#david ruggles

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[yourneighborhoodstalker]

For You

Requested by: 🧼🫧 | anon

Pairing: Yandere!Mark x GN!Reader, David x GN!Reader

Genre: yandere, romance, thriller

Summary: Mark has been noticing that the popular guy is a little too close with you…

WARNING: yandere (of course), extreme emotion, murder, blood, mature (due to murder content), manipulation

Note! this story does not follow the events or storyline that happens in Killing Mr. Griffin!

“Please get out your textbooks and open up to page 57.” Mr. Griffin, the strict English teacher, voiced out to the class as he glanced around the room. The class quietly groaned but took out their textbooks from their bag.

Though his eyes caught onto one student; David Ruggles, who seemed to not have his book out. “Mister Ruggles, may I ask why you do not have your textbook out and on your desk?” The boy looks up, a bit startled. “Um… I—”

He was cut off when the classroom door suddenly opened. Everyone turned to see who it was. “Sorry I’m late sir.” You nervously said, slowly walking to your seat— which was right next to David.

Mr. Griffin sighs in disappointment. “This is your last warning for the term, (Last Name). It better not happen again.” You nod, gulping a bit. The old man then points to David. “It seems Mister Ruggles has forgotten his textbook. Would you please share yours with him for the time-being?” You nod again, pulling out your textbook and placing it on the table.

“What page number, sir?”

“Page 57.”

David scoots his desk closer to yours to look at your book. He makes eye contact with you and smiled a bit. “Hey.” He greets. “Hi.” You also greet, smiling back.

From behind you two, there was the cold boy with thrilling gray eyes and a calm demeanour. You always thought he was cute but never approached him because of how intimidating he was. You thought that Mark was such a cool guy.

You felt like someone was burning holes at your head and David’s. So you turn and look but everyone behind you had their eyes on the textbook. You turn back and read with the boy next to you.

‘Why does it feel like someone is staring?’ You thought but quickly shook off the thought when David had tapped your arm. “Can you flip to the next page, please?” You nodded, a little confused since he could’ve done it himself.

Someone scoffs quietly behind them. ‘I would’ve done it instead of being a stupid little asshole…’ They thought.

You look behind you out of curiosity and see Mark staring at you. You felt shivers going down your spine at his cold gaze. When you looked at him, something about him made you wonder. You wanted to talk to him more but he was just so… scary.

So you gave him a small smile and wave before turning back to the book. You shift in your seat a bit after that little gesture, feeling unsure about how his reaction was. What was he thinking about you? He probably thinks you’re a weirdo… right?

-

Mark was fiddling with his pen, staring at it. Some might’ve thought he was just thinking about assignments or cars but no. His mind wasn’t even anything near those topics.

He was thinking about you.

Your eyes looking at him.

Your smile at him.

Your hand waving at him.

You turned your body to see him.

That’s all he could focus on. He wanted you— he needed you. He wanted to hold you close and whisper into your ears sweet nothings. He wanted to feel your comfortable warmth. He wanted to hear your voice speak to him.

You’re just so funny, smart, caring, genuine, beautiful… Who wouldn’t want to date you? You’re straight up perfect in his eyes.

He purses his lips at the thoughts that had crossed his mind. He stops moving his pen, staring at the math worksheet on his desk. He then tightens his pen.

He is in love with you. In fact, he is infatuated with you. He’s obsessed with you. He needs you and you only. Nobody else will ever replace you. Not even Lana could match up to you.

And nobody will take you away from him. He’s certain that you and him will be together. Forever, even.

He vowed himself at that very moment that he will protect you and harm anyone and anything that hurts you.

He will… win you.

-

“So what’re your plans this weekend?” David asked you, putting his hands in his pockets as he was walking with you.

“Ah… Well… I might go to a party with my family friends.”

“Oh okay. Do you wanna hangout then? Like whenever you’re available.”

“Oh well… Sure. I guess.”

