Today is March 17 2016

• National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day: More
  From Wikipedia: 'Corned beef was used as a substitute for bacon by Irish-American immigrants in the late 19th century. Corned beef and cabbage is the Irish-American variant of the Irish dish of bacon and cabbage. A similar dish is the New England boiled dinner, consisting of corned beef, cabbage, and root vegetables such as carrots, turnips, and potatoes, which is popular in New England and another similar dish, Jiggs dinner is popular in parts of Atlantic Canada.'
  
  'Corned beef is a salt-cured beef product. The term comes from the treatment of the meat with large grained rock salt, also called "corns" of salt. It features as an ingredient in many cuisines. Most recipes include nitrates or nitrites, which convert the natural hemoglobin in beef to methaemoglobin, giving a pink color. It has been argued that nitrates reduce the risk of dangerous botulism during curing. Beef cured with salt only has a gray color, and is sometimes called "New England corned beef". Often sugar and spices are also added to recipes for corned beef.'

• St. Patrick's Day: More
  From Wikipedia: 'Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.'
  
  'Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat. It is also widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora around the world, especially in Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated in more countries than any other national festival. Modern celebrations have been greatly influenced by those of the Irish diaspora, particularly those that developed in North America. In recent years, there has been criticism of Saint Patrick's Day celebrations for having become too commercialized and for fostering negative stereotypes of the Irish.'
• Campfire Girls Day: More
  Start: Informal 1910, Formal 1912. In 1975 it became 'Camp Fire Boys and Girls'. In 2001 it became 'Camp Fire USA'. In 2012 it became 'Camp Fire'. See more in the history section.
• Evacuation Day: More
  In Suffolk County Mass. 'It celebrates the date when the British troops evacuated Boston during the American Revolutionary War.'
  From Wikipedia: 'Evacuation Day, a holiday observed on March 17 in Suffolk County (which includes the cities of Boston, Chelsea, Revere, and the Town of Winthrop) and also by the public schools in Somerville, Massachusetts. The holiday commemorates the evacuation of British forces from the city of Boston following the Siege of Boston, early in the American Revolutionary War. Schools and government offices (including some Massachusetts state government offices located in Suffolk County) are closed. If March 17 falls on a weekend, schools and government offices are closed on the following Monday in observance. It is the same day as Saint Patrick's Day, a coincidence that played a role in the establishment of the holiday'.
• Absolutely Incredible Kid Day: More
  Sponsored by the Campfire Girls USA The theme is 'adults to write letters of love, encouragement and inspiration to the children of America'.

• In 1845, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour.
  From Wikipedia: 'Henry Jones (1812 – 12 July 1891) was a baker in Bristol, England, who was responsible in 1845 for inventing self-raising flour. He established a family business called Henry Jones (Bristol) Ltd. His flour meant that hard tack could have been removed from sailors of the British Navy but the admiralty resisted for some years.'
  
  Self-rising flour
  Leavening agents are used with some varieties of flour, especially those with significant gluten content, to produce lighter and softer baked products by embedding small gas bubbles. Self-rising (or self-raising) flour is sold premixed with chemical leavening agents. The added ingredients are evenly distributed throughout the flour which aids a consistent rise in baked goods. This flour is generally used for preparing scones, biscuits, muffins, etc. It was invented by Henry Jones and patented in 1845. Plain flour can be used to make a type of self-rising flour although the flour will be coarser. Self-raising flour is typically composed of the following ratio: 1 cup (125 g) flour, 1 teaspoon (3 g) baking powder, a pinch to ½ teaspoon (1 g or less) salt'.
  - At Wikipedia: More
• In 1912, Camp Fire Girls organization announced by Mrs Luther Halsey Guli.
  From Wikipedia: 'Camp Fire, formerly Camp Fire USA, originally Camp Fire Girls of America, is a secular co-ed inclusive youth development organization. Camp Fire was the first nonsectarian, multicultural organization for girls in America. Its programs emphasize camping and other outdoor activities for youth.
  
