1 Post-graduate research master's degree (M.Res., M.A.Res., M.S.Res., M.Phil.) - the Master by Research is designed for those who hold a bachelor's degree with a significant research component and/or have several publications. 2  It is designed for those wishing to pursue higher research.
In 496 A.D., Pope Gelasius officially set aside February 14 to honor St. Valentine. It is believed that Christians came to associate Valentineâs Day with romantic love because they were trying to supplant a popular pagan Roman festival called Lupercalia, celebrated on February 15.
In 1869, when the Italians of San Francisco celebrated October 12, they called it Columbus Day. In 1905, Colorado became the first state to observe a Columbus Day. Over the next twenty years other states followed. In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed every October 12 as Columbus Day.