March+2013

Peace Corps Anniversary National Pig Day Peanut Butter Lover's Day Share a Smile Day Yellowstone National Park Established (1872) 1 ||  Iditarod Race Begins Dr. Seuss born, 1904 Read Across America Day 2 || Erik Blegvad born, 1923 National Anthem Day Inventor Alexander Graham Bell born, 1847 3 || First meeting of Congress (1789) 4 || Boston Massacre (1770) Dav Pilkey born, 1966 Mem Fox born, 1946 5 ||  Oreo Cookies FOR SALE! Sold for the 1st time in 1912. Artist Michelangelo born, 1475 Chris Raschka born, 1959 6 || National Cereal Day Scientist Luther Burbank born, 1849 Telephone Patent Granted (1876) 7 ||  International Women's Day Robert Sabuda born, 1965 8 || Explorer Amerigo Vespucci born, 1454 Barbie's Birthday (1959) 9 || Abolitionist Harriet Tubman Day Jack Kent born, 1920 1st Paper Money Issued in 1862 10 || Commonwealth Day Author Ezra Jack Keats born, 1916 Wanda Gag born, 1893 Jonathan London born, 1947 Johnny Appleseed Day Earthquakes devastate Japan (2011) 11 ||  Girl Scout Day Anniversary of the Death of Anne Frank (1945) Carl Hiaasen born, 1953 Virginia Hamilton born, 1936 12 || Ellen Raskin born, 1928 Good Samaritan Day Uranus Discovered (1781) 13 || Marguerite de Angeli born, 1889 Anniversary of the National Wildlife Refuge System Pi Day (3.14) Scientist Albert Einstein born, 1879 Casey Jones born, 1863 14 || Absolutely Incredible Kid Day Julius Caesar Assassinated (44 B.C.) Ides of March 15 || Sid Fleischman born, 1920 James Madison born, 1751 (4th President) 16 || Wendell Minor born, 1944 Rubber Band Invented St. Patrick's Day 17 ||  First Walk in Space (1965) Sparky the Fire Dog Grover Cleveland born, 1837 (22nd & 24th President) 18 ||  Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano 19 ||  1st Day of Spring Mitsumasa Anno born, 1926 Lois Lowry born, 1937 Louis Sachar born, 1954 Big Bird's Birthday (Sesame Street character 20 || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> Children's Poetry Day National Teen-Agers Day Lisa Desimini born, 1964 Single Parents' Day Benito Juarez born, 1806 (Political Leader) 21 || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Randolph Caldecott born, 1846 National Goof Off Day National Sing-Out Day United Nations World Water Day 22 || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Toast Day Political Leader Patrick Henry declared, "Give me liberty...", 1775 23 || Harry Houdini born, 1874 Exxon Valdez runs aground (1989) 24 || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> Passover Begins at Sundown Pancakes First Made (1882) Kate DiCamillo born, 1964 Sculptor Gutzon Borglum born, 1871 25 || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Make up Your own Holiday Day Poet Robert Frost born, 1874 Jerry Pallotta born, 1953 26 || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Alaska hit by 8.4 Earthquake (1964) Dick King-Smith born, 1922 27 || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">"Greatest Show on Earth" formed 1881 Doreen Cronin Birthday 28 || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> Coca-Cola was Invented in 1886 Armed Forces left Vietnam (1973) 29 || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> Doctor's Day Alaska Purchased from the Russian Empire (1867) Pencil with Eraser Patented (1858) Artist Vincent van Gogh born, 1853 30 || Beni Montresor born, 1926 First Map of the US Published (1784) Tater Day Mathematician Rene Descartes born, 1596 31 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || **//Also see our other [|March Lesson Plans, Thematic Units and Activities] //** **__Special Goings-On__** American Red Cross Month Music in Our Schools Month National Craft Month National Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week (1st Week) National Umbrella Month National Frozen Food Month National Noodle Month National Nutrition Month National Peanut MonthNational Sauce Month National Women's History Month (Links below) Youth Art Month Newspapers in Our School Week (1st Week)Return Those Borrowed Books Week (1st Week) Bubble Gum Week (2nd Week)National Procrastination Week (2nd Week) Clean Your Closet Week (17th - 24th)National Agriculture Week**__National Women's History Month__** A Look at Women's History Month by the National Women's History Project Places Where Women Made History: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary The National Women's Hall of FameWomen's History at About.com Holidays on the Net
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