Daily Calendar for March 14th, 2021
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The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.
Daylight Saving Time Begins on Sunday at 2:00 A.M.
Today is the beginning of Daylight Saving Time, time for moving the clocks one hour ahead. The exceptions are Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. Credit for Daylight Saving Time belongs to Benjamin Franklin, who first suggested the idea in 1784. The idea was revived in 1907, when William Willett, an Englishman, proposed a similar system in the pamphlet The Waste of Daylight. The Germans were the first to officially adopt the light-extending system in 1915 as a fuel-saving measure during World War I. The British switched one year later, and the United States followed in 1918, when Congress passed the Standard Time Act, which established our time zones. This experiment lasted only until 1920, when the law was repealed due to opposition from dairy farmers (cows don't pay attention to clocks). During World War II, Daylight Saving Time was imposed once again (this time year-round) to save fuel.
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Born 1920: Hank Ketcham (cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace)
1923: U.S. President Warren G. Harding became the first chief executive to file an income tax report
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1984: Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge founded in Manteo, North Carolina
1984: Marc Garneau chosen as first Canadian astronaut to go into space