What Day of the Week

March 15, 2019 was the 74^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 291 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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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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• 1514

  Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen’s Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.
• 1564

  Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes jizya (per capita tax) .
• 1922

  After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
• 1939

  Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
• 1939

  World War II: German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist.
• 1943

  World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov – the Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.
• 1945

  World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
• 1952

  In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in a 24 hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
• 1956

  My Fair Lady premiered on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
• 1990

  Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.

• 1275

  Margaret of England (1275–1333), English princess (d. 1333)
• 1591

  Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)
• 1913

  Macdonald Carey, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1918

  Richard Ellmann, American biographer (d. 1987)
• 1935

  Leonid Yengibarian, Armenian clown and actor (d. 1972)
• 1936

  David Andrews, Irish politician
• 1936

  Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (d. 1986)
• 1940

  Phil Lesh, American musician (Grateful Dead)
• 1954

  Massimo Bubola, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1962

  Jimmy Baio, American actor

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