  Its informal roots extend back to 1910, with efforts by Mrs. Charles Farnsworth in Thetford, Vermont and Luther Gulick M.D. and his wife Charlotte Vedder Gulick on Sebago Lake, near South Casco, Maine. Camp Fire Girls, as it was known at the time, was created as the sister organization to the Boy Scouts of America. The organization changed its name in 1975 to Camp Fire Boys and Girls when membership eligibility was expanded to include boys. In 2001, the name Camp Fire USA was adopted, and in 2012 it became Camp Fire.
  - At Wikipedia: More
  - On YouTube: More
• In 1950, Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name 'californium.'.
  From Wikipedia: 'Californium was first synthesized at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, by the physics researchers Stanley G. Thompson, Kenneth Street, Jr., Albert Ghiorso, and Glenn T. Seaborg on or about February 9, 1950. It was the sixth transuranium element to be discovered; the team announced its discovery on March 17, 1950.
  
  'Only about 5,000 atoms of californium were produced in this experiment, and these atoms had a half-life of 44 minutes'.
  - At Wikipedia: More
  - On YouTube: More
• In 1956, At the 8th Primetime Emmy Awards:
  -- Best Comedy Series is 'The Phil Silvers Show'.
  -- Best Variety Series is 'Toast of the Town'.
  -- Best Action or Adventure Series is 'Disneyland'.
  -- Best Children's Series is 'Lassie'.
  -- Best Music Series is 'Your Hit Parade'.
  -- Best Single Program of the Year is 'Producer's Showcase', (Episode: 'Peter Pan'.
  -- Best Actor in a Continuing Performance is Phil Silvers on 'The Phil Silvers Show'.
  -- Best Actress in a Continuing Performance is Lucille Ball on 'I Love Lucy'.
  -- Best Actor in a Supporting Role is Art Carney on 'The Honeymooners'.
  -- Best Actress in a Supporting Role is Nanette Fabray on 'Caesar's Hour'.
  -- Best Actor in a Single Performance is Lloyd Nolan on 'Ford Star Jubilee', 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'.
  -- Best Actress in a Single Performance is Mary Martin on Producers' Showcase, 'Peter Pan'.
  - At Wikipedia: More
• In 1958, The Coasters recorded 'Yakety Yak'.
  From Wikipedia: '"Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Coasters and released on Atlantic Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as #1 on the R and B charts and a week as number one on the Top 100 pop list. This song was one of a string of singles released by The Coasters between 1957 and 1959 that dominated the charts, one of the biggest performing acts of the rock and roll era.
  
  'The song is a "playlet," a word Stoller used for the glimpses into teenage life that characterized the songs Leiber and Stoller wrote and produced. The lyrics describe the listing of household chores to a kid, presumably a teenager, the teenager's response ("yakety yak") and the parents' retort ("don't talk back") — an experience very familiar to a middle-class teenager of the day. Leiber has said the Coasters portrayed "a white kid’s view of a black person’s conception of white society." The serio-comic street-smart “playlets” etched out by the songwriters were sung by the Coasters with a sly clowning humor, while the screaming saxophone of King Curtis filled in hot, honking bursts in the up-tempo doo-wop style. The group was openly "theatrical" in style—they were not pretending to be expressing their own experience'.
  - At Wikipedia: More
  - On YouTube: More
• In 1966, Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
  From Wikipedia: 'Alvin, first of its ship class of deep submergence vehicle (DSV), was built to dive to 2,440 metres (8,010 ft). Each of the Alvin-class DSVs have different depth capabilities. However Alvin is the only one seconded to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with the others staying with the United States Navy.
  
