March 12th - Today is the 71st day of the year, with only 294 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

Hells Angels' Birthday
Hells Angels is the oldest, and biggest original motorcycle club in the world. The club was founded in 1948 in San Bernardino, CA.


"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.


YOU KNOW YOU'RE A BIKER WHEN:
- Your best friends are named after animals.
- Your best shoes have steel toes.
- You have motorcycle parts in the dishwasher.
- Your idea of jewelry is chains and barbwire.
- You can tell what kind of bugs they are by the taste of them.
- You ever bought saddlebags so you can carry more beer.
- You're only sunburned on the back of your hands.
- You carry a picture of your bike in your wallet.
- Any day you ride is a good day.
- Your other vehicle is a truck with motorcycle ramps in it.
- Your three piece suit is Chaps, Leather Vests & a Leather Jacket.
- Your kids learn to ride on the back of your bike before they can walk.
- Your garage has more square footage than your house.
- Your coffee table collapses from the weight of motorcycle magazines on it.
- You throw a party and more bikes show up than cars.


ACTING -
1921 Gordon MacRae, East Orange NJ, singer/actor (Oklahoma, Carousel) [D: 01/24/86]
1931 Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, LA CA, actor (Little Rascals) [D: 10/10/80]
1932 Barbara Feldon, Pittsburgh PA, actress (Agent 99-Get Smart)
1946 Liza Minnelli, LA CA, singer/actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret)

ARTISTIC -
1928 Edward Albee III, Washington DC, playwright (Virginia Woolfe, Zoo Story)

HISTORIC -
1831 Clement Studebaker, Pinetown PA, automobile pioneer (Studebaker) [D: 11/27/01]
1862 Jane Delano, Montour Falls NY, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross Nursing Service) [D: 04/15/19]
1895 Gen William Lee, Dunn NC, "Father of the U.S. Airborne" [D: 06/25/48]
1922 Lane Kirkland, Camden SC, President AFL-CIO 1979-95 [D: 08/14/99]
1932 Andrew Young Jr., New Orleans LA, US ambassador to UN (1977-79)/(Mayor-Democrat-Atlanta)

MUSIC -
1896 Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, Jonesboro GA, one-man-band (San Francisco Bay Blues) [D: 01/30/76]
1938 Lew DeWitt, Waynesboro VA, singer/songwriter (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall) [D: 08/15/90]
1940 Al Jarreau, Milwaukee WI, jazz singer (Moonlighting theme) Grammy Awards: Jazz, Pop, and R&B
1948 James Taylor, Boston MA, vocalist/guitarist (You've Got a Friend) Rock and Roll HoF 2000
1957 Marlon D Jackson, Gary IN, singer (Jackson 5-Maybe Tomorrow)

SCIENCE -
1824 Gustav R Kirchoff, Prussia, physicist (spectral analysis)
1835 Simon Newcomb, Wallace Nova Scotia, scientist/mathematician/astronomer [D: 07/11/09]
1923 Walter M Schirra Jr, Hackensack NJ, Capt USN/astronaut (Mercury 8, Gemini 6, Apollo 7)
1925 Leo Esaki (Esaki Reona), Osaka Japan, physicist (Tunnel effect-Nobel '73)

SPORTS -
1938 Johnny Rutherford, Ft Worth TX, auto racer (26 championship races)
1956 Dale Murphy, Portland OR, (Braves) MVP x2, All-Star x7, Golden Glove x5
1962 Darryl Strawberry, LA CA, NL (Mets, Dodgers) Rookie of the Year '84/World Series '96/'99
1963 John Andretti, Indianapolis IN, 2 Nascar Winston Cup Series wins
1965 Steve Finley, Union City TN, center fielder (Giants/Dodgers/Angels) All-Star x2, Golden Glove x5


1664 First Naturalization Act in American colonies.
1773 Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago.
1894 Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
1912 Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low.
1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his "Fireside Chats."
1945 New York is first to prohibit discrimination by race or creed in employment.
1945 The British Empire celebrates its first British Empire Day (renamed "Commonwealth Day" 1958).
1947 The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
1951 The Dennis the Menace comic strip appears in newspapers across the USA for the first time.
1970 US lowers voting age from 21 to 18.
1984 British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become first skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships.
1993 North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to nuclear sites.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Arbor Day - Taiwan
Employee Day - United States of America
Girl Scout Day - United States of America
Independence Day - Mauritius
Crown Princess' Nameday - Sweden
Moshoeshoe's Day - Lesotho
Renovation Day - Gabon
Youth Day - Zambia


THE ACCIDENT
Two men were riding on a motorcycle. The one on the back kept on complaining about being cold. The driver stopped and told him to put his leather jacket on backwards to break the wind. He changed his coat and they started out again. The motorcycle hit a rough spot in the road and the man on the back fell off.

When the driver noticed his friend had disappeared, he went back to find him. A big crowd had gathered around the man at the side of the road. The driver pushed his way through the crowd. "Is he hurt?" he asked.

"I don't know," a man scratched his head, "he didn't seem to be in much trouble, but we turned his head around the way it belonged and he hasn't spoken a word since!"


I had been warned not to get on a motorcycle, sort of. I think there is a clause in most general basic contracts to keep yourself in one piece and not alter your looks without telling them first. - Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase on Buffy the Vampire Slayer)


HEADCASE: Motorcycle helmet. (WordFoolery)

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