March 3rd - Today is the 62nd day of the year, with only 303 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 Scam Prevention Day
On the birthday of Charles Ponzi, the father of thee Ponzi (pyramid) scheme, work to increase awareness so consumers can better protect themselves against Ponzi schemes and other scams.


"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.


If everyone followed all the SPAM:
* Everyone will have lots of hair.
* Everyone will be very rich.
* Everyone will be the right weight.
* Everyone will collect judicial judgments.
* Everyone will work from home on their computers.
* Everyone will decode and copy DVDs at will.
* Everyone will help those Nigerian folks take care of their money.
* Everyone will find out anything about anybody.
* Everyone will win valuable prizes.
* Everyone will gamble 24-7.
* Everyone will save all their money.
* Everyone will buy all the right stocks.
* Everyone will avoid costly lawyer fees.
* Everyone will meet their dream mate.
* Everyone will have received the message in error.


ACTING -
1911 Jean Harlow (Harlean Carpenter) KC MO, "original blonde bombshell" (Dinner at Eight) [D: 06/07/37]
1920 James Montgomery Doohan, Vancouver BC, actor (Scotty-Star Trek) [D: 0/20/2005]
1950 Tim Kazurinsky, Johnstown PA, comedian (SNL, Police Academy 2, 3, 4)
1958 Miranda Richardson, Southport England, actress (Rita Skeeter-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
1972 Christian Oliver, Celle Germany, actor (Baby Sitters Club, Brian-Saved by the Bell)
1974 David Faustino, LA CA, actor (Bud-Married With Children)
1982 Jessica Claire Biel, Ely MN, actress (Mary Camden-7th Heaven, Elizabethtown)

HISTORIC -
1831 George M Pullman, Brocton NY, inventor (railway sleeping car-Pullman Sleeper) [D: 10/19/1897]
1873 William Green, Coshocton OH, president of AFL Union (1924-52) [D: 11/21/52[
1895 Matthew Ridgway, Ft Monroe VA, Gen USA/SACEUR/Chief of Staff USA, [D: 07/26/93]
1933 Lee Radziwell Ross, Southampton NY (Jackie O's sister)

MUSIC -
1928 Don Gibson, Shelby NC, country singer/writer (I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me) [D: 11/17/2003]
1938 Willie Chambers, Lee County MS, guitar/vocals (Chambers Brothers-Time Has Come Today)
1947 Jennifer Warnes, Seattle WA, singer/songwriter (Up Where We Belong)

SCIENCE -
1918 Arthur Kornberg, NYC, biochemist (Nobel '59-DNA synthesis)
1845 Georg Cantor, St. Petersburg Russia, mathematician (set theory, cardinal/ordinal numbers) [D: 01/06/18]
1847 Alexander Graham Bell, Edinburgh Scotland, inventor (telephone/telegraph/phonograph) [D: 08/02/22]
1946 James C Adamson, Warsaw NY, Col USA/astronaut (STS 28, STS 43)
1949 Bonnie J Dunbar, Sunnyside WA, PhD/astronaut (STS 61-A, 32, 50, 71, 89) Women in Tech Int'l (WITI) HoF 2000
1949 James S Voss, Cordova AL, Col USA/astronaut (STS 44, 53, 69)

SPORTS -
1872 William "Wee Willie" Keeler, NL rt fielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897/HoF '39 [D: 01/01/23]
1962 Jackie Joyner-Kersee, E St Louis IL, heptathlete, 3 gold/1 silver/1 bronze Olympic medals


1791 The United States Mint is created by the U.S. Congress.
1820 The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
1855 Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use.
1863 Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences.
1875 The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey was played in Montreal, as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
1885 American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates.
1887 Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6-year old blind-deaf Helen Keller.
1915 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created.
1931 "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem.
1933 Mount Rushmore National Memorial is dedicated.
1955 Elvis Presley makes his first TV appearance.
2005 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo without any stops without refueling - a journey of 40,234 km/25,000 mi completed in 67 hours and 2 minutes.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
ADMISSION DAY ** March 3, 1845 - Florida (27th State)
Declaration of Establishment of Authority of the People - Libya
Martyr's Day - Malawi
National Anthem Day - United States of America
National Day - Bulgaria Morocco
National Unity Day - Sudan
Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) - Japan
Fete Du Trone - Morocco


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"You are perhaps the most accomplished confidence man since Charles Ponzi. I'd say you were a carnival barker, but that wouldn't be fair to carnival barkers." [to former Enron CEO Keny Lay]" - Peter Fitzgerald


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