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MARCH HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
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March Observances: poster links Links for Learning
Read Across America- March 2 (Dr. Seuss's Birthday -1904) Historic Reading posters (vintage) National Educational Association
Women's History Month women's posters U.S. Census Bureau Facts & Figures
Irish American Heritage Month Ireland posters About Ireland
Youth Art Month art posters • Council for Art Education
• CP Links for Learning - art
Music in Our Schools Month music posters National Assoc for Music Education
Red Cross Month Clara Barton print American Red Cross
National Nutrition Month nutrition posters American Dietetic Association
First Week of March
Second Week of March
Daylight savings time begins the second Sunday in March, set clocks ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. (The first Sunday in November - Daylight time ends and clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, which becomes 1:00 a.m. local standard time.)

Daylight Saving Time/Date Calculator

Persistence of Time, Salvador Dali

 U.S. Naval Observatory

World Time Zones
Third Week of March
National Poison Prevention Week safety posters Poison Prevention.org
National Wildlife Week zoology posters National Wildlife Federation
March 24, World Tuberculosis Day tuberculosis health posters Stop Tuberculosis
Fourth Week of March
March Holidays
Feb 28-March 1, 2010 - Holi Festival (March 20, 2011; March 8, 2012; March 27, 2013) Hindu posters Hinduism.org
World Day of Prayer (1st Friday in March) peace posters World Day of Prayer
March 8 - International Women's Day notable women posters Interantional Women's Day site
March 20, 2011 - Purim/Holiday of Joy (Feb 28, 2010; March 8, 2012; February 23, 2013) Judaism posters Judaism 101
March 15 - Ides of March (BEWARE!) Shakespeare posters Every month has its Ides: the 13th or 15th; also its Kalends: the 1st (root word calendar); and Nones: 5th or 7th. more info
March 17 - St. Patrick's Day

