March Madness

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March

Irish American Heritage Month March National Craft Month March National Nutrition Month March Music in Our Schools Month March Women’s History Month March Salem Witch Hysteria Begins Mar 1, 1692 Yellowstone National Park Established Mar 1, 1872 World Book Day Mar 1, 2007 Dr. Seuss’ Birthday (Celebrated as Read Across America) Mar 2, 1904 Alexander Graham Bell’s Birthday Mar 3, 1847 National Anthem Day Mar 3, 1931 Total Lunar Eclipse Mar 3, 2007 Iditarod 2007 Begins Mar 3, 2007 Boston Massacre Mar 5, 1770 Michelangelo’s Birthday Mar 6, 1475 U.S. Patent Issued for Alexander Graham Bell’s Telephone March 7, 1876 Barbie Doll Debuts Mar 9, 1959 Harriet Tubman Day (the Anniversary of Her Death in 1913) Mar 10, 2007 US Paper Money Issued: Anniversary Mar 10, 1862 First Flu Case in the Influenza Epidemic of 1918 Reported at Fort Riley, KS Mar 11, 1918 Daylight Saving Time Begins Mar 11, 2007 Deaf History Month Begins Mar 13, 2007 Genealogy Day Mar 13, 2005 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Mar 14, 2006 Albert Einstein’s Birthday Mar 14, 1879 Ireland National Day St. Patrick’s Day Mar 17, 2007 Partial Solar Eclipse Mar 19, 2007 Spring Begins Mar 20, 2007 International Earth Day Mar 20, 2007 Pocahontas’ Death Anniversary Mar 21, 1617 Harry Houdini’s Birthday Mar 24, 1874 Robert Frost’s Birthday Mar 26, 1874 Vincent van Gogh Birthday Mar 30, 1853 U.S. Agrees to Purchase Alaska From Russia for $7.2 Million Dollars Mar 30, 1867 Eiffel Tower Opened Mar 31, 1889