March 20th - Today is the 79th day of the year, with only 286 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

Aries (Mar 20 - Apr 20) - 1st sign of the Zodiac
The ancient Babylonians, Egyptians, Persians and Greeks all called this group of stars the Ram. Greek mythology states that the King of Thessaly had two children who, abused by their stepmother were rescued by a ram with a golden fleece sent by the god Hermes.


"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.


RULING PLANET: Mars, god of "I win, you lose!"
ELEMENT: Fire (energetic)
QUADRUPLICITY: Cardinal (action)
POLARITY: Positive / Masculine (direct, self-expressive or extrovert)
SYMBOL: The Ram is the sign of the pioneer and warrior leader.
COLOR OF CHOICE: Red, Scarlet
STARSTONE: Diamond
BODY PART: Aries rules the head. Aries people tend to be headstrong.
KEY PHRASE: "I am."
* On the downside: jealous and combinative, destructive, domineering and obstinate.
* Your good qualities include: being dynamic, direct, positive in attitude and manner, and quick response to situations.
* Learning to know what you want and how to exert your will without harming anyone else will be your life's work.


ACTING -
1903 Edgar Buchanan, Humansville MO, actor/band leader (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction, Green Acres) [D: 04/04/79]
1906 (Oswald George) "Ozzie" Nelson, Jersey City NJ, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet) [D: 06/03/75]
1908 Sir Michael Redgrave, Bristol England, actor (The Importance of Being Earnest, 1984 ) [D: 03/21/85]
1922 Carl Reiner, Bronx NY, comedian/actor (2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show)
1928 Mr (Fred McFeely) Rogers, Latrobe PA, children's television host (Mr Roger's Neighborhood) [D: 02/27/2003]
1931 Hal Linden (Harold Lipshitz), Bronx NY, actor (Barney Miller, Blacke's Magic, Rothchild)
1948 John de Lancie, Philadelphia PA, actor (Q-Star Trek Next Generation, Eugene Bradford-Days of our Lives)
1950 William Hurt, Washington DC, actor (Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God, Syriana)
1958 Holly Hunter, Conyers GA, actress (The Piano, Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade)
1963 David Thewlis, Blackpool England, actor (Professor Lupin-Harry Potter, Seven Years in Tibet)
1979 Bianca Lawson, LA CA, actress (Kendra-Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Save the Last Dance)

ARTISTIC -
1934 Willie Brown Jr., Mineola TX, first African American mayor of San Francisco (1996-2004)
1957 (Shelton Jackson) "Spike" Lee, Atlanta GA, director/actor (Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X)
1963 Kathy Ireland, Santa Barbara CA, supermodel/actress/author/entrepreneur

HISTORIC -
1885 Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe
1925 John D Erlichman, Tacoma WA, politician (Nixon aide, Watergate conspirator) [D: 02/14/99]

MUSIC -
1937 Jerry Reed (Hubbard), Atlanta GA, country singer/songwriter (When you're Hot, You're Hot" Grammy Award/Best Male Country Vocal '72)
1947 Carl Palmer, Birmingham England, drummer (Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake & Palmer)

SCIENCE -
1856 Frederick Winslow Taylor, Germantown PA, father of scientific management [D: 03/21/15]
1904 B(urrhus) F(rederic) Skinner, Susquehanna PA, Behaviorism pioneer (Skinner box) [D: 08/18/90]

SPORTS -
1903 Vincent Richards, Yonkers NY, HoF tennis pro '59/ U.S. Pro Champion x4 [D: 9/28/59]
1945 Pat Riley, Schenectady NY, NBA star/coach (Rockets, Lakers, Knicks, Heat)
1948 Bobby Orr, Parry Sound Ontario, NHL HoF defenseman (Bruins)


1602  The Dutch East India Company is established.
1760  The "Great Fire" of Boston destroys 349 buildings.
1815  Napoleon enters Paris after escaping from Elba with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
1852  Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published in Boston.
1899  At Sing Sing prison, Martha M. Place becomes the first woman executed in an electric chair.
1916  Albert Einstein publishes his theory of relativity.
1942  General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
1952  US Senate's final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan.
1968  President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money.
1985  Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod dog sled race.
1987  The Food and Drug Administration approves anti-AIDS drug AZT.
2003  In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Abolition Day - Puerto Rico
Independence Day - Tunisia
Legba Zaou - Haiti
Petroleum Day - Iran
Provincial Anniversary - Otago New Zealand
World Frog Day - International
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Legba Zaou - Voudon


HUMOR SCOPE (http://humorscope.com)
The Humorscope has been called "uncannily accurate" by at least one person. I construct forecasts each day, using precise planetary positions, a custom-made analog computer, and ancient Norwegian meditation techniques. Or at least, that's what I would do if I had more time. Currently, I mostly just spin a carrot.

Aries (March 21 - April 19) - Today you will find yourself wondering why a shampoo that "tingles" would be better at preventing dandruff than one which doesn't. It's that sort of intellectual undertaking which has earned you your well-deserved reputation.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20) - Today you will lose your marbles. Fortunately, someone will find them and return them to you.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20) - This week, you are the bug and everyone else is the really huge shoe. Your objective: don't be noticed.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22) - Everyone you work with will bring Kim Chee for lunch, today. They're just doing it to be difficult.

Leo (July 23 - August 22) - As a joke, you should put an 8-foot-tall mucous-covered "egg" in your friend's basement. Then, when he or she goes down to do a load of laundry...

Virgo (August 23 - September 22) - Good day to put a few kumquats, some of those teensy little ears of corn, and a few brussels sprouts in a tiny little bowl, and leave it on someone's doorstep with a tiny little note reading "Dear Big People...."

Libra (September 22 - October 22) - Fortune will smile upon you today. Actually, it's more of a smirk.

Scorpio (October 23 - November 21) - This week will find you explaining gender roles to the clueless. For example, men MUST continue to channel surf on the TV, no matter how interesting the show is that they stumble onto. Women must watch what shows up on the channel they're watching, no matter how boring it is. It's just how these things are done. Women commit and regret it. Men don't commit and regret it. It's in our genes. Some kind of adenine/guanine/trampoline chemical thingie.

Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21) - Excellent day to fidget.

Capricorn (December 22 - January 20) - You will decide that you like the name "Sven" better than your own, and you begin encouraging people to call you that. Eventually, you will have your name legally changed.

Aquarius (January 21 - February 18) - You will discover that by simply wearing a large amulet made of bones and feathers, and by carrying a blowgun, you can usually get a seat on public transportation, no matter how crowded it gets.

Pisces (February 19 - March 20) - Despite having a brilliant mind and a lot of terrific friends, you find yourself stagnating in a quiet backwater, with financial success nowhere in sight. You will go into business for yourself, however, making frozen Piroshki based on your grandmother's recipe, and will become rich and famous. Your grandmother will thwap you with her umbrella.

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