Ireland posters
Irish Blessings, pdf download

 St. Patrick's History
March 20 - Spring Equinox Spring posters
Stonehenge posters		 Solar Folklore
March 20 - International Earth Day (see April celebrations also) Ecology posters Earthday Network
Easter Sunday (4-4-2010; 4-24-2011; 4-8-2012; 3-31-2013) Christianity posters
March Notable Dates
d. 3-1-1510 - Francisco de Almeida, explorer Francisco de Almeida Resource File
• 3-1-1803 - Ohio Admission Day, 17th State Ohio Historical Society
b. 3-1-1810 - Frederic Chopin, composer Chopin Resource File
b. 3-1-1812 - Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, architect Augustus W. N. Pugin Resource File
b. 3-1-1837 - William Dean Howells, author William Dean Howells Resource File
• 3-1-1867 - Nebraska Admission Day, 37th Nebraska State Historical Society
• 3-1-1872 - 1st US National Park Yellowstone established. N P S History - Yellowstone Park
b. 3-1-1880 - Lytton Strachey, author Lytton Strachey Resource File
b. 3-1-1886 - Oskar Kokoschka, artist Oskar Kokoschka Resource File
b. 3-1-1917 - Robert Lowell, poet Robert Lowell Resource File
b. 3-2-1824 - Bedrich Smetana, composer Bedrich Smetana Resource File
b. 3-2-1900 - Kurt Weill, composer Kurt Weill Resource File
b. 3-2-1904 - Theodore “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, author Dr. Seuss Resource File
b. 3-2-1919 - Tamara Toumanova, ballerina Tamara Toumanova Resource File
b. 3-2-1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev, politician Mikhail Gorbachev Resource File
b. 3-2-1931 - Tom Wolfe, author Tom Wolfe Resource File
d. 3-2-1971 - Rita Jolivet, actress Rita Jolivet Resource File
• 3-3-1845 - Florida Admission Day, 27th Florida Office of Cultural & Historical Programs
b. 3-3-1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, inventor & teacher Alexander Graham Bell Bio
b. 3-3-1911 - Jean Harlow, actress Jean Harlow Resource File
b. 3-3-1914 - Ralph Waldo Ellison, author CP Links for Learning - Ellison
b. 3-4-1394 - Prince Henry the Navigator Prince Henry the Navigator Resource File
b. 3-4-1678 - Antonio Vivaldi, composer Antonio Vivaldi Resource File
b. 3-4-1745 - Kazimierz Pulaski, Revolutionary War Kazimierz Pulaski Resource File
• 3-4-1788 - Vermont Admission Day, 14th Vermont State Historic Sites
b. 3-4-1877 - Garrett Morgan, inventor, black history posters Garrett Morgan Bio
b. 3-4-1889 - Pearl White, actress Pearl White Resource File
b. 3-4-1950 - Sir Ken Robinson, educator Sir Ken Robinson Resource File
• 3-5-1770 - Boston Massacre, American Revolution Boston Massacre Historical Society
• 3-5-1933 - Nazi party won the majority of seats in the Reichstag, taking over Germany; the last free election in Germany until after defeat in WWII.
b. 3-6-1475 - Michelangelo, artist CP Links for Learning - Michelangelo
b. 3-6-1619 - Cyrano de Bergerac, dramatist & soldier Cyrano de Bergerac Resource File
b. 3-6-1806 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet Women's Studies Reading Room, Univ of Maryland
• 3-6-1819, McCulloch v Maryland - U.S. Supreme Court Landmark decision, “that a government, entrusted with such ample powers . . . must also be entrusted with ample means for their execution.” Background on McCulloch v Maryland
b. 3-6-1841 - Marie Alfred Cornu, scientist Marie Alfred Cornu Resource File
b. 3-6/18-1844 - Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, composer Rimsky-Korsakov Resource File
b. 3-6-1885 - Ring Lardner, author Ring Lardner Resource File
b. 3-6-1924 - Sarah Caldwell, conductor Sarah Caldwell Resource File
b. 3-6-1928 - Gabriel Garcia Mårquez, author Gabriel Garcia Mårquez Resource File
b. 3-7-1274 - Saint Thomas Aquinas, theologian Saint Thomas Aquinas Resource File
b. 3-7-1482 - Baldassare Peruzzi, architect Baldassare Peruzzi Resource File
b. 3-7-1671 - Rob Roy, Scotland national hero Rob Roy Resources File
b. 3-7-1785 - Alessandro Manzoni, poet & author Alessandro Manzoni Resources File
b. 3-7-1849 - Luther Burbank, botanist Luther Burbank Resource File
b. 3-7-1875 - Maurice Ravel, composer Maurice Ravel Resources File
d. 3-7-1897 - Harriet Jacobs, author of 1st female slave narrative. Harriet Jacobs Resources File
d. 3-7-1918 - Susan McKinney Steward, physician Susan McKinney Steward Resources File
d. 3-7-1942 - Lucy Parson, civil rights activist Lucy Parsons Bio
b. 3-8-1841 - Oliver Wendel Holmes, Jr., jurist Oliver Wendel Holmes Resource File
b. 3-8-1859 - Kenneth Grahame, author Kenneth Grahame Resource File
b. 3-8-1873 - Anna Held, actress Anna Held Resource File
b. 3-8-1931 - Neil Postman, educator Neil Postman Resource File
d. 3-9-886 - Albumascar, astronomer Albumascar Resource File
b. 3-9-1454 - Amerigo Vespucci, explorer Amerigo Vespucci Resource File
b. 3-9-1838 - Modest Mussorgsky, composer Modest Mussorgsky Resource File
b. 3-9-1858 - Gustav Stickley, architect Gustav Stickley Resource File
b. 3-9-1873 - Lilian Braithwaite, actress Lilian Braithwaite Resource file
b. 3-9-1892 - Vita Sackville-West, poet Vita Sackville-West Resource file
b. 3-10-1628 - Marcello Malpighi, physician Marcello Malpighi Resource File
b. 3-10-1837 - Joaquin Miller, poet Joaquin Miller Resource File
b. 3-10-1844 - Marie Spartali Stillman, artist Marie Spartali Stillman Resource File
