Marchβs full Moon goes by the name Worm Moon, which was originally thought to refer to the earthworms that appear as the soil warms in spring. This invites robins and other birds to feedβa true sign of spring! An alternative explanation for this name comes from Captain Jonathan Carver, an 18th-century explorer, who wrote that this Moon name refers to a different sort of βwormββbeetle larvaeβwhich begin to emerge from the thawing bark of trees and other winter hideouts at this time.
Daily Calendar for Friday, March 14, 2025
Born
- Johann Strauss, the Elder (composer) β
- Lucy Hobbs Taylor (first U.S. woman dentist) β
- John Luther "Casey" Jones (railroad engineer) β
- Albert Einstein (physicist) β
- Lester Brown (bandleader) β
- Max Shulman (novelist) β
- Hank Ketcham (cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace) β
- Frank Borman (astronaut) β
- Michael Caine (actor) β
- Quincy Jones (musician) β
- Billy Crystal (actor) β
- Kirby Puckett (baseball player) β
- Steph Curry (basketball player) β
- Simone Biles (Olympic gymnast) β
Died
- Emile Erckmann (novelist) β
- Henry Woods (federal judge) β
- Thomas Winship (editor of the Boston Globe from 1965-1984, Pulitzer Prize winner) β
- Peter Graves (actor) β
- Stephen Hawking (physicist) β
Events
- Eli Whitney patented the cotton ginβ
- U.S. Congress adopted the gold standardβ
- Pelican Island (Fla.) became first National Wildlife Refuge in the United States β
- Women granted the right to vote in Saskatchewanβ
- Germany began retreat to Hindenburg Line (WWI)β
- First U.S. concrete seagoing ship, S.S. Faith, launched, Redwood City, Californiaβ
- U.S. President Warren G. Harding became the first chief executive to file an income tax reportβ
- Shirley Temple left her footprints and handprints in the wet cement at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywoodβ
- The U.S. Army Air Corp began bombing Osaka, Japan (WWII)β
- Possible UFO sighted in Healdsburg, Californiaβ
- Gordie Howe second player in NHL history to score 500 career goalsβ
- Jack Ruby was found guilty in Dallas of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedyβ
- Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward, aired its last episodeβ
- OPEC agreed to lower the benchmark price for crude oil by 15%. It marked the first price cut since the group’s formation in 1960β
- Marc Garneau chosen as first Canadian astronaut to go into spaceβ
- Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge founded in Manteo, North Carolinaβ
- Lebanese hijacker, Fawaz Younis, brought to U.S. to stand trial, found guilty of air piracy in 1985 hijackingβ
- The Soviet Congress elected Mikhail Gorbachev to the country’s presidency, one day after clearing the postβ
- Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Darlene Love, Tom Waits, Jac Holzman, Art Rupe, and Leon Russell were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fameβ
Weather
- Red snow and hail fell in parts of Italy and present-day Sloveniaβ
- A tornado swept through Nashville, Tennesseeβ
- At the end of a four-day storm, a record for the state of Iowa was set in Iowa City, 27.2 inches of snowfallβ