2024 March Trivia and History

Name History

March: Mars - Roman god of war.

In the Roman calendar, March was the start of the new year, and was named Martius. The calendar was for productive months initially so the non-productive period (or colder months) were not counted. When it was decided to document the non-productive period, it added two months, and naturally were added at the end of the year following December, thus January and February were added before March. in the 18th Century when the new year start was shifted to January 1st, March was no longer considered the start of a new year. Once a glorious start, it is now the third month. The shift also caused the names of the last four months of our year to be misleading, i.e., December (Dec for 10) was no longer the 10th month. Some of the U.S. presidents were born before the switch to starting the new year on January 1st. Therefore, the year of their birth would be minus one if in January, February, or before March 25.

Marchis:

• Irish-American Heritage Month
• National Nutrition Month
• United States: Women's History Month
• Youth Art Month

Special 2024 March weeks:

• National Procrastination Week (1st and 2nd week of March)
  

Special 2024 March Days:

•  1st* • (Friday)  Read Across America (School day on or closest to Dr. Suess' Birthday (March 2nd))
•  4th* • (Monday)  National Grammar Day
•  6th* • (Wednesday)  Maths Day (First Wednesday)
•  8th* • (Friday)  International Women's Day
• 10th* • (Sunday)
  •  Daylight Saving Time starts (at 2 A.M.)
  •  Harriet Tubman Day
  •  Johnny Appleseed Day
• 11th* • (Monday)  National Napping Day (Day after Daylight Saving Time)
• 12th* • (Tuesday)  Anniversary of the World Wide Web
• 14th* • (Thursday)  National Pi Day*
• 17th* • (Sunday)  St. Patrick's Day
• 20th* • (Wednesday)
  •  International Astrology Day (same day as March Equinox)
  •  International Day of Happiness
  •  March Equinox Universal Time
• 21st* • (Thursday)  International Day of Forests
• 22nd* • (Friday)  World Water Day
• 23rd* • (Saturday)  National Puppy Day
• 24th* • (Sunday)  Palm Sunday
• 27th* • (Wednesday)  Holy Wednesday
• 28th* • (Thursday)  Maundy Thursday
• 29th* • (Friday)
  •  Good Friday
  •  National Vietnam Veterans Day (March 29th for NE)*
• 30th* • (Saturday)  Holy Saturday
• 31st* • (Sunday)
  •  César Chávez Day
  •  Easter Sunday
• Year 2024 was before any designated March days

March special historical dates:

• 2021 - 3rd - Ma "Angel" Kyal Sin, a Malamar 19-year-old was killed by a military coup d'état. She became a world symbol of protest.
• 2016 - 2nd - NASA astronaut Scott Kelly ended nearly a full year in space on the International Space Station, which became the longest anyone spent time in space.
• 2015 - 25th - Air strikes against the Huthi armed group in Yemen.
• 2011 - 19th - 2011 military intervention in Libya.
• 2011 - 15th - Syria Covert War.
• 2003 - 20th - Iraq War started.
• 1999 - 24th - NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
• 1973 - 17th - Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon released in the U.S.
• 1973 - 1st - Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon released in Europe
• 1965 - 8th - Vietnam War (initiated).
• 1948-9 - Nov-Apr - A blizzard covered the Midwest for several months.

Lyrics relating to March

•  “Like good soldiers, March On
  If we could make it through the night
  We'll See the Sun - From Song: March On” • Good Charlotte*
•  “Let my wounds, I'll let my wounds, Bring another spring - From Song: Another Spring” • Paris Jackson*
•  “March, March
  to my own drum
  Hey hey I'm a army of one - From Song: March March” • The Chicks*
•  “And then one morning, Another spring is there outside my door - From Song: Another Spring” • Nina Simone*