The Christian world celebrates Palm Sunday today, marking the start of Holy Week. In much of Latin America and the rest of the Catholic world, the week is known as Semana Santa, and everyone is on vacation. Solemn street processions mark Good Friday in locales like Antigua, Guatemala and Seville, Spain. The Virgin Islands celebrate Transfer Day today. Malaysia marks the Birthday of the Sultan today.
Today is Freedom Day in Malta.
Today is also official Bunsen Burner Day, in honor of German inventor Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen. The inventor of the chemistry class's most ubiquitous instrument was born in Heidelberg on this day in 1811. Associated Press, Chase's Calendar of Events 1996, J.P. Morgan Feedback Send us your comments - Selected responses are posted daily. External sites are not endorsed by CNN Interactive.