What Day of the Week

March 16, 2021 was the 75^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 290 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1244

  Over 200 Cathars are burned after the Fall of Montségur
• 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.
• 1916

  The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing crossed the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
• 1945

  World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.
• 1968

  Vietnam War: In the My Lai massacre, between 350 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.
• 1984

  William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists and later died in captivity.
• 2005

  Israel officially handed over Jericho to Palestinian control.

• 1445

  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)
• 1834

  James Hector, Scottish geologist (d. 1907)
• 1845

  Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (d. 1928)
• 1920

  Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (d. 1947)
• 1925

  Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist (d. 2004)
• 1935

  Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano
• 1948

  Margaret Weis, American author
• 1970

  Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson, Icelandic singer, songwriter and disc jockey
• 1973

  Vonda Ward, American boxer
• 1974

  Fotini Vavatsi, Greek archer

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