Educators' Calendar: United States

March 2021

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28th February

1st March

Self-Injury Awareness Day

First Census Authorized (1790)

Nebraska Admission Day (1867)

Peace Corps Established (1961)

Mar. 1-7
Eating Disorders Awareness Week

Mar. 1-7
World Orphan Week

2nd March

Read Across America Day

Texas Declared Independence from Mexico (1836)

Dr. Seuss's Birthday (1904)

3rd March

Florida Admission Day (1845)

Inventor Alexander Graham Bell's Birthday (1847)

"Star-Spangled Banner" Became National Anthem (1931)

4th March

U.S. Constitution Went into Effect (1789)

Vermont Admission Day (1791)

5th March

Boston Massacre (1770)

Stapler Invented (1868)

6th March

Artist Michelangelo's Birthday (1475)

"Cyclops" Disappeared in Bermuda Triangle (1918)

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7th March

Hitler Broke Treaty of Versailles (1936)

Civil Rights Protest Dubbed "Bloody Sunday" (1965)

Mar. 7-13
Teen Tech Week

8th March

International Women's Day

Hubble Photo Shows Millions of Galaxies (1934)

U.S. Combat Troops Arrived in Vietnam (1965)

Mar. 8-12
National School Breakfast Week

9th March

World Kidney Day

Amistad Slaves Freed (1841)

Jumbo Arrived in U.S. (1882)

Barbie Debuted (1959)

10th March

Harriet Tubman Day

First Phone Call (1876)

11th March

Johnny Appleseed Day

Terrorist Bombing in Madrid Killed 200 (2004)

Great East Japan Earthquake (2011)

12th March

Writer Jack Kerouac's Birthday (1922)

Truman Doctrine Enacted (1947)

Janet Reno Made U.S. Attorney General (1993)

13th March

Uranus Discovered (1781)

Pres. Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Trial Began (1868)

Teaching Evolution Prohibited in Tenn. Schools (1925)

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14th March

Daylight Saving Time Begins

Pi Day

Eli Whitney Patented Cotton Gin (1793)

Physicist Albert Einstein's Birthday (1879)

15th March

Julius Caesar Murdered—"Ides of March" (-44)

Maine Admission Day (1820)

First Blood Bank Opened (1937)

Mar. 15-21
Brain Awareness Week

16th March

Pres. James Madison's Birthday (1751)

Barnum & Bailey Circus Debuted (1919)

17th March

St. Patrick's Day

18th March

Britain Repealed the Stamp Act (1766)

First Space Walk (1965)

19th March

Academy Awards First Televised (1953)

Iraq War Began (2003)

20th March

Spring Begins

Agriculture Day

Uncle Tom's Cabin Published (1852)

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21st March

World Poetry Day

International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Composer Johann Bach's Birthday (1685)

Mar. 21-27
Poison Prevention Week

22nd March

World Water Day

Hale-Bopp Comet Approached Earth (1997)

23rd March

World Meteorological Day

Ponce de Leon Discovered & Named Florida (1513)

Lewis & Clark Began Expedition (1806)

Near Miss Day (1989)

24th March

Magician Harry Houdini's Birthday (1874)

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (1989)

25th March

Meteorite Exploded in Wisconsin (1865)

Fire at Triangle Shirtwaist Co. Killed 145 (1911)

North America's First Test Tube Twins Born (1982)

26th March

Make Your Own Holiday Day

Playwright Tennessee Williams's Birthday (1911)

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's Birthday (1930)

27th March

Passover Begins at Sundown

World Theatre Day

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28th March

First Washing Machine Patented (1930)

Spanish Civil War Ended (1939)

29th March

Coca-Cola Invented (1886)

Rosenbergs Found Guilty of Treason (1951)

Last U.S. Troops Left South Vietnam (1973)

30th March

Artist Vincent Van Gogh's Birthday (1853)

Treaty to Purchase Alaska Submitted (1867)

31st March

Eiffel Tower Officially Opened (1889)

Major League Baseball Strike Ended (1995)

1st April

2nd April

3rd April

Month-Long Holidays and Events

Deaf History Month (3/13-4/15)

National Craft Month

Youth Art Month

Irish-American Heritage Month

Save Your Vision Month

Music in Our Schools Month

Women's History Month