• 3-10-1862 - First paper currency issued in United States Thinkquest: History of Money
• 3-10-1876 - First Telephone Conversation: “Mr. Watson, come here!” Alexander Graham Bell Telephone History
d. 3-10-1876 - Harriet Tubman, abolitionist Harriet Tubman Resource File
b. 3-10-1885 - Tamara Karsavina, ballerina Tamara Karsavina Resource File
d. 3-11-1514 - Donato Bramante, architect Donato Bramante Resource File
b. 3-11-1811 - Urbain le Verrier, astronomer Urbain le Verrier Resource File
b. 3-11-1818 - Marius Petipa, ballet dancer Marius Petipa Resource File
b. 3-11-1952 - Douglas Adams, author Douglas Adams Resource File
b. 3-12-1613 - Andre Le Notre, landscape architect Andre Le Notre Resource File
d. 3-12-1648 - Tirso de Molina, dramatist & poet Tirso de Molina Resource File
b. 3-12-1837 - Felix-Alexandre Guilmant, composer Felix-Alexandre Guilmant Resource File
b. 3-12-1864 - Charles Young, 3rd African-American graduate of West Point Charles Young Resource File
b. 3-12-1869 - May Lillie, entertainer May Lillie Resource File
b. 3-12-1890 - Vaslav Nijinsky, ballet dancer & choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky Resource File
• March 12, 1912 - Girl Scouts began by Juliet Gordon Low in Savannah, GA. Girl Scouts
b. 3-12-1922 - Jack Kerouac, author Jack Kerouac Resource File
b. 3-12-1928 - Edward Albee, playwright; “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” poster Edward Albee Resource File
b. 3-13-1683 - Johann Wilhelm Weinmann, botanist Johann Wilhelm Weinmann Resource File
b. 3-13-1733 - Joseph Priestley, scientist Joseph Priestley Resource File
b. 3-13-1781 - Karl Friedrich Schinkel, architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel Resource File
b. 3-13-1855 - Percival Lowell, astronomer Percival Lowell Resource File
b. 3-13-1864 - Alexij von Jawlensky, artist Alexij von Jawlensky Resource File
b. 3-13-1883 - Enrico Toselli, composer Enrico Toselli Resource File
b. 3-13-1900 - Giorgos Seferis, poet Giorgos Seferis Resource File
b. 3-13-1919 - Irina Baronova, ballerina Irina Baronova Resource File
b. 3-13-1939 - Seamus Heaney, poet Seamus Heaney Resource File
d. 3-14-1471 - Sir Thomas Malory, poet Sir Thomas Malory Resource File
b. 3-14-1743 - Hannah Cowley, author Hannah Cowley Resource File
b. 3-14-1782 - Thomas Hart Benton, politician Thomas Hart Benton Resource File
b. 3-14-1804 - Johann Strauss the Elder, composer Johann Strauss Resource File
b. 3-14-1835 - Giovanni Schiaparelli, astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli Resource File
b. 3-14-1879 - Albert Einstein, scientist CP Links for Learning - Einstein
b. 3-14-1903 - Aldolph Gottlieb, artist Aldolph Gottlieb Resource File
b. 3-14-1921 - Ada Louise Huxtable, art historian & designer Ada Louise Huxtable Resource File
b. 3-15-1512 - Gerardus Mercator, cartographer Gerardus Mercator Resource File
b. 3-15-1767 - Andrew Jackson, US President, 7th White House Bio - Jackson
b. 3-15-1801 - George Perkins Marsh, environmentalist George Perkins Marsh Resource File
• 3-15-1820 - Maine Admission Day, 23th State Maine Facts & History
b. 3-15-1825 - Harriet E. Wilson, author Harriet E. Wilson Resource File
b. 3-15-1830 - Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse, 1910 Nobel Prize Lit Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse Resource File
b. 3-15-1852 - Augusta, Lady Gregory, dramatist & patron Lady Augusta Gregory Resource File
b. 3-15-1854 - Emil Adoph von Behring, 1901 Nobel Prize Medicine Emil Adolf von Behring Resource File
b. 3-15-1912 - Sam “Lighnin'” Hopkins, musician Sam Hopkins Resource File
• March 15 - Buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio Hinckley Buzzard Day
• 3-16-1521 - Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines Ferdinand Magellan Article
b. 3-16-1750 - Caroline Herschel, astronomer Caroline Herschel Resource File
b. 3-16-1751 - James Madison, 4th US President White House Bio - Madison
b. 3-16-1774 - Matthew Flinders, explorer Matthew Flinders Resource File
b. 3-16-1789 - Georg Simon Ohm, physicist Georg Simon Ohm Resource File
b. 3-16-1822 - Rosa Bonheur, artist Rosa Bonheur Resource File
b. 3-16-1839 - “Sully” Prudhomme, author Rene-Francois-Armand "Sully" Prudhomme Resource File
b. 3-16-1846 - Rebecca Cole, physician Rebecca Cole Resource File
b. 3-16-1926 - 1st Liquid-Fuel Rocket Fight Liquid Fuel Rocket Resource File
b. 3-16-1928 - Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano opera singer Christa Ludwig Resource File
b. 3-17-1777 - Roger B. Taney, Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney Resource File
b. 3-17-1846 - Kate Greenaway, artist Kate Greenaway Resource File
b. 3-17-1919 - Nat “King” Cole, singer Nat “King” Cole Resource File
b. 3-17-1938 - Rudolph Nureyev, ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev Resource File
b. 3-18-1634 - Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, Comtesse de la Fayette, author Comtesse de la Fayette Resource Flle
b. 3-18-1837 - Richard Maurice Bucke, psychaitrist & author Richard Maurice Bucke Resource File
b. 3-18-1837 - Grover Cleveland, US President, 22nd & 24th White House Bio - Cleveland
b. 3-18-1842 - Stephane Mallarme, author Stephane Mallarme Resource File
