March 22nd - Today is the 81st day of the year, with only 284 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

Regional Shopping Mall Day
In 1954, the first regional shopping mall in the U.S. opened in Southfield, Michigan.


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
LAST QUARTER - Mar 22   7:10 p.m.
NEW MOON - Mar 29   10:16 a.m.
FIRST QUARTER - Apr 5   12:01 p.m.
FULL MOON - Apr 13   4:41 p.m.


From the Home Office in Wahoo, Nebraska, it's the Top Ten List for October 16, 2001
TOP TEN QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK WHEN SHOPPING FOR AN UMBRELLA
10. "What kind of trade-in can I get on my old umbrella?"
9. "Can you give me references from satisfied customers?"
8. "Do you carry those smart-looking umbrella hats?"
7. "How long until I accidentally leave it in a cab?"
6. "Is it all right if I take one home and try it in the shower?"
5. "Do you offer umbrella lessons?"
4. "Can you tell me about your anti-umbrella-theft options?"
3. "Is it waterproof?"
2. "Do you have a restroom?"
1. "Do you mind if I pretend to shop for umbrellas until it stops raining?"
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ACTING -
1887 "Chico" (Leonard) Marx, NY NY, comedian (Marx Brothers) [D: 10/11/87]
1912 Karl Malden (Mladen Sekulovich), Gary IN, actor (Mike-Streets of San Francisco, American Express)
1920 Ross Martin (Martin Rosenblatt), Grodek Poland, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West) [D: 07/03/81]
1931 William Shatner, Montreal Canada, actor (Star Trek, Boston Legal)
1935 M(ichael) Emmet Walsh, Ogdensburg NY, actor (Wildcats, Christmas with the Kranks)
1942 Barbara Parkins, Vancouver BC, actress (Peyton Place, Valley of the Dolls)
1955 Lena Olin, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Irina-Alias, The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
1959 Matthew Modine, Loma Linda CA, actor (Full Metal Jacket, The Bedford Diaries)
1976 Reese Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, Academy winning actress (Legally Blonde, Walk the Line)

ARTISTIC -
1923 Marcel Marceau, France, mime "Bip"
1908 Louis (Dearborn LaMoore) D L'Amour, Jamestown ND, author (Hondo, Conagher) [D: 06/10/88]
1930 Stephen Sondheim, NY NY, lyricist/composer (Sweeney Todd, West Side Story)
1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber, London England, composer (Evita, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar)
1948 Wolf Blitzer, Buffalo NY, journalist/author (CNN, The Situation Room )

HISTORIC -
1903 James S Russell, Tacoma WA, pilot/Admiral (Dist Service Medal-2) Vice Chief of Naval Operations
1907 Gen James Gavin, NY NY, 82nd Airborne Div (Sicily/Normandy)/Ambassador to France 1961-63
1924 Allen Neuharth, Eureka SD, newspaper founder (USA Today)
1930 Pat Robertson, Lexington VA, televangelist (700 Club, Presidential candidate-Republican-1989)

MUSIC -
1936 Roger Whittaker, Nairobi Kenya, singer (Durham Town)
1943 George Benson, Pittsburgh PA, singer/guitarist (Give Me the Night)
1943 Keith Relf, London England, rocker/lead singer (Yardbirds-For Your Love, Renaissance) [D: 05/14/76]
1941 Jeremy Clyde, Dorney England, rocker (Chad & Jeremy-Yesterday's Gone)
1948 Randy Hobbs, Winchester IN, rocker (Johnny Winter Band, McCoys) [D: 08/05/93]
1957 Stephanie Mills, Brooklyn NY, Grammy winning R&B/soul singer (I Never Knew Love Like This Before)

SCIENCE -
1799 F W A Argelander, Memel Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars [D: 02/17/1875]
1868 Robert A Millikan, Morrison IL, physicist (photoelectric effect; Nobel '23) [D: 12/19/53]
1931 Burton Richter, NYC, physicist (particle accelerator; Nobel '76)

SPORTS -
1946 Don Chaney, Baton Rouge LA, NBA player (Rockets)/ass't coach (Pistons)
1952 Bob Costas, Queens NY, sportscaster (The NFL on NBC)


1621 The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
1630 Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
1790 Thomas Jefferson becomes the first US Secretary of State
1903 Niagera Falls runs out of water because of a drought
1933 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of beer and wine.
1941 Washington's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
1945 The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
1963 "Please Please Me", the first Beatles album, is released in the UK.
1963 Oregon State's Terry Baker becomes first and only Heisman Trophy winner
1972 Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified)
1991 New York Daily News begins using motto "Forward with New York"
1993 The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Arab League Day - Syria
Day of the People's Party - Laos
Emancipation Day - Puerto Rico
Nauryz Meyrami (Traditional Spring Holiday) - Kazakhstan
Novruz Bayram - Azerbaijan
World Day for Water - International
North American Wildlife Celebration - United States of America


BARGAINING
I sell new and used computers for a living. At an exhibit and sale, I decided to give away an old 13-inch monitor that I had lying around.

A woman came by and said, "You're giving this away? I'll take it!"

Then she noticed a 15-inch monitor at the end of my table. "How much for that one?" she asked.

I told her it was $75.

She looked down at her free monitor, thought for a moment and asked, "Do you take trade-ins?"


Shopping is a woman thing. It's a contact sport like football. Women enjoy the scrimmage, the noisy crowds, the danger of being trampled to death, and the ecstasy of the purchase. - Erma Bombeck


SHOPPING SPREE: Going buy-buy. (WordFoolery)

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