What Day of the Week

March 3, 2018 was the 62^nd day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 303 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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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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• 1779

  American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
• 1861

  Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• 1924

  The 1400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
• 1931

  The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
• 1939

  In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.
• 1942

  World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
• 1958

  Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 14th time.
• 1969

  Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
• 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.
• 2005

  Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.

• 1880

  Yōsuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (d. 1946)
• 1920

  Ronald Searle, British illustrator
• 1948

  Snowy White, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd)
• 1962

  Glen E. Friedman, American photographer and artist
• 1968

  Scott Radinsky, American musician (Pulley, Ten Foot Pole)
• 1975

  Aleksandr Abdulkhalikov, Russian professional footballer
• 1976

  Fraser Gehrig, Australian Rules footballer
• 1979

  Patrick Renna, American actor
• 1983

  Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
• 1984

  Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player

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