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Harry S. Truman, 1945.

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March 8 is International Women’s Day, and March is National Women’s History Month in the United States. To celebrate, learn more about feminism and such diverse woman leaders as Jane Addams, Benazir Bhutto, Rigoberta Menchú, Indira Gandhi, Rachel Carson, Mae Jemison, Elizabeth Blackwell, and Babe Didrikson Zaharias.

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Use several online sites to learn about the wonders of the plant kingdom and understand that humans could not live on Earth without plants.

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DART buoy registered tsunami:

March 12, 2011 - Within approximately 25 minutes of the earthquake (magnitude 8.9) that occurred at 2:46 p.m. local time off the east coast of Japan near Sendai, a tsunami was recorded by DART buoy 21418.

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