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March 1 : Disability Day of Mourning ; Saint David's Day ; Independence Day in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992 ); Yap Day in Yap State , Federated States of Micronesia
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1562 – An attempt by Francis, Duke of Guise , to disperse a church service by Huguenots in Wassy , France, turned into a massacre , resulting in 50 dead, and starting the French Wars of Religion .
1869 – The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (pictured) finished his design of the first periodic table .
1921 – The Australian cricket team , led by Warwick Armstrong , became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes , an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years.
1936 – Hoover Dam , straddling the Arizona –Nevada border on the Colorado River , was completed.
1992 – A Bosnian-Serb wedding procession was attacked in Sarajevo , resulting in what is widely considered the first casualty of the Bosnian War .
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March 3 : Liberation Day in Bulgaria (1878 ); Hinamatsuri in Japan
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March 4 : Feast day of Saint Casimir (Catholicism )
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March 5 : Learn from Lei Feng Day in China; St Piran's Day in Cornwall , England
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March 7 : Feast day of Saints Perpetua and Felicity (Catholicism , Anglicanism , Lutheranism )
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March 8 : International Women's Day ; Aurat March in Pakistan
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March 10 : Mothering Sunday (Western Christianity, 2024)
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March 11 : Commonwealth Day in the Commonwealth of Nations (2024); National Heroes and Benefactors Day in Belize (2024); Longtaitou Festival in China (2024)
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March 14 : New Year's Day (Sikhism ); White Day in parts of East Asia; Pi Day
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March 15 : Ides of March
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March 16 : Remembrance Day of the Latvian Legionnaires
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934 – Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period : Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang .
1689 – The Royal Welch Fusiliers (cap badge pictured) , one of the oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army , was founded.
1819 – The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York , the first savings bank in New York City, was incorporated.
1984 – William Buckley , the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut , Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists .
1988 – Michael Stone , an Ulster loyalist , attacked the funeral of three Provisional IRA members, killing three attendees and injuring at least sixty others.
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March 17 : Saint Patrick's Day (Christianity ); Anniversary of the Unification of Italy (1861 )
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March 18 : Feast day of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (Christianity)
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March 19 : Saint Joseph's Day (Western Christianity); Nowruz (2024)
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Greville Wynne (b. 1919)
Joe Gaetjens (b. 1924)
Lise Østergaard (d. 1996)
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March 21 : Fast of Esther (Judaism, 2024); Oltenia Day in Romania
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March 22 : World Water Day
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Abolhassan Banisadr (b. 1933)
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March 23 : Earth Hour (20:30 local time, 2024)
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March 24 : Purim (Judaism 2024), World Tuberculosis Day
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March 25 : Bangladesh Genocide Remembrance Day
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March 27 : Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania (1918 )
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March 29 : Boganda Day in the Central African Republic (1959 ); Martyrs' Day in Madagascar (1947 )
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March 30 : Land Day in Palestinian communities (1976 )
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March 31 : Easter (Western Christianity, 2024); Cesar Chavez Day in various U.S. states (1927 ); International Transgender Day of Visibility
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J. P. Morgan (d. 1913)
Ewan McGregor (b. 1971)
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