Zodiac
March
21st is the 80th day of the year (non-leap years) and
that means there are only 279 days until Christmas (Okay, we didn’t really need
to know that.) March 21st is also the first day of the astreological
sign Aries, which is ruled by Mars, the Roman god of war. According to Roman
mythology, Mars was the second most important god after Jupiter. Mars fathered
Rolulous and Remus, the twin dudes who founded Roma. Their mom was a Vestal
Virgin called Rhea Silvia. The month of March is named for Mars.
Matthew Broderick was born
on March 21st, 1962. He starred in the classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. As well as being the adult voice of Simba
in The Lion King trilogy, he’s won no
less than two Tony Awards (yay Matthew!). One was for Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983), the other for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1995). He’s
married to Sarah Jessica Parker.
International Day of Forests
Who
doesn’t love a good forest? You can hike in them, play hide and seek, picnic,
take awesome photos. Today is International Day of Forests. The theme for 2017 is Forests and Energy.
Michael Dibdin (21st
March 1947-30th March 2007) was a British author of crime fiction.
He’s best know for his Aurelio Zen series, which was set in Italy, where Dibdin
lived for four years. The first Aurelio Zen novel Ratking won the Golden Dagger
in 1988. (Awesome achievement!)
Henry V. His father died on 20th March 1413, so Henry V's first full day as king was 21st March 1413. (He wasn't officially crowned until 9th April.) One of
his greatest achievement was defeating the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
In 1420 he married Catherine de Valois (daughter of French king Charles VI).
They had one child, who became Henry VI, after Henry V’s death at the age of
36. Shakespeare wrote his imaginatively titled play Henry V sometime around
1599.
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Janni Nell is
the author of the Allegra Fairweather paranormal investigator series. She is
now working on the new Bolde and Baulsey paranormal mystery series. Book 2, Dead Lady Vanishing is available now from:
Amazon
Kobo
iBooks
Google Play
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