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WARSAW — The arrival of a new month brings with it the first official day of spring. Here are highlights, trivia and holidays associated with March.

HOLIDAYS:

• March 17 — St. Patrick’s Day

EVENTS:

• March 9 — State of the City Address with Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer, 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Center Lake Pavilion.
• March 13 — NCAA March Madness Selection Sunday.

SPECIAL OBSERVANCES:

• March 1 — National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day, National Pig Day
• March 2 —  Dr. Seuss’s Birthday, National Read Across America Day, World Teen Mental Wellness Day
  
• March 3 — National Anthem Day, World Wildlife Day
  
• March 4 — World Prayer Day, Employee Appreciation Day
• March 5 — Cheese Doodle Day
• March 6 — National Dentist’s Day
• March 7 — National Cereal Day
• March 8 — International Women’s Day, National Proofreading Day
• March 9 — National Barbie Day
• March 10 — World Kidney Day
• March 11 — National Johnny Appleseed Day, Promposal Day
• March 12 — National Girl Scout Day, Working Moms Day, Plant a Flower Day
• March 13 — Daylight Saving Time
• March 14 — National Pi Day
• March 15 — The Ides of March
• March 16 — National Panda Day, Artichoke Day
• March 17 — St. Patrick’s Day
• March 18 — National Sloppy Joe Day
• March 19 — National Corn Dog Day, Certified Nurses Day
• March 20 — First Day of Spring
• March 21 — National Common Courtesy Day, French Bread Day, World Down Syndrome Day
• March 22 — National Goof Off Day, World Water Day
• March 23 — National Puppy Day, World Meteorology Day
• March 24 — National Cocktail Day, World Tuberculosis Day
• March 25 —  National Tolkien Reading Day
• March 26 — Epilepsy Awareness Day, National Spinach Day
• March 27 —  National Spanish Paella Day
• March 28 — National Black Forest Cake Day
• March 29 —  Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
• March 30 — National Take a Walk in the Park Day, Doctors Day
• March 31 — National Crayon Day

March is also known as:

• Irish American Heritage Month
• Music in Our Schools Month
• National Celery Month
• National Craft Month
• National Frozen Food Month
• National Irish American Heritage Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Women’s History Month
• Red Cross Month
• Social Workers Month

TRIVIA:

• If you were born in March, your birthstone is Aquamarine and bloodstone. Your birth flower is Daffodil. Your zodiac sign is either Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) or Aries (March 21 – April 19). 
• The name “March” comes from the Roman god of war, Mars. For many years, March, being the start of spring, was also the start of the New Year. Much of Europe used March as the start of the year. Britain used March 25 as the beginning of the New Year until 1752.
• March 1, 1932 — the Lindbergh Kidnapping. Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., 20-month-old son of aviators Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh,  was abducted from his crib in the upper floor of the Lindberghs’ home, in New Jersey.
• March 13, 1943 — A plot to kill Hitler by German army officers failed, as a bomb planted aboard his plane failed to explode due to a faulty detonator.
• March 5, 1963 — Country singers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins were killed in a plane crash near Camden, Tenn. They were traveling to Nashville after appearing at a benefit concert for the widow of Kansas City disc jockey ‘Cactus’ Jack Call, who had died in a car crash. On March 7, country singer Jack Anglin was killed in a car crash on his way to Cline’s funeral. Cline was the first country singer to cross over as a pop artist.
• March 2, 1967 — The Beatles’ song “Michelle” is named Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards.
• March 28, 1979 — Near Harrisburg, Pa., the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident occurred in which uranium in the reactor core overheated due to the failure of a cooling valve. A pressure relief valve then stuck causing the water level to plummet, threatening a catastrophic nuclear meltdown. The accident resulted in the release of radioactive steam into the atmosphere, and created a storm of controversy over the necessity and safety of nuclear power plants.
• March 20, 1995 — A nerve gas attack occurred on the Tokyo subway system during rush hour, resulting in 12 people killed and 5,000 injured. Japanese authorities later arrest the leader and members of a Japanese religious cult suspected in the attack.