What Day of the Week

March 13, 2019 was the 72^nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 293 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1865

  American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agree to the use of African American troops.
• 1897

  San Diego State University is founded.
• 1933

  Great Depression: Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after President Franklin D. Roosevelt mandates a “bank holiday”.
• 1943

  The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
• 1954

  Battle of Điện Biên Phủ: Viet Minh forces attack the French.
• 1962

  Lyman Lemnitzer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers a proposal, called Operation Northwoods, regarding performing terrorist attacks upon Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. The proposal is scrapped and President John F. Kennedy removes Lemnitzer from his position.
• 1979

  The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts Prime Minister Eric Gairy in a nearly bloodless coup d'etat in Grenada.
• 1988

  The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
• 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.
• 1997

  India’s Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.

• 1798

  Abigail Fillmore, First Lady of the United States (d. 1853)
• 1900

  Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
• 1913

  William Casey, American CIA director (d. 1987)
• 1933

  Mike Stoller, American songwriter
• 1934

  Barry Hughart, American author
• 1935

  Leslie Parrish, American actress
• 1955

  Bruno Conti, Italian footballer
• 1963

  Fito Páez, Argentine musician and songwriter
• 1973

  David Draiman, American musician and songwriter (Disturbed)
• 1981

  April Matson, American actress and singer

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