What Day of the Week

March 3, 2019 was the 62^nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 303 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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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• 1776

  American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
• 1861

  Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• 1885

  The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• 1939

  In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.
• 1951

  Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records “Rocket 88”, often cited as “the first rock and roll record”, at Sam Phillips’ recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
• 1953

  A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
• 1958

  Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 14th time.
• 1985

  Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
• 1991

  In concurrent referenda, 74% of the population of Latvia votes for independence from the Soviet Union, and 83% in Estonia.
• 2009

  The building of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln (Historical Archives) in Cologne, Germany, collapses.

• 1520

  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)
• 1883

  Cyril Burt, educational psychologist (d. 1971)
• 1891

  Damaskinos, Archbishop of Athens and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1949)
• 1898

  Emil Artin, German mathematician (d. 1962)
• 1927

  Pierre Aubert, member of the Swiss Federal Council
• 1940

  Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian writer and journalist
• 1946

  John Virgo, English snooker player
• 1968

  Scott Radinsky, American musician (Pulley, Ten Foot Pole)
• 1976

  Fraser Gehrig, Australian Rules footballer
• 1984

  Santonio Holmes, American football player

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