March 2013 Educators' Calendar

Self-Injury Awareness Day

First Census Authorized (1790)

Peace Corps Established (1961)

Read Across America Day

Texas Declared Independence from Mexico (1836)

Dr. Seuss's Birthday (1904)

Florida Admission Day (1845)

Inventor Alexander Graham Bell's Birthday (1847)

"Star-Spangled Banner" Became National Anthem (1931)

Composer Antonio Vivaldi's Birthday (1678)

U.S. Constitution Went into Effect (1789)

Vermont Admission Day (1791)

Teen Tech Week

Boston Massacre (1770)

Stapler Invented (1868)

National School Breakfast Week

Artist Michelangelo's Birthday (1475)

"Cyclops" Disappeared in Bermuda Triangle (1918)

World Read Aloud Day

Hitler Broke Treaty of Versailles (1936)

Civil Rights Protest Dubbed "Bloody Sunday" (1965)

International Women's Day

World Kidney Day

Hubble Photo Shows Millions of Galaxies (1934)

U.S. Combat Troops Arrived in Vietnam (1965)

Amistad Slaves Freed (1841)

Jumbo Arrived in U.S. (1882)

Barbie Debuted (1959)

Harriet Tubman Day

First Phone Call (1876)

Daylight Saving Time Begins

Johnny Appleseed Day

Terrorist Bombing in Madrid Killed 200 (2004)

Great East Japan Earthquake (2011)

Writer Jack Kerouac's Birthday (1922)

Truman Doctrine Enacted (1947)

Janet Reno Made U.S. Attorney General (1993)

Brain Awareness Week

Uranus Discovered (1781)

Pres. Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Trial Began (1868)

Teaching Evolution Prohibited in Tenn. Schools (1925)

Pi Day

Eli Whitney Patented Cotton Gin (1793)

Physist Albert Einstein's Birthday (1879)

Julius Caesar Murdered—"Ides of March" (44 BC)

Maine Admission Day (1820)

First Blood Bank Opened (1937)

Pres. James Madison's Birthday (1751)

Barnum & Bailey Circus Debuted (1919)

St. Patrick's Day

Britain Repealed the Stamp Act (1766)

First Space Walk (1965)

Poison Prevention Week

Academy Awards First Televised (1953)

Iraq War Began (2003)

Spring Begins

Agriculture Day

Uncle Tom's Cabin Published (1852)

International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination

World Poetry Day

Composer Johann Bach's Birthday (1685)

World Water Day

Hale-Bopp Comet Approached Earth (1997)

World Meteorological Day

Ponce de Leon Discovered & Named Florida (1513)

Lewis & Clark Began Return Journey East (1806)

Near Miss Day (1989)

Harry Houdini's Birthday (1874)

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (1989)

Meteorite Exploded in Wisconsin (1865)

Fire at Triangle Shirtwaist Co. Killed 145 (1911)

North America's First Test Tube Twins Born (1982)

Make Your Own Holiday Day

Playwright Tennessee Williams's Birthday (1911)

Sandra Day O'Connor's Birthday (1930)

World Theatre Day

First Washing Machine Patented (1797)

Spanish Civil War Ended (1939)

Coca-Cola Invented (1886)

Rosenbergs Found Guilty of Treason (1951)

Last U.S. Troops Left South Vietnam (1973)

Artist Vincent Van Gogh's Birthday (1853)

Treaty to Purchase Alaska Submitted (1867)

Eiffel Tower Officially Opened (1889)

Major League Baseball Strike Ended (1995)