March 1st - Today is the 60th day of the year, with only 305 days remaining in 2006.
Mars' Month - March was the original beginning of the year, and the time for the resumption of war.
March Flowers: Daffodil or Jonquil [Yellow] -  Affection, Cheerfulness, Desire, Grants Wishes, New Beginnings, Respect, and Sympathy
March Birthstone: Aquamarine, Bloodstone - Courage

National Pig Day
Started by Texas art teacher Ellen Stanley in 1972 to honor and give thanks to our most intelligent domesticated creature. On this day, remember the good things pigs have brought to us; remember that pigs are sociable, intelligent mammals. They are much like us in many ways, they have noticeable personality traits and soaring emotions.


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
NEW MOON - Feb 28   0:32 a.m.
FIRST QUARTER - Mar 6   8:15 p.m.
FULL MOON - Mar 14   11:35 p.m.
LAST QUARTER - Mar 22   7:10 p.m.


TAGLINES (http://taglinesgalore.com)
- Bacon and eggs - Hens are involved but pigs are committed.
- Can pigs fly? Yeah, just depends how hard you toss 'em
- Difference between a pig and a dog ... 2 or 3 drinks.
- Dogs look up to us, Cats look down on us, and Pigs treat us as equals.
- Don't wrestle with pigs, they enjoy it and you just get dirty
- Ever notice how poems in pig-latin always rhyme?
- Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out as a sausage. - Ambrose Bierce
- Off To Market written by Tobias A. Pigg
- One lawyer I know is a great believer in science. He's a human gimme-pig!
- Presidency: The greased pig in the field game of American politics
- Where is my pig? wondered Tom, disgruntled.


ACTING -
1909 David Niven, London England, actor (Casino Royale, The Pink Panther) [D: 07/29/83]
1935 Robert Conrad (Conrad Falkowski), Chicago IL, actor (Wild Wild West, Baa Baa Black Sheep)
1945 Dirk Benedict, Helena MT, actor (A-Team, Battlestar Galactica)
1946 Lana Woods (Svetlana Gurdin), Santa Monica CA, acterss (Searchers, Plenty O'Toole-Diamonds Are Forever)
1947 Alan Thicke, Kirkland Lake Ontario, actor/host (Thicke of the Night, Growing Pains)
1954 Ron Howard, Duncan OK, actor (American Graffiti, Happy Days)/director (Willow, Backdraft)
1954 Catherine Bach, Warren OH, actress (Daisy Duke-Dukes of Hazzard)
1956 Timothy Daly, NY NY, actor (Joe-Wings, Almost Grown, Made in Heaven)
1974 Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Panorama City CA, actor (Zack-Saved by the Bell, John Clark-NYPD Blues)
1978 Jensen Ackles, Dallas TX, actor (Dean-Supernational, C.J.-Dawson's Creek)

ARTISTIC -
1920 Howard Nemerov, NYC, 3rd US poet laureate/novelist/critic (Pulitizer-Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov) [D: 07/05/91]
1921 Jack Clayton, Brighton England, film director (Great Gatsby, Something Wicked This Way Comes) [D: 02/26/95]
1921 Richard Wilbur, NYC, 2nd US Poet Laureate (Pulitizer-Things of This World)
1922 William M Gaines, NY, publisher/founder (MAD Magazine) [D: 06/03/92]

HISTORIC -
1860 Suzanna Salter, first US female mayor-Argonia KS/temperance leader [D: 03/17/61]
1922 Yitzak Rabin, premier (Israel, 1992-95, Nobel 1994) [D: 11/04/95]

MUSIC -
1904 Glenn Miller, Clarinda IA, bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood) [D: 12/15/44]
1927 Harry Belafonte, NY NY, calypso singer/actor (Buck & the Preacher)
1929 Sonny James, Hackleburg AL, singer (Young Love, Running Bear)
1944 Mike D'Abo, Betchworth England, rock vocalist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
1944 Roger Daltrey, Hammersmith England, rocker/actor/producer (The Who-Tommy)

SPORTS -
1914 Harry Caray (Harry Carabina), St Louis MO, TV/radio broadcaster (Cubs, Cardinals, Sox) [D: 02/15/98]
1926 Alvin "Pete" Rozelle, South Gate CA, NFL commissioner '60-'89 [D: 12/06/96]


1642 Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine) becomes the first incorporated city in America.
1781 Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
1847 Michigan becomes first English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state).
1872 Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
1909 First US university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota.
1932 The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped. He was found dead May 12.
1941 "Captain America" appears in a comic book
1953 Joseph Stalin collapses, having suffered a stroke. He dies four days later.
1961 President of the United States John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
1966 Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
1969 New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball.
1974 Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
ADMISSION DAY ** March 1, 1867 - Nebraska (37th State)
ADMISSION DAY ** March 1, 1803 - Ohio (17th State)
Anti-Japanese Uprising Day - North Korea
Ash Wednesday - Cayman Islands, French Guiana, Jamaica, Panama
Baba Marta - Bulgaria
Heroes' Day - Paraguay
Independence Movement Day - South Korea
Instauration de la Republique - Switzerland
International Women of Color Day - International
Memorial Day - Marshall Islands
National Independence Day - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Nuclear Victim's Remembrance Day - Marshall Islands
St. David's Day - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Yap Day (Yap) -Micronesia
Labour Day (Western Australia) - Australia
National Pig Day - United States of America
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Ash Wednesday - Christianity
St. David's Day - Christianity


TERMINOLOGY
The phone in a college dean's office rang, and his secretary answered, "Hello, Acme University."

"Howdy," replied a man with a heavy Texas accent, "Could Ah please speak to the Head Hog at the Trough?"

After a long pause, the secretary said coldly, "Excuse me?"

"Ah want the Head Hog at the Trough," said the Texan.

"Listen, Redneck," snapped the angry secretary, "The dean of our fine school is referred to as 'Dean Brown' or 'Doctor Brown'. We do NOT refer to him as the 'Head Hog at the Trough'! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!"

After an even longer pause, the Texan replied quietly, "Yeah, Ma'am. Ah understand. Guess Ah heard wrong about your school bein' nice and neighborly. Looks like Ah'll jest have to donate muh poor ol' pappy's hundred million bucks to another place."

"Wait, wait!" shouted the secretary. "Here comes the Big Pig now!!"


I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. - George Bernard Shaw


HAM OPERATOR: Pig farmer. (WordFoolery)

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