  'Alvin's first deep sea tests took place off Andros Island, the Bahamas, where it made a successful 12-hour, unmanned tethered 7,500-foot (2,300 m) test dive. On 20 July 1965 Alvin made its first 6,000-foot (1,800 m) manned dive for the Navy to obtain certification. On 17 March 1966, Alvin was used to locate a submerged 1.45-megaton hydrogen bomb lost in a United States Air Force midair accident over Palomares, Spain. The bomb, found resting nearly 910 metres (2,990 ft) deep, was raised intact on 7 April. On 6 July 1967, the Alvin was attacked by a swordfish during dive 202. The swordfish became trapped in the Alvin's skin, and the Alvin was forced to make an emergency surface. The attack took place at 2,000 feet (610 m) below the surface. The fish was recovered at the surface and cooked for dinner. During Dive 209, on 24 September 1968 Alvin found an F6F, #42782, 125 miles southeast of Nantucket {the aircraft had ditched 30 September 1944 during carrier qualifications. The pilot survived}'.
  - At Wikipedia: More
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• In 1992, At the 18th People's Choice Awards:
  -- Favorite Motion Picture is 'Terminator 2 - Judgement Day'.
  -- Favorite Comedy Motion Picture is 'City Slickers'.
  -- Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture is 'Silence of the Lambs'.
  -- Favorite Actor in a Comedy Motion Picture is 'Steve Martin'.
  -- Favorite Actress in a Comedy Motion Picture is Julia Roberts.
  -- Favorite Actor in a Dramatic Motion Picture is Kevin Costner.
  -- Favorite Actress in a Dramatic Motion Picture is Julia Roberts.
  -- Favorite Male Musical Performer is Garth Brooks.
  -- Favorite Female Musical Performer is Reba McEntire.
  -- Favorite Male Country Music Performer is Garth Brooks.
  -- Favorite Female Country Music Performer is Reba McEntire.
  -- Favorite TV Comedy Series is 'The Cosby Show'.
  -- Favorite TV Dramatic Series is 'L.A. Law'.
  -- Favorite Male TV Performer is Bill Cosby.
  -- Favorite Female TV Performer is Candice Bergen.
  -- Favorite New TV Comedy Series is 'Home Improvement'.
  -- Favorite New TV Dramatic Series is 'Homefront'.
  -- Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Series is Tim Allen.
  -- Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Series is Suzanne Sommers.
  - At PeoplesChoice.com: More
  - At Wikipedia (Terminator 2): More
  - At Internet Movie Database IMD (Terminator 2): Internet Movie Database IMDb More
  - At Wikipedia: City Slickers at Wikipedia: More
  - At Internet Movie Database IMD (City Slickers): More
  - At Wikipedia: Silence of the Lambs at Wikipedia: More
  - At Internet Movie Database IMD (Silence of the Lambs): More
• In 1993, At the 19th People's Choice Awards:
  -- Favorite Motion Picture is 'A Few Good Men'.
  -- Favorite Motion Picture Actor is Kevin Costner.
  -- Favorite Motion Picture Actress is Whoopi Goldberg.
  -- Favorite Comedy Motion Picture is 'Home Alone 2: Lost' in New York', 'Sister Act'.
  -- Favorite Actor In A Comedy Motion Picture is Steve Martin for 'Housesitter'.
  -- Favorite Actress In A Comedy Motion Picture is Whoopi Goldberg for 'Sister Act'.
  -- Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture 'A Few Good Men'.
  -- Favorite Actor In A Dramatic Motion Picture is Kevin Costner for 'The Bodyguard'.
  -- Favorite Actress In A Dramatic Motion Picture is Demi Moore for 'A Few Good Men'.
  -- Favorite Male Musical Performer is Garth Brooks.
  -- Favorite Female Musical Performer is Whitney Houston.
  -- Favorite Musical Group Or Band is 'Alabama'.
  -- Favorite Male Country Music Performer is Garth Brooks.
  -- Favorite Female Country Music Performer is Reba McEntire.
  -- Favorite TV Comedy is 'Home Improvement'.
  -- Favorite TV Drama is 'L.A. Law'.
  -- Favorite Male TV Performer is Tim Allen for 'Home Improvement'.
  -- Favorite Female TV Performer is Candice Bergen for 'Murphy Brown'.
  -- Favorite New TV Comedy is 'Martin'.
  -- Favorite New TV Dramatic Series is 'Melrose Place'.
  - At Wikipedia: More
  - At Wikipedia (A Few Good Men): More
  - At Internet Movie Database IMD (A Few Good Men): More
  - At Wikipedia (Home Alone 2): More
  = At Internet Movie Database IMD (Home Alone 2) More

Tomorrow's food holiday is 'National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day'. From Wikipedia: 'Corned beef was used as a substitute for bacon by Irish-American immigrants in the late 19th century. Corned beef and cabbage is the Irish-American variant of the Irish dish of bacon and cabbage. A similar dish is the New England boiled dinner, consisting of corned beef, cabbage, and root vegetables such as carrots, turnips, and potatoes, which is popular in New England and another similar dish, Jiggs dinner is popular in parts of Atlantic Canada.'

'Corned beef is a salt-cured beef product. The term comes from the treatment of the meat with large grained rock salt, also called "corns" of salt. It features as an ingredient in many cuisines. Most recipes include nitrates or nitrites, which convert the natural hemoglobin in beef to methaemoglobin, giving a pink color. It has been argued that nitrates reduce the risk of dangerous botulism during curing. Beef cured with salt only has a gray color, and is sometimes called "New England corned beef". Often sugar and spices are also added to recipes for corned beef.'
[The Hankster says] Love it. I'm just glad some one did not decide to color it green, like some other St. Patrick's Day foods.