b. 3-18-1893 - Wilfred Owen, poet Wilfred Owen Resource File
b. 3-18-1901 - William H. Johnson, artist William H. Johnson Resource File
b. 3-18-1932 - John Updike, author John Updike Resource File
b. 3-18-1947 - Deborah Lipstadt, historian & author Deborah Lipstadt Resource File
• March 19 - Swallows return to Capistrano Mission San Juan Capistrano
b. 3-19-1721 - Tobias Smollett, author & surgeon Tobias Smollett Resource File
b. 3-19-1813 - David Livingstone, explorer Dr. David Livingstone Resource File
b. 3-19-1821 - Richard Burton, explorer Richard F. Burton Resource File
b. 3-19-1832 - Armin Vambery, explorer Armin Vambery Resource File
b. 3-19-1860 - William Jennings Bryan, politician & orator William Jennings Bryan Res File
b. 3-19-1933 - Philip Roth, author Philip Roth Resource File
b. 3-20-1811 - George Caleb Bingham, artist George Caleb Bingham Resource File
b. 3-20-1828 - Henrik Ibsen, playwright Henrik Ibsen Resource File
b. 3-20-1890 - Lauritz Melchior, opera singer Lauritz Melchior Resource File
b. 3-20-1904 - B. F. Skinner, psychologist B. F. Skinner Resource File
b. 3-20-1910 - Allan Rohan Crite, painter Allan Rohan Crite Resource File
b. 3-21-1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Happy Birthday, Johann Sebastian Bach
b. 3-21-1831 - Dorothea Beale, educator & suffragette Dorothea Beale Resource File
b. 3-21-1869 - Albert Kahn, architect Albert Kahn Resource File
b. 3-21-1880 - Hans Hofmann, artist Hans Hofmann Resource File
b. 3-21-1905 - Phyllis McGinley, author Phyllis McGinley Resource File
b. 3-22-1808 - Caroline Norton, author Caroline Norton Resource File
b. 3-23-1501 - Petrus Andreas Mattioli, botanist & physician Petrus Andreas Mattioli Resource File
b. 3-23-1638 - Frederik Ruysch, anatomist Frederik Ruysch Resource File
b. 3-23-1749 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace Resource File
b. 3-23-1900 - Erich Fromm, psychologist Erich Fromm Resource File
b. 3-23-1905 - Joan Crawford, actress Joan Crawford Resource File
b. 3-23-1912 - Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist Wernher von Braun Resource File
b. 3-23-1929 - Roger Bannister, physician & 4 minute mile breaker Roger Bannister Resource File
b. 3-24-1808 - Maria Malibran, actress Maria Malibran Resource File
b. 3-24-1826 - Matilda Joslyn Gage, activist Matilda Joslyn Gage Resource File
b. 3-24-1833 - William Morris, author & artist William Morris Resource File
b. 3-24-1855 - Olive Schreiner, author Olive Schreiner Resource File
b. 3-24-1874 - Harry Houdini, magician Houdini: A Biographical Chronology, Library of Congress
b. 3-24-1912 - Dorothy Height, activist Dorothy Height Resource File
b. 3-24-1919 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti Resource File
b. 3-24-1937 - Benjamin Luxon, baritone opera singer Benjamin Luxon Resource File
b. 3-25-1347 - Saint Catherine of Siena Catherine of Siena Resource File
b. 3-25-1538 - Christoph Clavius, astronomer Christoph Clavius Resource File
b. 3-25-1775 - Sophie Blanchard, balloonist Sophie Blanchard Resource File
b. 3-25-1867 - Arturo Toscanini, composer Arturo Toscanini Resource File
b. 3-25-1881 - Bela Bartok, composer Bela Bartok Resource File
b. 3-25-1914 - Norman E. Borlaug, botanist Norman E. Borlaug Resource File
b. 3-25-1925 - Flannery O'Connor, author Flannery O'Connor: A Brief Biography
b. 3-25-1925 - Gloria Steinem, feminist Gloria Steinem Resource File
b. 3-25-1942 - Aretha Franklin, singer Aretha Franklin Resource File
d. 3-26-1760 - Margaret “Peg” Woffington, actress Peg Woffington Resource File
b. 3-26-1850 - Edward Bellamy, author & early American socialist Edward Bellamy Resource File
b. 3-26-1859 - A. E. Housman, poet & scholar A. E. Housman Resource File
b. 3-26-1874 - Robert Frost, poet CP Links for Learning - Frost
b. 3-26-1904 - Joseph Campbell, anthropologist & historian Joseph Campbell Resource File
b. 3-26-1905 - Viktor Frankl, psychologist Viktor Frankl Resource File
b. 3-26-1911 - Tennessee Williams, author Tennessee Williams Bio
b. 3-27-1809 - Baron Haussman, city planner Baron Haussman Resource File
b. 3-27-1845 - Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, scientist Roentgen Resource File
b. 3-27-1886 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect Mies van der Rohe Resource File
b. 3-27-1899 - Gloria Swanson, actress Gloria Swanson Resource File
b. 3-27-1901 - Eisaku Sato, Nobel Peace Prize Eisaku Sato Resource File
b. 3-27-1924 - Sarah Vaughan, singer Sarah Vaughan Resource File
b. 3-27-1950 - Julia Alverez, author CP Links for Learning - Alverez
b. 3-28-1483 - Raphael, Renaissance artist Raphael Resource File
b. 3-28-1509 - Saint Teresa of Avila Teresa of Avila Resource File
b. 3-28-1592 - John Amos Comenius, educator John Amos Comenius Resource File
b. 3-28-1862 - Aristide Briand, Nobel Peace Prize Aristide Briand Resource File
b. 3-28-1868 - Maxim Gorky, author Maxim Gorky Resource File
b. 3-28-1871 - Josef Willem Mengelberg, pianist Josef Willem Mengelberg Resource File
b. 3-29-1790 - John Tyler, US President, 10th White House Bio - Tyler
b. 3-29-1918 - Pearl Bailey, singer Pearl Bailey Resource File
b. 3-30-1674 - Jethro Tull, inventor Jethro Tull Resource File
b. 3-30-1697 - Faustina Bordoni, opera singer Faustina Bordoni Resource File

