What Day of the Week

March 13, 2020 was the 73^rd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 293 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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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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• 1781

  William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• 1881

  Alexander II of Russia is killed near his palace when a bomb is thrown at him. (Gregorian date: it was March 1 in the Julian calendar then in use in Russia.)
• 1900

  Second Boer War: British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.
• 1925

  Scopes Trial: A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of evolution.
• 1933

  Great Depression: Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after President Franklin D. Roosevelt mandates a “bank holiday”.
• 1938

  Anschluss of Austria to the Third Reich.
• 1954

  Battle of Điện Biên Phủ: Viet Minh forces attack the French.
• 1957

  Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
• 1979

  The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts Prime Minister Eric Gairy in a nearly bloodless coup d'etat in Grenada.
• 1996

  Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 Primary School children and 1 teacher are shot dead by a spree killer, Thomas Watt Hamilton who then committed suicide.

• 1855

  B. H. Roberts, Mormon leader, historian, and politician (d. 1933)
• 1910

  Sammy Kaye, American musician (d. 1987)
• 1911

  L. Ron Hubbard, American science fiction author and founder of Scientology (d. 1986)
• 1929

  Joseph Mascolo, American actor
• 1938

  Tochinoumi Teruyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 49th Yokozuna
• 1942

  Dave Cutler, American software engineer
• 1942

  Geoffrey Hayes, English television presenter and actor
• 1960

  Adam Clayton, Irish bassist (U2)
• 1981

  Stephen Maguire, Scottish snooker player
• 1982

  Nicole Ohlde, WNBA basketball player

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