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March
March Monthly Celebrations
- Irish American Heritage Month
- Music in Our Schools Month
- National Celery Month
- National Craft Month
- National Frozen Food Month
- National Irish American Heritage Month- designated by Congress in 1995.
- National Nutrition Month
- National Peanut Month
- National Women’s History Month
- Red Cross Month
- Social Workers Month
March Weekly Events
- Celebrate Your Name Week – 1 st full week of March
- 2 nd Week National Bubble Week
- 2 nd Week Crochet Week
March Holidays That Vary
- Employee Appreciation Day first Friday in March
- National Salesperson Day – first Friday in the month
- World Day of Prayer – First Friday of the month
- Namesake Day – first Sunday in March
- Purim – begins at sundown, date varies
- Popcorn Lover’s Day – second Thursday
- Genealogy Day – second Saturday in March
- International Fanny Pack Day – second Saturday in March
- Oscar Night – date varies
- Absolutely Incredible Kid Day – third Thursday of month
- International Sports Car Racing Day – third Saturday of month
- National Quilting Day – third Saturday of month
- Spring (Vernal) Equinox – date varies
- Tea for Two Tuesday – third Tuesday in March
- National / World Agriculture Day – date varies
- Ramadan – begins at sundown, date varies
March 1
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Holidays
This Day In History
- 1781 Continental Congress officially adopts the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States of America after ratification by the 13th state, Maryland
- 1790 1st US census authorized
- 1890 1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes’ first story “A Study in Scarlet” by Arthur Conan Doyle published
- 1909 1st US university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota
- 1961 US President JFK establishes the Peace Corps
- 1973 Pink Floyd release their album “Dark Side of the Moon”, since sold over 45 million copies
March 2
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This Day In History
- 1778 Nathanael Greene is appointed Quartermaster General of the Continental Army under George Washington
- 1933 “King Kong” film directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, starring Fay Wray premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy in NYC
- 1962 Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points, most ever by an NBA player in a single game, in Warriors’ 169-147 win over NY Knicks in Hershey; 36-of-63 from field, 28-of-32 from free-throw line
- 1965 One of the most popular musical films of all time, “The Sound of Music”, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, premieres (Academy Awards Best Picture – 1966)
March 3
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This Day In History
- 1887 Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller
- 1955 Elvis Presley makes his 1st TV appearance on a broadcast of radio show “Louisiana Hayride”
March 4
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This Day In History
- 1789 1st US Congress meets and declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)
- 1797 John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of The United States, Thomas Jefferson 2nd Vice President
- 1801 Thomas Jefferson is the first US President to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C
- 1936 1st flight of the airship Hindenburg at Friedrichshafen, Germany
- 1993 1st ESPY Awards: Michael Jordan, Monica Seles win
March 5
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This Day In History
- 1750 1st American Shakespearean production-“altered” Richard III, NYC
- 1836 Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber “Texas” model
- 1853 Piano company Steinway & Sons founded by Heinrich Steinweg (later Henry Steinway) in New York City
March 6
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This Day In History
- 1981 Walter Cronkite signs off as anchorman of “CBS Evening News”
- 1985 Future undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes at 1:47 in round 1 of 4 in Albany, NY in his first professional fight
- 2000 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Eric Clapton; Earth, Wind, and Fire; Lovin’ Spoonful; The Moonglows; Bonnie Raitt; James Taylor; Nat King Cole; Billie Holiday; Hal Blaine; “King” Curtis; James Jamerson; Scotty Moore; Earl Palmer; and Clive Davis
March 7
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This Day In History
- 1778 Captain James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast at Yaquina Bay
- 1876 Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone in the US
- 1912 Roald Amundsen announces his discovery of the South Pole (located 14 December 1911)
- 1918 President Woodrow Wilson authorizes US Army’s Distinguished Service Medal
- 1986 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist
March 8
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This Day In History
- 1934 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars
- 1946 1st helicopter licensed for commercial use (NYC)
- 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people loses contact and disappears, prompting the most expensive search effort in history and one of the most enduring aviation mysteries
March 9
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This Day In History
- 1497 Nicolaus Copernicus‘ 1st recorded astronomical observation
- 1776 Adam Smith publishes the influential economics book “The Wealth of Nations”
- 1998 Dr. Dre‘s Aftermath Entertainment signs then unknown rapper Eminem
March 10
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This Day In History
- 1849 Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent (only US President to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions
- 1876 First telephone call; Alexander Graham Bell says “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you” to his assistant Thomas Watson
- 1902 A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera
March 11
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This Day In History
- 1968 Otis Redding is the first person in the US to posthumously receive gold record for his single “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”
- 2018 Superhero movie “The Black Panther” becomes the fifth Marvel movie to earn $1 billion worldwide
March 12
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Holidays
This Day In History
- 1455 First record of Johannes Gutenberg‘s Bible, letter dated this day by Enea Silvio Piccolomini refers to the bible printed a year before
- 1930 Mahatma Gandhi begins his famous 200 mile (300km) protest march against the widely hated British salt tax
- 1933 FDR conducts his 1st “fireside chat”
- 2002 Animated film “Ice Age” directed by Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha, with voices by Denis Leary and John Leguizamo premieres
March 13
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This Day In History
- 1877 American Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs after inventing them at age 15
- 1961 JFK sets up the Alliance for Progress
- 2014 “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, starring Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson, premieres in Los Angeles
March 14
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Holidays
National Pi Day – Why today? Because today is 3.14, the value of Pi.