b. 3-30-1754 - Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier, physicist

 Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier Resource File
b. 3-30-1820 - Anna Sewell, author Anna Sewell Resource File
b. 3-30-1844 - Paul Verlaine, poet Paul Verlaine Resource File
b. 3-30-1853 - Vincent van Gogh, artist CP Links for Learning Van Gogh
b. 3-30-1880 - Sean O'Casey, dramatist Sean O'Casey Resource File
b. 3-30-1903 - Countee Cullen, poet Countee Cullen Article
b. 3-31-1596 - Rene Descartes, philosopher Rene Descartes Resource File
d. 3-31-1596 - John Donne, poet John Donne Resource File
b. 3-31 or 4-1-1732 - Joseph Haydn, composer Joseph Haydn Resource File
d. 3-31-1797 - Olaudah Equiano, author & abolitionist Olaudah Equiano Resource File
b. 3-31-1872 - Sergei Diaghilev, ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev Resource File
b. 3-31-1872 - Alexandra Kollantai, activist Alexandra Kollontai Resource File
b. 3-31-1878 - Jack Johnson, Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson Resource File
b. 3-31-1914 - Octavio Paz, author Octavio Paz Resource File
b. 3-31-1927 - César Chávez, labor leader CP Links for Learning - Chávez
b. 3-31-1948 - Albert Gore, Jr., US Vice President, Nobel Peace Prize Al Gore Resource File
• March 1965 - Vietnam War Era: Rolling Thunder Launches, First Campus Sit-in Chronology of U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War
March Facts Facts & Tidbits

