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Greater Feast of Isaac Newton, died March 31, 1727 (O.S. March 20, 1726) at Kensington, Middlesex, England
Greater Feast of John Donne, died March 31, 1631 at London, England
Just realised that Easter this year falls on the same weekend that Daylight Saving ends. Thus it will be an hour longer than Easters that fall on other weekends.
A quick search suggests this only happens about one year in six.
Haven't yet seen any newspapers hyperventilating over the "Super-Easter" the way they do for "Super-Moons". 😔
I note, in passing, on this day, in history … Ether, with which Aleister Crowley experimented and wrote about, is used as anesthesia for the first time in a surgical operation by the Dr Crawford Long, …
Greater Feast of Rudolf Steiner, died March 30, 1925 at Dornach, Switzerland