March 18th - Today is the 77th day of the year, with only 288 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

Right to Counsel Day
In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in the Gideon v. Wainwright case. This ruling clearly established that all people charged with serious crimes have the right to an attorney.


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
FULL MOON - Mar 14   11:35 p.m.
LAST QUARTER - Mar 22   7:10 p.m.
NEW MOON - Mar 29   10:16 a.m.
FIRST QUARTER - Apr 5   12:01 p.m.


From the Home Office in Wahoo, Nebraska, it's the Top Ten List for June 3, 1998
TOP TEN SIGNS YOU'VE HIRED A BAD LAWYER
10. Begins every sentence with "Well, as Ally McBeal once said..."
9. He keeps citing the legal case of Godzilla vs. Mothra.
8. Just before your trial starts he whispers, "The judge is the one with the little hammer, right?"
7. He thinks he'll win your case, "because there's a first time for everything"
6. He once failed to get a conviction of O. J. Simpson.
5. Whenever he says, "Your Honor" he makes those little quotation marks in the air.
4. Sign in front of law office reads "Practicing Law Since 2:45"
3. Begins by telling jury, "You all look like you should be on Jerry Springer"
2. Giggles every time he hears the word "briefs"
1. His phone number: 1-600-SHYSTER


ACTING -
1886 Edward Everett Horton, Brooklyn NY, actor/narrator (Bullwinkle-Fractured Fairy Tales) [D: 09/29/70]
1925 Peter Graves (Aurness), Minneapolis MN, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible)
1927 George Plimpton, NY NY, writer/actor (A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Edtv) [DL 09/26/2003]
1943 Kevin Dobson, Jackson Heights NY, actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon)
1950 Brad Dourif, Huntington WV, actor (Grima Wormtongue-Lord of the Rings trilogy)
1959 Irene Cara, Bronx NY, actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury)
1962 Thomas Ian Griffith, Hartford CT, actor (Larry-One Tree Hill, Catlin-Another World)
1970 Queen Latifah (Dana Owens), Newark NJ, rap singer/actress (Beauty Shop, Taxi)

ARTISTIC -
1877 Edgar Cayce, Hopkinsville KY, psychic [D: 01/03/45]
1915 Richard Condon, NY NY, satirical novelist (The Manchurian Candidate, Prizzi's Honor)
1949 Starr Danias, NY NY, ballerina (Turning Point)
1963 Vanessa L Williams, Bronx NY, first black Miss America (1984)/singer (Colors of the Wind)/actress (Eraser)

HISTORIC -
1782 John Calhoun, Abbeville SC, Andrew Jackson's Vice President (1829-37) [D: 03/31/1850]
1837 (Stephen) Grover Cleveland, Caldwell NJ, 22nd & 24th President (1885-1889, 1893-1897) [D: 06/24/08]

MUSIC -
1844 Nicolai Andreevich Rimski-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee, Scheherazade)
1938 Charley Pride, Sledge MS, country singer (Just Between You And Me, Sweet Country) Country Music HoF 2000
1941 Wilson Pickett, Prattville AL, R&B/soul singer (In the Midnight Hour) [D: 01/19/2006] Rock and Roll HoF '91
1945 Eric Woolfson, Glasgow Scotland, composer/musician (Alan Parsons Project, Woolfson Entertainment Group)

SCIENCE -
1953 Margaret L Augustine, Buffalo NY, project manager (Biosphere 2)
1954 James F Reilly II, Mount Home AFB ID, PhD/astronaut (STS 89/STS-117)
1961 Mark Van Thillo, Wilrijk Belgium, co-captain (Biosphere 2)

SPORTS -
1881 Oliver Seibert, Kitchener Ontario, HoF hockey forward (elected 1961)
1937 Mark Donohue, Newton Square PA, auto racer (1972 Indianapolis 500) [D: 08/19/75]
1952 Mike Webster, Tomahawk WI, NFL center (Steelers/Chiefs) HoF 1997 [D: 09/22/2002]
1964 Bonnie Blair, Cornwall NY, top female speed skaters/one of the most decorated female athletes in Olympic history.


1766  The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, which was very unpopular in the British colonies.
1850  Henry Wells and William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo.
1865  The Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourns for the last time.
1870  First US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Merritt in Oakland CA).
1881  [PT] Barnum and [James A] Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (Madison Square Garden).
1902  Enrico Caruso becomes first well-known performer to make a record.
1938  New York first requires serological blood tests of pregnant women.
1949  NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified.
1959  American President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21.
1965  Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
1999  Marcel Marceau day is established in New York City.
2005  Terri Schiavo's feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband, fueling a worldwide debate about her.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Anniversary of the death of President Said Mohamed Cheikh -
Comoros
Marien Ngouabi Day - Congo (Republic of)
Men's Day - Mongolia
National Flag and Anthem Day - Aruba
Soldier's Day - Mongolia


AUDIATUR ET ALTERA PARS
While I was attending a law course, the 'Audiatur et altera pars' rule was explained to us.

Translated it means, "Also the other party has to be heard." After discussing the subject at great length, the lecturer asked if anyone did NOT understand the rule.

From the auditorium a man shouted, "My wife!"


People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide. - Will Rogers


BURIED LAWYERS: Proof that deep down, they're nice persons. (WordFoolery)

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