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C ALENDAR
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Peace Corps Anniv.
Peanut Butter
Lover's Day
Share a Smile Day
Yellowstone Nat. Park
Established (1872)
Dr. Seuss born, 1904
Read Across America
Day
National Anthem Day
Inventor Alexander
Graham Bell born,
1847
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Daylight Savings
Time Begins
International
Women's Day
Robert Sabuda born,
1965
Commonwealth Day
Explorer Amerigo
Vespucci born, 1454
Barbie's Birthday
(1959)
Abolitionist Harriet
Tubman Day
Jack Kent born, 1920
1st Paper Money
Issued in 1862
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16
17
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Purim Begins at
sundown.
First meeting of
Congress (1789)
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Author Ezra Jack
Keats born, 1916
Johnny Appleseed
Day
Earthquakes devas-
tate Japan (2011)
5
Boston Massacre
(1770)
Dav Pilkey born, 1966
Mem Fox born, 1946
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Girl Scout Day
Anniversary of the
Death of Anne Frank
(1945)
Carl Hiaasen born,
1953
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19
Absolutely Incredible
Kid Day
Julius Caesar
Assassinated (44
B.C.)
Ides of March
Sid Fleischman born,
1920
James Madison born,
1751 (4th President)
Kate Greenaway
born, 1846
Wendell Minor born,
1944
St. Patrick's Day
First Walk in Space
(1965)
Sparky the Fire Dog
Grover Cleveland
born, 1837 (22nd &
24th President)
Swallows Return to
San Juan Capistrano
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25
26
National Goof Off Day
National Sing-Out
Day
United Nations World
Water Day
29
Palm Sunday
Coca-Cola was
Invented in 1886
Armed Forces left
Vietnam (1973)
Toast Day
Political Leader
Patrick Henry
declared, "Give me
liberty...", 1775
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Doctor's Day
Alaska Purchased
from the Russian
Empire (1867)
Artist Vincent van
Gogh born, 1853
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Harry Houdini born,
1874
Exxon Valdez runs
aground (1989)
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Beni Montresor
born, 1926
First Map of the US
Published (1784)
Tater Day
Mathematician Rene
Descartes born, 1596
Pancakes First Made
(1882)
Kate DiCamillo born,
1964
Sculptor Gutzon
Borglum born, 1871
Make up Your own
Holiday Day
Poet Robert Frost
born, 1874
Jerry Pallotta born,
1953
6
Oreo Cookies FOR
SALE! Sold for the
1st time in 1912.
Artist Michelangelo
born, 1475
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Ellen Raskin born,
1928
Good Samaritan Day
Uranus Discovered
(1781)
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1st Day of Spring
Louis Sachar born,
1954
Big Bird's Birthday
Sesame Street
character
27
Alaska hit by 8.4
Earthquake (1964)
Dick King-Smith
born, 1922
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Iditarod Race Begins
National Cereal Day
Scientist Luther
Burbank born, 1849
Telephone Patent
Granted (1876)
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Anniversary of the
National Wildlife
Refuge System
Pi Day (3.14)
Scientist Albert
Einstein born, 1879
21
First Ever Tweet made
on Twitter, 2006
Children's Poetry Day
National Teen-Agers
Day
Single Parents' Day
28
"Greatest Show on
Earth" formed 1881
Doreen Cronin
Birthday