March
"Nothing is worth more than this
day." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
March is the third month of the year having 31 days. Name
comes from the Latin (mensis) Martius, the month of Mars. March's birthstone
is aquamarine and its flower is daffodil.
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- 5 - 6
- 7 - 8
- 9 - 10
- 11
12 - 13
- 14 - 15
- 16 - 17
- 19 - 20
- 21 - 22
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- 25 - 26
- 27 - 28
- 29 - 30
- 31
1
First NPL (later PL/I) report published,
1964
Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrested
for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692
Samil Independence Movement Day in South
Korea
St. David's Day, Cardiff
Jim Morrison is busted for obscenity in Miami,
1969
2
Peasants' Day in Burma
Texas Independence Day
Victory of Adowa in Ethiopia
Blues guitarist Rory Gallagher is born in
Ballyshannon, Ireland, 1949
3
Girls' Day in Japan
Throne Day in Morocco
Buffalo Springfield is formed in Los Angeles,
1966
4
First Cray-1 shipped to Los Alamos, New Mexico
First meeting of Congress, 1789, in New York
City
Vermont Admission Day (admitted as 14th state
in 1791)
Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice, Italy, 1678
5
Independence Day in Equatorial Guinea
6
Hindenburg explodes and burns upon landing
at Lakehurst, New Jersey, 1939
Lantern Day in Bejing, China
7
Last Gilbert & Sullivan opera produced,
1896
8
First Annual International Women's Day, 1909
International Women's Day in Russia
Syrian National Day in Libyan Arab Republic
Women's Day in Guinea-Bissau, Taiwan, Yemen
Democratic Republic
Youth Day in Zambia
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful
Dead) dies in California, 1973
9
"GOTO considered harmful" (E.J.
Dikstra) published in CACM, 1968
Decoration Day in Liberia
Falgun Purnima Day in Nepal
Robin Trower is born in London, 1945
10
Labor Day in South Korea
11
Johnny Appleseed Day, anniversary of the
passing of John Chapman
12
Commonwealth Day in Swaziland
Independence Day in Mauritius
Moshoeshoe's Birthday in Lesotho
Renovation Day in Gabon
13
National Day in Grenada
The Allman Brothers record their live album
at the Fillmore East, 1971
14
LISP introduced, 1960
Teddy Roosevelt excludes Japanese laborers
from continental US, 1907
15
Buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio, USA
France assumes protectorate over Vietnam,
1874
Watts riots in Los Angeles kill two and injure
25, 1966
Sly Stone born, 1944
16
First liquid-fuel-powered rocket flight,
1926
MyLai Massacre; 300 non-combatant villagers
killed by U.S. infantrymen
Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fueled
rocket, Auburn, Massachusetts, 1926
Black Press Day; first Black newspaper founded
in 1827
17
Vanguard I launched, 1958, shows Earth is
pear-shaped
Evacuation Day in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Saint Patrick's Day
Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) is born
in San Francisco, 1942
18
Aleksei Leonov performs first spacewalk,
1965
19
Swallows return to Capistrano
Saint Joseph's Day in Colombia, Costa Rica,
Holy See, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Spain, and Venezuela
Tree Planting Day in Lestho
20
Radio Caroline, the original British pirate
radio station, sinks, 1980
Independence Day in Tunsia
Youth Day in Oklahoma, USA
21
Afghan New Year in Afghanistan
Juarez' birthday in Mexico
J.S. Bach born, 1685
22
Abolition Day in Puerto Rico
Ten Years After plays their last concert,
1974
23
Pakistan Day in Pakistan
24
Construction of the New York subway system
begins, 1900
25
Triangle Shirt Waist Fire, 1911
Greek Independence Day in Cyprus
Lady Day (a.k.a. the Feast of the Annunciation)
Maryland Day in Maryland
National Holiday in Greece
Aretha Franklin is born in Detroit, 1943
26
Popeye statue unveiled, Crystal City, Texas,
Spinach Festival, 1937
Independence Day in Bangladesh
Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day in Hawaii
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer record "Pictures
at an Exhibition" live, 1971
27
Khrushchev becomes premier of Soviet Union,
1958
Armed Forces Day in Burma
28
DEC announces PDP-11, 1970
Three Mile Island releases radioactive gas,
1979
29
Swedish settle at Christiana (Wilmington,
Delaware), 1638
Death of President Barthelemy Boganda in
Central African Republic
Memorial Day in Madagascar
30
Alaska purchased from Russia for $7.2 million,
1867
Five rings around Uranus discovered, 1977
Pencil with eraser patented, 1858
Eric Clapton is born in Surrey, England,
1945
31
Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp. founded, Phila,
1946
National Day in Malta
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