)

Gladys, Gwladys (France)

Berthold, Helmut, Ludolf (Germany)

Auguszta (Hungary)

Secondo (Italy)

Agija, Aldonis, Ilma, Ranta (Latvia)

Almantė, Bertoldas, Manvydas (Lithuania)

Jonas, Jonatan (Norway)

Cyryl, Czcirad, Eustachiusz, Eustachy, Ostap, Wiktoryn (Poland)

Denia, Marcu (Romania)

Miroslav (Slovakia)

Eustasio (Spain)

Jens, Jonas (Sweden)

Berthold, Fletcher, Pearl, Pearle, Pearlie, Pearline, Perla (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 88 of 2024; 277 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 13 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Second Month 2 (Gui-Mao), Day 8 (Bing-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 7 Nisan 5783

Islamic: 7 Ramadan 1444

J Cal: 27 Ver; Sixday [27 of 30]

Julian: 16 March 2023

Moon: 56%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 4 Archimedes (4th Month) [Celsus]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 10 of 90)

Zodiac: Aries (Day 9 of 30)

[lesser-known-composers]

Ludolf Nielsen - Lackschmi, Op. 45, Act I "A Grove on a River and Lake": Lento appassionato ·

Queensland Symphony Orchestra · Werner Andreas Albert

[lesser-known-composers]

Ludolf Nielsen - Hjortholm, Op. 53: Hjorthalm. Tone Picture, Op. 53 ·

Bamberger Symphoniker Conductor: Frank Cramer

[lesser-known-composers]

Ludolf Nielsen - String Quartet No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 5: I. Lento maestoso. Allegro moderato ·

Aros Quartet