22MAR2018 - Holiday Today - Puerto Rico, Baltic Sea Day (Ecological Observances)
Puerto Rico - Emancipation Day
Emancipation Day is an official holiday in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It commemorates the abolition of slavery in the Spanish colony of Puerto Rico on March 22, 1873.
Puerto Rico was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493. The Spanish began to colonize the island in the early 16th century. At first, they enslaved the ingenuous population, the Taíno. Many of them died of harsh working conditions and infectious diseases. In 1520, the remaining Taíno population was emancipated by the royal decree, and the Spanish began to import African slaves.
Bunker Price at Puerto Rico Ports
Baltic Sea Day - (Ecological Observances)
March 22 is annual observance of Baltic Sea Day. This ecological observance was created to acknowledge the preservation of the Baltic Sea marine environment.
Baltic Sea Day was created in 1986 at the meeting of Helsinki Convention. The first Convention of the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area was signed by Germany, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Sweden and USSR in 1974. The convention came into force on May 3, 1980.




