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March 2 is Dr. Seuss's Birthday. His main contributions are in the area of children's literature, but none of us are ever too old to read Dr. Seuss.
National Sportsmanship Day is March 2 "Star Spangled Banner" was composed by Francis Scott Key in September of 1814, but it didn't become our National Anthem until March 3, 1931 . The Boston Massacre occurred as British troops fired into a group of protesters, killing five of them. This event in American history took place March 5, 1770. March 6, 1972 is Shaquille O'Neal's birthday. The Suez Canal reopened on March 7, 1957 after the United Nations intervened to reach a settlement among nations in the area. March 10 begins Brain Awareness Week. Try some of our links for Brain Teasers and work that brain! President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the first of many "fireside chats" on March 12, 1933. Albert Einstein, German-born American physicist and Nobel laureate, was born on March 14, 1879. March 15 - Andrew Jackson's birthday
March 17th is St. Patrick's Day: David Livingstone, famous explorer and Christian missionary, was born March 19, 1813. Spring begins on March 20.
March 21 - Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday Patrick Henry gave his famous "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech on March 23, 1775. March 26 - Jonas Salk introduced the Polio Vaccine in 1953. College Basketball's March Madness:
March 30, 1867 - Alaska was purchased from Russia for 2 cents an acre!
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