What Day of the Week

March 9, 2021 was the 68^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 297 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1009

  First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
• 1796

  Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
• 1842

  Giuseppe Verdi’s third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy’s foremost opera writers.
• 1916

  Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico.
• 1959

  The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
• 1961

  Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a human dummy nicknamed Ivan Ivanovich, and demonstrating that Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
• 1976

  Forty-two people die in the 1976 Cavalese cable-car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
• 1977

  The Hanafi Muslim Siege: In a thirty-nine hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage.
• 1989

  Financially-troubled Eastern Air Lines filed for bankruptcy.
• 1990

  Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in that position.

• 1905

  Gerardus Philippus Helders, Dutch politician
• 1941

  Ernesto Miranda, American litigant (d. 1976)
• 1948

  Jeffrey Osborne, American singer
• 1951

  Michael Kinsley, American journalist and editor
• 1961

  Rick Steiner, American wrestler
• 1972

  Jean Louisa Kelly, American actress
• 1973

  Aaron Boone, American baseball player
• 1977

  Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Argentine supermodel
• 1981

  Anders Nøhr, Danish footballer
• 1984

  Julia Mancuso, American skier

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