March: Pruning Trees, Master Ermengaut, Giclee PrintMarch, the third month of the year, is named for the Roman god of war, Mars. (ummm-marching??) Other names of March are Lenctmonat (root of Lent) and Rhed-monat, for the goddess Rhedam (Saxon), Anthesterion in ancient Hellenic civilzation, and hyld-monath meaning loud or stormy for the ancient Britons.

A famous saying with March is “if March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb, but if it comes in like a lamb, it will go out like a lion.”- Optimize on a teachable moment with weather posters, make a simple chart with your students to track the weather.
March Astrological Signs

• Pisces: Feb 19 - March 20

• Pisces poster
• Pisces, the Fish Ecard

 mutable, water, universal; I believe," feeling, duality, spirituality, soul growth, suffering, artistic, overly emotional, feet
• Aries: March 21 - April 19 • Aries poster
• Aries, the Ram Ecard		 cardinal, fire, personal; "I want," action oriented, pioneering, assertive, "me" first, enthusiasm, leader, competitive, selfish, head/brain; assertive, impulsive, head down; imaginative, sensitive, distracted.
March Birthstones

• Aquamarine has a delicate blue or turquoise color suggestive of the tint of seawater (aqua + marine). Aquamarine is a transparent variety of beryl and is attributed with foresight, courage, and happiness.

• Bloodstone, signifying vitality, stamina, and endurance, is green jasper with flecks of red jasper or iron oxide. In the Middle Ages the red spots were attibuted to the Blood of Christ.

 Minerals Chart Art Print • Birthstones (U of Washington)
• Aquamarine Resource File
• Bloodstone Resource File
• Intern'l Colored Gemstone Assoc.
March Flowers
• Narcissus - respect, regard, unrequited love. • flower posters • Naricissus Resource File

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