Other celebrations/observances tomorrow:

- 'St. Patrick's Day'. From Wikipedia: 'Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.'

'Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat. It is also widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora around the world, especially in Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated in more countries than any other national festival. Modern celebrations have been greatly influenced by those of the Irish diaspora, particularly those that developed in North America. In recent years, there has been criticism of Saint Patrick's Day celebrations for having become too commercialized and for fostering negative stereotypes of the Irish.'

- 'Campfire Girls Day'. Start: Informal 1910, Formal 1912. In 1975 it became 'Camp Fire Boys and Girls'. In 2001 it became 'Camp Fire USA'. In 2012 it became 'Camp Fire'. See more in the history section.

- 'Evacuation Day'. In Suffolk County Mass. 'It celebrates the date when the British troops evacuated Boston during the American Revolutionary War.'

From Wikipedia: 'Evacuation Day, a holiday observed on March 17 in Suffolk County (which includes the cities of Boston, Chelsea, Revere, and the Town of Winthrop) and also by the public schools in Somerville, Massachusetts. The holiday commemorates the evacuation of British forces from the city of Boston following the Siege of Boston, early in the American Revolutionary War. Schools and government offices (including some Massachusetts state government offices located in Suffolk County) are closed. If March17 falls on a weekend, schools and government offices are closed on the following Monday in observance. It is the same day as Saint Patrick's Day, a coincidence that played a role in the establishment of the holiday'. - 'Absolutely Incredible Kid Day'. Sponsored by the Campfire Girls USA The theme is 'adults to write letters of love, encouragement and inspiration to the children of America'.


Historical events in the past on: March 17

- In 1845, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour. From Wikipedia: 'Henry Jones (1812 – 12 July 1891) was a baker in Bristol, England, who was responsible in 1845 for inventing self-raising flour. He established a family business called Henry Jones (Bristol) Ltd. His flour meant that hard tack could have been removed from sailors of the British Navy but the admiralty resisted for some years.'

Self-rising flour Leavening agents are used with some varieties of flour, especially those with significant gluten content, to produce lighter and softer baked products by embedding small gas bubbles. Self-rising (or self-raising) flour is sold premixed with chemical leavening agents. The added ingredients are evenly distributed throughout the flour which aids a consistent rise in baked goods. This flour is generally used for preparing scones, biscuits, muffins, etc. It was invented by Henry Jones and patented in 1845. Plain flour can be used to make a type of self-rising flour although the flour will be coarser. Self-raising flour is typically composed of the following ratio: 1 cup (125 g) flour, 1 teaspoon (3 g) baking powder, a pinch to ½ teaspoon (1 g or less) salt'.

- In 1912, Camp Fire Girls organization announced by Mrs Luther Halsey Guli. From Wikipedia: 'Camp Fire, formerly Camp Fire USA, originally Camp Fire Girls of America, is a secular co-ed inclusive youth development organization. Camp Fire was the first nonsectarian, multicultural organization for girls in America. Its programs emphasize camping and other outdoor activities for youth.

Its informal roots extend back to 1910, with efforts by Mrs. Charles Farnsworth in Thetford, Vermont and Luther Gulick M.D. and his wife Charlotte Vedder Gulick on Sebago Lake, near South Casco, Maine. Camp Fire Girls, as it was known at the time, was created as the sister organization to the Boy Scouts of America. The organization changed its name in 1975 to Camp Fire Boys and Girls when membership eligibility was expanded to include boys. In 2001, the name Camp Fire USA was adopted, and in 2012 it becameCamp Fire.

- In 1950, Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name 'californium.'. From Wikipedia: 'Californium was first synthesized at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, by the physics researchers Stanley G. Thompson, Kenneth Street, Jr., Albert Ghiorso, and Glenn T. Seaborg on or about February 9, 1950. It was the sixth transuranium element to be discovered; the team announced its discovery on March 17, 1950.

'Only about 5,000 atoms of californium were produced in this experiment, and these atoms had a half-life of 44 minutes'.

