March 23rd - Today is the 82nd day of the year, with only 283 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

Liberty or Death Day
On this date in 1775, Patrick Henry spoke in favor of arming the Virginia Militia against the British. At the end of his speech, he said "Give me liberty or give me death." The St. John's Church in Richmond was the location of his speech.


"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.


TAGLINES (http://taglinesgalore.com)
- A Bachelor believes in life, liberty and the happiness of pursuit.
- America: born free and taxed to death.
- American, n. - One who loves the Liberty Bell, and resembles it as well.
- At least Congress doesn't make death worse every year.
- Being married alive is a fate worse than death.
- Christians talk you to death ... Pagans just turn you into a frog.
- Death: Life's way of telling you you've been fired.
- Death and taxes? Now it's "shipping and handling."
- Death Star detected. (A)bort, (R)etry, (U)se the Force?
- Home of the Liberty Bell, written by Phil A. Delphia
- Give me Liberty or give me ... uh ... can I get back to you on that?
- Here's the story of the Liberty Bell, Tom told appealingly.


ACTING -
1857 Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)
1904 Joan Crawford (Lucille LeSueur), San Antonio TX, actress (What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?) [D: 05/10/77]
1922 Marty Allen, Pittsburgh PA, comedian (Allen & Rossi), "Hello Dere"
1957 Amanda Plummer, NY NY, actress (Pulp Fiction, Fisher King)
1964 Hope Davis, Englewood NJ, actress (The Weather Man, About Schmidt)
1965 Richard Grieco, Watertown NY, actor (21 Jump Street, Booker)
1976 Keri Russell, Fountain Valley CA, actress (Mickey Mouse Club, Felicity, Daddy Girls)

ARTISTIC -
1911 Charles Joseph A Russhon, USAF LtCol/film liaison (James Bond films) [D: 06/26/82]
1956 Laura Thorne, chef (named one of 10 best American chefs)
1960 Terry Sweeney, St Albans NY, writer/comedian (Saturday Night Live)

HISTORIC -
1990 Eugenie, London England, Princess of York/daughter of Prince Andrew/Sarah Ferguson

MUSIC -
1923 Arthel "Doc" Watson, Deep Gap NC, International Bluegrass Music HoF 2000
1953 Chaka Khan (Yvette Stevens), Great Lakes IL, rocker (Rufus-I'm Every Woman)

SCIENCE -
1699 John Bartram, Darby PA, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany [D: 11/22/1777]
1769 William Smith, Churchill Oxfordshire, geologist (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils) [D: 08/28/1839]
1881 Hermann Staudinger, Worms Germany, chemist/polymer chemistry (Nobel '53)
1907 Daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist/discovered antihistamines (Nobel '57) [D: 04/08/92]
1912 Wernher von Braun, Wirsitz (now Poland), regarded as father of U.S. space program [D: 06/16/77]

SPORTS -
1929 Roger Bannister, Harrow England, first to run a 4 minute mile (May 6, 1954)
1937 Craig Breedlove, Los Angeles CA, World Land Speed Record at 600.601 mph/"Spirit of America" 11/15/65
1954 Moses Malone, NBA all star center (Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia '76ers)
1951 Ron Jaworski, Lackawanna NY, NFL QB (Rams, Eagles, Dolphins) Player of the Year '80
1973 Jason Kidd, Oakland CA, NBA point guard (Nets, Mavericks) NBA All-Star x7, All-NBA x6


1806  Lewis and Clark reach Pacific coast After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.
1840  Draper takes first successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype)
1857  Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway, New York City.
1868  The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
1889  President Benjamin Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement starting on April 22.
1903  The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of one of the first successful airplanes after much hard work.
1942  US move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers
1962  NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, was launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace initiative.
1965  NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
1983  US President Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars"-plan (SDI)
1989  A 1,000-foot diameter Near-Earth asteroid misses the Earth by 400,000 miles.
2001  The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Pakistan Day - Pakistan
World Meteorological Day - International


NAME THAT COUNTRY
The kindergarten teacher was showing her class an encyclopedia page picturing several national flags. She pointed to the American flag and asked, "What flag is this?"

A little girl called out, "That's the flag of our country."

"Very good," the teacher said. "And what is the name of our country?"

"'Tis of thee," the girl said confidently.


I have become convinced that one useless man is called a disgrace, two useless men are called a law firm and three or more useless men are called a congress. - John Adams


U.S. CONSTITUTION: Statutes of liberty. (WordFoolery)

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