What Day of the Week

March 12, 2020 was the 72^nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 294 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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• 1689

  The Williamite War in Ireland begins.
• 1811

  Peninsular War: A day after a successful rear guard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delayed the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha.
• 1868

  Henry O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
• 1912

  The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
• 1918

  Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years.
• 1928

  In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill over 600 people.
• 1930

  Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march, known as the Salt March, to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.
• 1964

  New Hampshire Lottery: New Hampshire becomes the first U.S. state to legally sell lottery tickets in the 20th century.
• 1966

  Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia.
• 1993

  Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.

• 1637

  Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (d. 1671)
• 1890

  William Dudley Pelley, American spiritualist and politician (d. 1965)
• 1913

  Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian politician (d. 1984)
• 1923

  Clara Fraser, American feminist and activist (d. 1998)
• 1925

  Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1938

  Johnny Rutherford, American automobile racer
• 1958

  Matt Millen, American football player
• 1963

  Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner
• 1976

  Zhao Wei, Chinese actress
• 1981

  Kenta Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler

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