March 2nd - Today is the 61st day of the year, with only 304 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

Theodor Geisel's (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) Birthday
"A person's a person, no matter how small!" Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, would say. "Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted." Brilliant, playful, and always respectful of children, Dr. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness of four generations of youngsters and parents. In the process, he helped kids learn to read. Geisel was born in Springfield, MA and died September 24, 1991.


"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.


BOOKS REJECTED BY DR. SEUSS:
- Ants in my Pants
- Green Eggs and Spam
- Herbert the Pervert Likes Sherbert
- How the Grinch Filed For Bankruptcy
- How the Grinch Stole Columbus Day
- One Toe, Two Toe, Black Toe, Blue Toe
- Stash that Hash!!
- The Cat In The Hat Is Overly Fat
- The Cat in the Microwave
- The Fox in Detox
- Yertle the Rabid Gerbil
- Yentl the Lentil


ACTING -
1917 Desi Arnaz, Santiago Cuba, singer/actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy) [D: 12/02/86]
1919 Jennifer Jones (Phylis Isley), Tulsa OK, actress (The Song of Bernadette, A Farewell to Arms)
1930 John Cullum, Knoxville TN, actor (Holling-Northern Exposure, David Greene-ER)
1949 Gates McFadden, Cuyahoga Falls OH, actress (Beverly Crusher-Star Trek Next Generation)
1952 Laraine Newman, LA CA, comedienne/actress (SNL, Rosina Glass-7th Heaven)
1977 Heather McComb, Barnegat NJ, actress (Jubilee-X-Men, Maggie-Party of Five)
1968 Daniel Craig, Chester England, actor (James Bond 007-Casino Royal 2006)
1981 Bryce Dallas Howard, Dallas TX, actress (Ivy-The Village, Lady in the Water)

ARTISTIC -
1931 Thomas Wolfe, Richmond VA, author (The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities)
1942 John Winslow Irving, Exeter NH, author (The World According to Garp)

HISTORIC -
1793 Samuel Houston, Rockbridge County VA, Pres of the Republic of Texas [D: 07/26/1863]
1931 Mikhail S Gorbachev, Privolnoye USSR, President of the Soviet Union (1985-91) Nobel '90

MUSIC -
1949 Eddie Money (Mahoney), NY NY, singer/guitarist (Take Me Home Tonight)
1950 Karen Carpenter, New Haven CT, vocalist/drummer (We've Only Just Begun) [D: 02/04/83]
1955 Jay Osmond, Ogden UT, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donny & Marie)
1962 Jon Bon Jovi (Bongiovi), Perth Amboy NJ, rocker (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name)

SCIENCE -
1902 Edward Uhler Condon, Alamogordo NM, nuclear physicist/pioneer in quantum mechanics/study of UFOs [D: 03/26/74]

SPORTS -
1909 Mel Ott, first NL to hit 500 homeruns, HoF '51 (NY Giants) [D: 11/21/58]
1913 Mort Cooper, Atherton MO, NL pitcher (MVP 1942/All-Star '42-43, '45-46) [D: 11/17/58]
1936 Donald Schwall, Wilkes-Barre PA, NL player ('61 AL Rookie of Year/All-Star '61)


1807  The U.S. Congress passes an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States ... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
1888  The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
1899  President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in US).
1927  Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year)
1933  King Kong premieres in New York City.
1946  Ho Chi Minh elected President of North Vietnam
1949  Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
1962  In Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scores 100 points against the New York Knicks, breaking several National Basketball Association records.
1969  First test flight of the supersonic Concorde
1983  Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced.
1983  Final episode of MASH; 125,000,000 viewers
1989  Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Battle of Adowa - Ethiopia
Casimir Pulaski's Birthday (Illinois) - United States of America
Peasants' Day - Myanmar / Burma
Texas Independence Day (Texas) - United States of America
World Book Day - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland
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The Fast of Nineteen Days - Baha'i


HOW DID IT GET SO LATE SO SOON?
How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before
it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the
time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?
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YOU DECIDE
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.


"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You." - Dr Seuss


PARENTS: Seuss sayers. (Wicked-Good Dictionary)

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