What Day of the Week

March 20, 2019 was the 79^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 286 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1815

  After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his “Hundred Days” rule.
• 1852

  Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published.
• 1888

  The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• 1913

  Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
• 1914

  In New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place.
• 1942

  World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: “I came out of Bataan and I shall return”.
• 1974

  Ian Ball attempts, but fails, to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.
• 1987

  The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
• 2005

  A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Fukuoka, Japan, its first major quake in over 100 years. One person is killed, hundreds are injured and evacuated.
• 2006

  Cyclone Larry makes landfall in eastern Australia, destroying most of the country’s banana crop.

• 43 BC

  Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17 AD)
• 1502

  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)
• 1903

  Edgar Buchanan, American actor (d. 1979)
• 1906

  Ozzie Nelson, American bandleader and actor (d. 1975)
• 1920

  Pamela Harriman, British-American diplomat (d. 1997)
• 1969

  Caroline Brunet, Canadian kayaker
• 1970

  Michael Rapaport, American actor
• 1986

  Dean Geyer, Australian singer and actor
• 1987

  Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian football player
• 1989

  Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer

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