Nat'l Pig Day

First Census Authorized (1790)

Ohio Admission Day (1803)

Nebraska Admission Day (1867)

Read Across America Day

Texas Declared Independence from Mexico (1836)

Dr. Seuss's Birthday (1904)

Florida Admission Day (1845)

Star-Spangled Banner Became Nat'l Anthem (1931)

U.S. Constitution Went into Effect (1789)

Vermont Admission Day (1791)

Stop the Clocks Day

Boston Massacre (1770)

Stapler Invented (1868)

Michelangelo's Birthday (1475)

"Cyclops" Disappeared in Bermuda Triangle (1918)

Hitler Broke Treaty of Versailles (1936)

Civil Rights Protest Dubbed "Bloody Sunday" (1965)

Apple Patented the iPod (2006)

Int'l Woman's Day

Daylight Savings Time Begins

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

Girl Scout Week

Amistad Slaves Freed (1841)

Jumbo Arrived in U.S. (1882)

Barbie Debuted (1959)

Harriet Tubman Day

First Phone Call (1876)

Johnny Appleseed Day

U.S. Blizzard Killed Over 400 (1888)

Terrorist Bombing in Madrid Killed 200 (2004)

Ballet Tutu First Used (1832)

Jack Kerouac's Birthday (1922)

Truman Doctrine Enacted (1947)

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

Uranus Discovered (1781)

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

Teaching Evolution Prohibited in Tenn. Schools (1925)

Eli Whitney Patented Cotton Gin (1793)

Albert Einstein's Birthday (1879)

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

Maine Admission Day (1820)

First Blood Bank Opened (1937)

Poison Prevention Week

James Madison's Birthday (1751)

Barnum & Bailey Circus Debuted (1919)

St. Patrick's Day

Britain Repealed the Stamp Act (1766)

Tri-State Tornado Killed 700 (1925)

First Space Walk (1965)

Academy Awards First Televised (1953)

Iraq War Began (2003)

Spring Begins

Nat'l Agriculture Day

Int'l Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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 Expedition (1806)

Harry Houdini's Birthday (1874)

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (1989)

Meteorite Exploded in Wisconsin (1865)

Fire at Triangle Shirtwaist Co. Killed 145 (1911)

Tennessee Williams's Birthday (1911)

Sandra Day O'Connor's Birthday (1930)

Two-Plane Runway Collision on Canary Islands Killed 560 (1977)

First Washing Machine Patented (1930)

Spanish Civil War Ended (1939)

Ice Jam Stopped Niagara Falls (1848)

Coca-Cola Invented (1886)

Rosenbergs Found Guilty of Treason (1951)

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

Vincent Van Gogh's Birthday (1853)

Treaty to Purchase Alaska Submitted (1867)

Eiffel Tower Officially Opened (1889)

Major League Baseball Strike Ended (1995)