David smiles widely and lets out a breathy chuckle. “Great! Can I have your house number?” I nodded. “Yeah, let me just write it down for you.” I stop by the lockers and take the backpack off my shoulders. I take out a piece of paper and a pencil, writing my number down.

I give him the paper after writing my number down. “There you go. My mom usually picks up the phone so… just a warning.” David nods.

“Okay. I’ll call you. When are you going to your family’s party?”

“Saturday.”

“Sunday it is, then.”

“Okay. I’ll be expecting it.”

“Yep. I’ll see you.”

David walks away, excitedly clenching the piece of paper in his hand. He couldn’t believe he actually got your house number!

-

David starts walking the through the empty parking lot since it was in the direction of his home. He honestly couldn’t wait to tell his mom and grandmother.

He still had the paper in hand. As he walked pass a car, he heard a door open. “Hey David!” He turned and saw Mark. “Oh hey. Sup man.” He smiles at him but Mark had a blank expression as he approaches him. “What did you need?”

Mark stops a few feet in front of him and looked down at his hand. “What’s that you got there?” David looks down and his smile widens. “Oh. It’s (Name)’s house number. They wanted to hang out so.” Mark raised his eyebrows in surprise. “They wanted to hang out with you?” He asked in “interest,” inching closer. “Yeah. I’m planning on maybe a football game.” Mark narrowed his eyes a bit for a quick second. “Oh really? That’s nice.” They both chuckle and nod at each other.

But that moment quickly ended when Mark had snatched the paper out of his hands and crunched it up, shoving it in his pocket.

“What the hell man?! What’re you doing?!” David tried going after the paper but Mark puts his hand on his chest, preventing him from doing so. “You asking them out? Right. Like that’s gonna fucking happen.”

POW!

Mark punched David’s face really hard, making him fall down. The blonde boy groans and holds his face in pain and slight fear. He tries to get back up but then—

WHOP!

The boy had kicked him right in the face so hard. Out came blood from the boy’s mouth as his head shot back from the impact. David’s head hits the concrete. He was experiencing such pain that he’s never experienced before. He weakly looked up at Mark. “(Name) likes gardens you shithead.”

The boy grabs David’s collar and gives him one final punch.

POW!

David falls back down, unconscious and his lip and nose bleeding. His left eye had developed a bruise and his cheeks were swollen.

Mark sighs and opens his car door. He grabs David’s ankles and drags him across the ground and to his car. He then stops and smiles a bit. He starts chuckling. He was in amusement at the fact that DAVID tried to go on a date with you. Overall— David is not good enough for you. Why should anybody be good enough for you when there was him.

If he had to get rid of anyone to make sure you think that way, he will.

-

It was night time. You were expecting a call from David but you didn’t. Not like you cared or anything since you knew he was a bit too enthusiastic about getting your house number.

You asking your mother if anyone called and getting a negative response surprised you. You shrugged it off, thinking that he has a life too and he was probably taking care of his grandmother.

“Honey! Can you take out the trash really quick? I have to feed the cat!” Your mom shouted from downstairs. “Okay!” You yell back, putting your drawing book down and heading downstairs.

You head into the kitchen and got the trash can. “So who is coming to the family party again?” You asked, passing by your mom and heading to the back door. “Oh. Basically everyone except for Uncle Ted and Aunt Darling.” She responded, putting the cat’s food bowl down for your cat, Pepper, to eat.

“Oh… Shame.” You open the door and head out. You walk down the steps of the stairway of the backyard. You walk closer and closer to the trash bins.

You open one of the lids and put the trash in. You close it, sighing in relief that that’s over. Then you hear rustling on the other side of the house. You furrow your eyebrows at the unfamiliar, uncomfortable sound.

You slowly and quietly walk to the source of the noise. You press your back on the wall of the house and slowly peaked your head around the corner.

That’s when you saw a familiar figure standing and looking down at something. ‘That hair… that brown jacket…’ You widened your eyes when you saw— what you could’ve sworn was blood— dripping down his hand��� and down to his knife that he was holding.

