What Day of the Week

March 8, 2020 was the 68^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 298 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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• 1655

  John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England’s North American colonies.
• 1722

  The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at The Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
• 1777

  Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
• 1911

  International Women’s Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women’s Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
• 1916

  World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
• 1920

  The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
• 1942

  World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java.
• 1978

  The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
• 1979

  Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc publicly for the first time.
• 1985

  A failed assassination attempt on Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon, kills at least 45 and injures 175 others.

• 1827

  Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875)
• 1872

  Anna Held, Polish actress and singer (d. 1918)
• 1902

  Jennings Randolph, America politician, United States Senator from West Virginia (d. 1998)
• 1936

  Gábor Szabó, Hungarian guitarist (d. 1982)
• 1944

  Pepe Romero, Spanish guitarist
• 1955

  Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1981)
• 1957

  Cynthia Rothrock, American actress
• 1970

  Jason Elam, American football player
• 1981

  Michael Beauchamp, Australian footballer
• 1982

  Craig Stansberry, American baseball player

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