What Day of the Week

March 16, 2020 was the 76^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 290 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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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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• 1660

  The Long Parliament dissolved.
• 1782

  American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
• 1802

  The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
• 1812

  Battle of Badajoz (March 16 – April 6) – British and Portuguese forces besieged and defeated French garrison during Peninsular War.
• 1916

  The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing crossed the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
• 1958

  The Ford Motor Company produced its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company’s founding.
• 1966

  Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena Target Vehicle.
• 1968

  General Motors produced its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
• 1976

  British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigned, citing personal reasons.
• 1988

  Halabja poison gas attack: The Kurdish town of Halabjah in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5000 people and injuring about 10000 people.

• 1338

  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)
• 1473

  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)
• 1750

  Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (d. 1848)
• 1789

  Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854)
• 1878

  Clemens August Graf von Galen, German archbishop and cardinal (d. 1946)
• 1927

  Olga San Juan, American comedian (d. 2009)
• 1936

  Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
• 1947

  Ramzan Paskayev, Chechen accordionist
• 1981

  Yoav Ziv, Israeli footballer
• 1986

  Joe Denly, English cricketer

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