Daylight Saving Time - March 8
Spring Ahead
Sunday, March 8, 2026
Today is the start of Daylight Saving Time, Check Your Batteries Day, Girl Scout Sunday, Girls Write Now Day, International Women's Day, Peanut Cluster Day, Proofreading Day, Retro Video Game Day, Genealogy Day, and UN Day for Women's Rights & Peace.
Women's History Month Resource of the Day: National Women's History Museum
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Frogs and Toads
ON THIS DATE
- 1817 - The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
- 1971 - Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden in New York.
- 1983 - President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil empire" during a speech.
- 2014 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
- 1841 - Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
- 1859 - British author Kenneth Grahame
- 1922 - Actor and dancer Cyd Charisse
- 1947 - Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager
- 1953 - Baseball player Jim Rice
Pink Floyd - Time - LISTEN
Jim Croce - Time in a Bottle - LISTEN
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time - LISTEN
THEME: Daylight Saving Time
- Grades 1-4 - NHPBS Video - But Why - Why Do We Have Daylight Saving Time? (2:01) - View
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Be Smart - Fixing Daylight Saving Time is THIS Easy - (12:19) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS News Hour - The History of Daylight Saving Time and Its Effect on Health (7:52) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - NOVA - Why Experts Say Permanent Daylight Saving Time is Unhealthy (4:30) - VIEW
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