- In 1956, At the 8th Primetime Emmy Awards: -- Best Comedy Series is 'The Phil Silvers Show'. -- Best Variety Series is 'Toast of the Town'. -- Best Action or Adventure Series is 'Disneyland'. -- Best Children's Series is 'Lassie'. -- Best Music Series is 'Your Hit Parade'. -- Best Single Program of the Year is 'Producer's Showcase', (Episode: 'Peter Pan'. -- Best Actor in a Continuing Performance is Phil Silvers on 'The Phil Silvers Show'. -- Best Actress in a Continuing Performance is Lucille Ball on 'I Love Lucy'. -- Best Actor in a Supporting Role is Art Carney on 'The Honeymooners'. -- Best Actress in a Supporting Role is Nanette Fabray on 'Caesar's Hour'. -- Best Actor in a Single Performance is Lloyd Nolan on 'Ford Star Jubilee', 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'. -- Best Actress in a Single Performance is Mary Martin on Producers' Showcase, 'Peter Pan'.

- In 1958, The Coasters recorded 'Yakety Yak'. From Wikipedia: '"Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Coasters and released on Atlantic Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as #1 on the R and B charts and a week as number one on the Top 100 pop list. This song was one of a string of singles released by The Coasters between 1957 and 1959 that dominated the charts, one of the biggest performing acts of the rock and roll era.

'The song is a "playlet," a word Stoller used for the glimpses into teenage life that characterized the songs Leiber and Stoller wrote and produced. The lyrics describe the listing of household chores to a kid, presumably a teenager, the teenager's response ("yakety yak") and the parents' retort ("don't talk back") — an experience very familiar to a middle-class teenager of the day. Leiber has said the Coasters portrayed "a white kid’s view of a black person’s conception of white society." The serio-comic street-smart “playlets” etched out by the songwriters were sung by the Coasters with a sly clowning humor, while the screaming saxophone of King Curtis filled in hot, honking bursts in the up-tempo doo-wop style. The group was openly "theatrical" in style—they were not pretending to be expressing their own experience'.

- In 1966, Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb. From Wikipedia: 'Alvin, first of its ship class of deep submergence vehicle (DSV), was built to dive to 2,440 metres (8,010 ft). Each of the Alvin-class DSVs have different depth capabilities. However Alvin is the only one seconded to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with the others staying with the United States Navy.

'Alvin's first deep sea tests took place off Andros Island, the Bahamas, where it made a successful 12-hour, unmanned tethered 7,500-foot (2,300 m) test dive. On 20 July 1965 Alvin made its first 6,000-foot (1,800 m) manned dive for the Navy to obtain certification. On 17 March 1966, Alvin was used to locate a submerged 1.45-megaton hydrogen bomb lost in a United States Air Force midair accident over Palomares, Spain. The bomb, found resting nearly 910 metres (2,990 ft) deep, was raised intact on 7 April. On 6 July 1967, the Alvin was attacked by a swordfish during dive 202. The swordfish became trapped in the Alvin's skin, and the Alvin was forced to make an emergency surface. The attack took place at 2,000 feet (610 m) below the surface. The fish was recovered at the surface and cooked for dinner. During Dive 209, on 24 September 1968 Alvin found an F6F, #42782, 125 miles southeast of Nantucket {the aircraft had ditched 30 September 1944 during carrier qualifications. The pilot survived}'.

- In 1992, At the 18th People's Choice Awards: -- Favorite Motion Picture is 'Terminator 2 - Judgement Day'. -- Favorite Comedy Motion Picture is 'City Slickers'. -- Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture is 'Silence of the Lambs'. -- Favorite Actor in a Comedy Motion Picture is 'Steve Martin'. -- Favorite Actress in a Comedy Motion Picture is Julia Roberts. -- Favorite Actor in a Dramatic Motion Picture is Kevin Costner. -- Favorite Actress in a Dramatic Motion Picture is Julia Roberts. -- Favorite Male Musical Performer is Garth Brooks. -- Favorite Female Musical Performer is Reba McEntire. -- Favorite Male Country Music Performer is Garth Brooks. -- Favorite Female Country Music Performer is Reba McEntire. -- Favorite TV Comedy Series is 'The Cosby Show'. -- Favorite TV Dramatic Series is 'L.A. Law'. -- Favorite Male TV Performer is Bill Cosby. -- Favorite Female TV Performer is Candice Bergen. -- Favorite New TV Comedy Series is 'Home Improvement'. -- Favorite New TV Dramatic Series is 'Homefront'. -- Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Series is Tim Allen. -- Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Series is Suzanne Sommers.