This Day In History
- 1794 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin machine revolutionizing the cotton industry in the southern US states
- 1923 US President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st president to pay taxes
- 2018 NASA twin study finds that Scott Kelly is no longer identical to his twin brother after one year in space, 7% of his genes altered
March 15
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Holidays
This Day In History
- 44 BC Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by Brutus, Cassius and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March in Rome
- 1913 1st US presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)
- 1962 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4,000 pts in an NBA season
- 1972 “The Godfather”, based on the book by Mario Puzo, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, premieres in NYC (Academy Awards Best Picture 1973)
March 16
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Holidays
This Day In History
- 1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne‘s “The Scarlet Letter” published by Ticknor, Reed and Fields in Boston
- 1882 U.S. Senate ratifies the Geneva Convention of 1864, legitimatizing the International Red Cross and the American Red Cross
March 17
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This Day In History
- 1901 At a show in Paris 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings cause a sensation, 11 years after his death
- 1905 Albert Einstein finishes his scientific paper detailing his Quantum Theory of Light, one of the foundations of modern physics
March 18
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Holidays
This Day In History
- 1881 Barnum & Bailey Circus, traveling as “The Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts at Madison Square Garden in New York City following the merger of two existing circus groups [1]
- 1991 Philadelphia ’76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain‘s #13 jersey
- 1995 Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement
March 19
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Holidays
This Day In History
- 1995 Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers
- 2013 NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity discovers further evidence of water-bearing minerals
- 2021 Icelandic volcano Fagradalsfjall erupts for the first time in 800 years and after more than 50,000 earthquakes
March 20
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Holidays
Earth Day – the same day as the Vernal Equinox
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day
This Day In History
- 1973 Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death in a plane crash
- 1990 LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‘s #33
- 2019 The Walt Disney Company acquires Rupert Murdoch‘s 21st Century Fox entertainment business for $71 billion
March 21
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Holidays
This Day In History
- 1947 US President Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States
- 1952 25,000 attend the 1st rock & roll concert ever when Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena
- 1963 Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay is closed
- 2019 Levi Strauss & Company is traded publicly for the second time in its history on the New York stock exchange
March 22
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Holidays
This Day In History
- 1790 Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State under President Washington
- 1993 André the Giant‘s induction into inaugural WWE Hall of Fame is announced; no ceremony takes place and he is inducted posthumously
March 23
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Holidays
This Day In History
- 1945 Battle of Okinawa: US Navy ships bomb the Japanese island of Okinawa in preparation for the Allied invasion; it would become the largest battle of the Pacific War in World War II
- 1999 “Livin’ la Vida Loca” sung by Ricky Martin released – goes on to sell over 8 million copies
March 24
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Holidays
This Day In History
- 1958 Elvis Presley joins the U.S. Army (serial number 53310761)
- 1987 1st Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win
- 1999 “The Matrix” film written and directed by The Wachowskis, starring Keanu Reeve, Lawrence Fishburne and Carrie-Ann Moss premieres
- 2005 US version of “The Office” created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, developed by Greg Daniels, starring Steve Carell and John Krasinski premieres on NBC
- 2015 NASA’s Opportunity rover becomes the first to complete a Martian marathon
March 25
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Holidays
This Day In History
- 1 Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word
- 31 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus
- 1776 Continental Congress authorizes a medal for George Washington
- 1958 Sugar Ray Robinson is 1st boxing champ to win 5 times
- 1982 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season
March 26
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Holidays
This Day In History
- 1484 William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop’s Fables
- 1953 Dr. Jonas Salk announces that he has successfully tested a vaccine to prevent polio, clinical trials began the next year
- 1977 Elvis Costello releases his 1st record “Less Than Zero”
- 2019 Stolen Pablo Picasso painting “Buste de Femme” (Dora Maar) (1938) recovered after 20 years by Dutch art detective
March 27
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Holidays
This Day In History
- 1952 “Singin’ in the Rain”, musical comedy directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in NYC
- 1980 Mount St Helens becomes active after 123 years
March 28
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This Day In History
- 1881 “Greatest Show On Earth” formed by P. T. Barnum and James Anthony Bailey
- 1972 Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
March 29
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This Day In History
March 30
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This Day In History
- 240 BC 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet
- 1867 Alaska Purchase: US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 ($109 million in 2018), roughly 2 cents an acre
- 1953 Albert Einstein announces revised unified field theory
- 1981 US President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded in an assassination attempt by John Hinckley, three others are also wounded
- 1987 Vincent van Gogh‘s “Sunflowers” sells for a record 22.5 million pounds ($39.7 million)
March 31
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This Day In History
- 1889 Eiffel Tower officially opens in Paris. Built for the Exposition Universelle, at 300m high it retains the record for the tallest man made structure for 41 years.
- 1980 President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry
NOTE: Information within the Content Calendar was curated from Holidayinsights.com, & OnThisDay.com.
