March 8th - Today is the 67th day of the year, with only 298 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

Dog License Day
The first dog license in the United States was issued in New York in 1894. A license cost $2.00. It was the first animal control law enacted in the United States.


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
FIRST QUARTER - Mar 6   8:15 p.m.
FULL MOON - Mar 14   11:35 p.m.
LAST QUARTER - Mar 22   7:10 p.m.
NEW MOON - Mar 29   10:16 a.m.


From the Home Office in Wahoo, Nebraska, it's the Top Ten List for October 5, 2001
TOP TEN SIGNS YOUR GHOST IS POSSESSED BY THE GHOST OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
10. Only chases cars with Illinois license plates
9. Wags his tail excitedly when there's a Lincoln Day sale at The Wiz
8. His face is covered with fur, except right under his nose
7. Two dogs in sunglasses and ear pieces follow him around
6. He's the only dog in neighborhood wearing stovepipe muzzle
5. Damned if he didn't build himself a log cabin doghouse
4. Your dog loves chicken (a little-known fact -- Abraham Lincoln loved chicken)
3. You ask Miss Cleo whether your dog is possessed by Lincoln, she says, "Uh...yes"
2. Always honest about taking a leak on the rug
1. He hates the theater
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ACTING -
1910 Claire Trevor (Wemlinger), Brooklyn NY, actress (Best Supporting Actress-Key Largo) [D: 04/08/2000]
1918 Alan Hale (MacKahan) Jr, LA CA, actor (Skipper-Gilligan's Island) [D: 01/02/90]
1921 Cyd Charisse (Tula Finklea), Amarillo TX, dancer/actress (East Side West Side, Brigadoon)
1940 Susan Clark (Nora Golding), Sarnia Ontario, actress (Night Moves, Babe)
1943 Lynn Redgrave, London England, actress (Georgie Girl) Weight-Watcher
1959 Aidan Quinn, Rockford IL, actor (Legends of the Fall, Benny & Joon)
1961 (Debra Frances) Camryn Manheim, Caldwell NJ, actress (Ellenor-The Practice)
1963 Kathy Ireland, Santa Barbara CA, model/actress (Once/Twice Upon a Christmas, Total Fitness Workout)
1969 Andrea Parker, So CA, actress/ballet dancer (Miss Parker-The Pretender, Dr Ross-ER, Lt Pike-JAG)
1976 Freddie Prinze Jr, LA CA, actor (Scooby-Doo/Scooby-Doo 2)
1977 James Van Der Beek, Jr., Cheshire CT, actor (Dawson Leery-Dawson's Creek, Varsity Blues)

ARTISTIC -
1865 Frederick Goudy, Bloomington IL, printer/type designer [D: '47]
1916 John W. Seybold, Newburgh IN, father of computer typesetting [D: 03/14/2004]

HISTORIC -
1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston MA, 59th Supreme Court Justice (1902-32) [D: 03/06/35]

MUSIC -
1944 Mary Wilson, Greenville MS, vocalist (Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go)
1945 George Michael "Mickey" Dolenz, LA CA, actor (Circus Boy) singer/drummer (Monkees)
1946 Randy Meisner, Scottsbluff NE, rock bassist/vocalist (Poco, Eagles-Take it Easy) HoF '98
1947 Mike Allsup, Modesto CA, rock guitarist (Three Dog Night-One, Easy to be Hard)
1947 Carole Bayer Sager, NYC, lyricist/songwriter/singer (Grammy Award-Song of the Year '87-That's What Friends Are For)
1948 "Little" Peggy March (Margret Batavio), Lansdale PA, vocalist (I Will Follow Him)
1964 Cheryl "Salt" James, Brooklyn NY, singer (Salt-N-Pepa-Push It)

SCIENCE -
1879 Otto Hahn, Frankfurt am Main, physicist/chemist, Nobel '44 (radiothorium/actinium, co-discoverer-nuclear fission) [D: 07/28/68]
1886 Edward Kendall, South Norwalk CT, chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel 1950) [D: 05/04/72]

SPORTS -
1922 Carl Furillo, Stony Creek Mills PA, NL outfielder (Dodger) NL Batting Champion 1953 [D: 01/21/89]
1938 Peter Dawkins, Royal Oak MI, USA Brig Gen, Heisman Trophy '58, All American, Rhodes Scholar
1942 "Dick" Richie Allen, Wampum PA, 1st/3rd baseman (NL Rookie of the Year '64, AL MVP '72)
1953 Jim Rice, Anderson SC, AL outfielder (Red Sox) AL MVP 1978
1961 Lawrence Murphy, Scarborough Ontario, NHL defenseman, 4 Stanley Cup winning teams, HoF 2004
1975 Brett Conway, Atlanta GA, NFL kicker (Packers-Superbowl XXI)
1970 Jason Elam, Ft Walton Beach FL, NFL placekicker (Broncos) Super Bowl XXXII


1702  Very unexpectedly, Anne Stuart, the sister of the childless Mary II, becomes Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland after the death of William III of Orange from injuries he suffered in a fall from his horse.
1884  Susan B. Anthony testifies before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives arguing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote.
1911  International Women's Day is celebrated for the first time.
1918  The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating pandemic.
1936  The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1948  The United States Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools violated the Constitution.
1950  The Soviet Union claims to have an atomic bomb.
1965  Vietnam War: 3,500 United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam, becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam.
1972  The Goodyear blimp flies for the first time.
1974  Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
1978  The first-ever radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
1999 The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Congolese Women's Day - Congo (Republic of)
Decoration Day - Liberia
International Women's Day - International
Revolution Day - Syria
San Juan de Dios - Peru
Women's Day - Bosnia-Herzegovina


IT'S A ROUGH LIFE
The life sentence of Taro the dog was commuted in February 1994, permitting his release from the Bergen County Jail and his deportation from New Jersey. Taro had been sentenced to die under the state's "vicious dog" law, but appeals had continued until Taro had spent more than 1,000 days behind bars in his climate-controlled kennel and had cost taxpayers more than $100,000 in expenses.


I was taking my dog out the other day and I met this chap who asked me where I was going. The dog is foaming at the mouth, so I explained that I was on my way to the vet to have it put down. He asked if it was mad, to which I replied that it wasn't exactly pleased about it. - Chic Murray


CHAIN OF COMMAND: Doggy leash. (WordFoolery)

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