- In 1993, At the 19th People's Choice Awards: -- Favorite Motion Picture is 'A Few Good Men'. -- Favorite Motion Picture Actor is Kevin Costner. -- Favorite Motion Picture Actress is Whoopi Goldberg. -- Favorite Comedy Motion Picture is 'Home Alone 2: Lost' in New York', 'Sister Act'. -- Favorite Actor In A Comedy Motion Picture is Steve Martin for 'Housesitter'. -- Favorite Actress In A Comedy Motion Picture is Whoopi Goldberg for 'Sister Act'. -- Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture 'A Few Good Men'. -- Favorite Actor In A Dramatic Motion Picture is Kevin Costner for 'The Bodyguard'. -- Favorite Actress In A Dramatic Motion Picture is Demi Moore for 'A Few Good Men'. -- Favorite Male Musical Performer is Garth Brooks. -- Favorite Female Musical Performer is Whitney Houston. -- Favorite Musical Group Or Band is 'Alabama'. -- Favorite Male Country Music Performer is Garth Brooks. -- Favorite Female Country Music Performer is Reba McEntire. -- Favorite TV Comedy is 'Home Improvement'. -- Favorite TV Drama is 'L.A. Law'. -- Favorite Male TV Performer is Tim Allen for 'Home Improvement'. -- Favorite Female TV Performer is Candice Bergen for 'Murphy Brown'. -- Favorite New TV Comedy is 'Martin'. -- Favorite New TV Dramatic Series is 'Melrose Place'.

No. 1 song

• Ballad of the Green Beretsr - SSgt. Barry Sadle'
  On YouTube: More
  At Wikipedia: More
  'These Boots Are Made for Walkin' has been displaced by 'Ballad of the Green Beretsr', which will hold the no. 1 spot until Apr 2 1966, when '19th Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones', takes over.
  From Wikipedia: '"The Ballad of the Green Berets" is a patriotic song in the ballad style about the Green Berets, an elite special force in the U.S. Army. It is one of the very few songs of the 1960s to cast the military in a positive light and in 1966 it became a major hit, reaching No. 1 for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and four weeks on Cashbox. It was also a crossover smash, reaching No. 1 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart and No. 2 on Billboard's Country survey'.

Top movie

• Johnny Reno
  At Wikipedia:  More
  On IMDb: More
  On YouTube (trailer): More
  Having displaced 'The Group', it will be there until the weekend box office of Mar 20 1966 when, 'Doctor Zhivago (again)', takes over.
  From Wikipedia:' 'Johnny Reno is a 1966 American western film made by A.C. Lyles Productions and released by Paramount Pictures. It starred Dana Andrews and Jane Russell. It was directed by R.G. Springsteen, produced by A.C. Lyles, with a screenplay by Andrew Craddock, Steve Fisher and A.C. Lyles'.

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Monthly holiday / awareness days in March

Food
National Frozen Food Month
National Noodle Month
National Nutrition Month
National Peanut Month

Health
Alport Syndrome Awareness Month
American Red Cross Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Colic Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Month
Endometriosis Month
Malignant Hypertension Awareness and Training Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Essential Tremor Awareness Month
National Eye Donor Month
National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
National Kidney Month
Poison Prevention Awareness Month
Save Your Vision Month
Vascular Abnormalities Awareness Month
Workplace Eye Wellness Month

Animal / Pet
Adopt A Rescued Guinea Pig Month

Other
Credit Education Month
Employee Spirit Month
Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
Honor Society Awareness Month
Humorists Are Artists Month
International Expect Success Month
International Ideas Month
International Mirth Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Mad for Plaid Month
Music In Our Schools Month
National Cheerleading Safety Month
National Craft Month
National Ethics Awareness Month
National Kite Month (3/28-5/3)
National March Into Literacy Month
National Social Work Month
National Umbrella Month
National Women's History Month
Optimism Month
Play The Recorder Month
Women's History Month
Youth Art Month

March is:

March origin (from Wikipedia):
'The name of March comes from Latin Martius, the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named for Mars, the Roman god of war who was also regarded as a guardian of agriculture and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. '

March 'is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of seven months that are 31 days long. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20th or 21st marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March. '

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US Government Holidays

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Holidays Worldwide

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