March 20·Every year

World Frog Day

Frogs are among the planet's most sensitive environmental indicators — their permeable skin absorbs everything in the surrounding water. More than 41% of amphibian species are now threatened with extinction, making frogs the most at-risk vertebrate class on Earth. March 20th is their annual status check.

Category: Animal
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Notable · 2014

Taliban militants killed nine civilians in a mass shooting at the Kabul Serena Hotel in Afghanistan.

2021La Plume noire, an anarchist bookstore in Lyon, is targeted by an attack of the far-right, provoking a shock in Lyon's far-left circles.
2019Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is sworn in as acting president of Kazakhstan, following the resignation of long-time president Nursultan Nazarbayev.
2015A solar eclipse, equinox, and a supermoon all occur on the same day.