What Day of the Week

March 26, 2021 was the 85^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 280 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.

Aries 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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• 1484

  William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop’s Fables.
• 1552

  Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
• 1917

  World War I: First Battle of Gaza – British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• 1942

  World War II: In Poland, the first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz.
• 1958

  The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
• 1971

  East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
• 1974

  Gaura Devi leads a group of 27 women of Laata village, Henwalghati, Garhwal Himalayas, to form circles around trees to stop them being felled and giving rise to the Chipko Movement in India.
• 1975

  The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
• 1997

  Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven’s Gate cult suicides.
• 2001

  World Championship Wrestling is purchased by the World Wrestling Federation.

• 1884

  Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (d. 1969)
• 1893

  Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader (d. 1964)
• 1898

  Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
• 1905

  Monty Berman, British film and television producer (d. 2006)
• 1908

  Franz Stangl, German concentration camp commandant (d. 1971)
• 1929

  Edwin Turney, American businessman (d. 2008)
• 1947

  Dar Robinson, American stuntman (d. 1986)
• 1968

  Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
• 1981

  Josh Wilson, American baseball player
• 1984

  David McGowan, English footballer

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