What Day of the Week

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

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

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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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• 1521

  Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines.
• 1689

  The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded.
• 1812

  Battle of Badajoz (March 16 – April 6) – British and Portuguese forces besieged and defeated French garrison during Peninsular War.
• 1865

  American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
• 1926

  History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• 1940

  First person killed in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, James Isbister.
• 1963

  Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing 11,000.
• 1968

  Vietnam War: In the My Lai massacre, between 350 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.
• 1977

  Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
• 1985

  Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is released on December 4, 1991.

• 1445

  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)
• 1840

  Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931)
• 1871

  Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (d. 1951)
• 1877

  Reza Shah Pahlavi, Iranian shah (d. 1944)
• 1906

  Henny Youngman, American comedian (d. 1998)
• 1908

  Robert Rossen, American film director, screenwriter and producer (d. 1966)
• 1939

  Carlos Bilardo, Argetinian football coach
• 1940

  Keith Rowe, English painter and guitarist (AMM)
• 1970

  Reynolds Wolf, American TV meteorologist and journalist
• 1976

  Abraham Núñez, Dominican baseball player

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