You let out a shaky breath out of fear, stepping back. You were afraid. Your heart was racing and you felt lightheaded. Was this real? Was that blood? What’s happening? What did he do? Is he gonna hurt you, too? Are you just seeing things?

You blink rapidly and even rub your eyes. Though the figure was sure, indeed, still there. He was so familiar. You could’ve sworn you knew him.

You let your eyes slowly travel down his figure; down his back… down to his legs… down to his feet… and another pair of feet. Your mouth and throat goes dry when you realise there’s a body laying on the floor and that’s what this figure is standing in front of. You gasp, feeling tears well up in your eyes and your chest tightening in fear.

The intruder looks up from the noise that came out from your mouth and slowly turns to look at you. Your eyes were then as wide as saucers as you recognised the man. “M-Mark?!” You choke out, stepping back again.

The boy doesn’t respond, staying eerily silent as his cold gray eyes stare into your soul. Those gray eyes… you don’t know why… but you feel something twist in your chest as you look into him. For a moment you were in a trance at him.

So there you both were. Staring at each other. No words exchanged at all. You quickly snap out of it once you realised your mom and dad are inside.

You slowly start stepping back. “What… are… you doing…” You breathe out, your pupils shrinking as Mark stepped up.

He breathes in and looks back at the body lying in the ground. He steps aside and points at it. “Recognise him?” You narrow your eyes to try to see more in the dark.

Sure enough. You recognise that jacket with the school’s letter and mascot. You also recognise the face. “David?! What did you do to him?!” You lurch forward to try to get a better look at him but Mark blocks your way, holding up his bloody knife. You let out a small yelp and jump as you see the bloody knife in front of you.

“O-Oh god… Y-You… You…” Mark smiles a bit. “You’re cute when you stutter.” He claps his hands a bit. “But yeah. Your thoughts are the same as mine baby.” He steps forward suddenly, going close to your face. “I killed him.” He whispers lowly.

You let out a noise of shock and fear, stepping back. “W-What?! Why?! Why would you do that?—” You interrupted by your own hard, fast breathing. You were hyperventilating. Mark sees this and tilts his scared.

“Don’t tell me you’re scared, (Name)…” He says in a mockingly and soft way, slowly approaches you. “Are you?” He puts a hand on your shoulder but you hold his wrist and push it away. “Don’t touch me.” You said, your voice shaky.

“Are you scared of me? Do you fear me?” He asked, not taking your push as an answer. He inches closer, his face close to yours that you can feel his hot breath fanning down your face.

“…”

“Answer, sweetheart…”

He tilts your chin up, forcing you to make eye contact with him. His intense gaze dominates you entirely, making your knees weak. “… Yes…” You answer quietly. He smirks a bit and pat your cheek. “Good. Now…” He draws the knife up again and gently places the tip of the blade on your cheek.

“I am very aware that your mom and dad are inside right now. But even if you do scream or cry for help, your life will be taken by me either way so… be a good, cooperative partner and you won’t die, ‘mkay? I would be so heartbroken if I had to kill you…”

Mark frowns at you, looking into your eyes with a soft expression. Out of survival instinct, you nod slowly. He smiles, delighted of your response. “You’re so adorable…” He takes the knife off your cheek and places it in his knife holster.

He looks up back at you before sighing a bit. He gently grabs your hands and brings you close. You flinch at the touch, and he wasn’t surprised.

“Hey… I did this for you… David wanted to do bad things to you… And I wanted to make sure he doesn’t hurt you. I never ever want to see you get hurt. Especially by someone as stupid as him.”

His hands slowly slide up to caress the sides of your neck. Something about him right now made you feel… comfort? It was like he was luring you in.

“Don’t you worry. I’ll get rid of him for good and we can go to your favourite garden, okay?” He assures in a comforting tone. You slowly nod, your breathing going steady again. “Just the two of us.” He says, smiling.

He lets go. He grabs one of your hands and kisses the back of it. “I’ll be back. For now just go on with your night. I’ll call you tomorrow morning.” You nod, gulping.

You still felt afraid… but not as much anymore. You felt comfort in his words, strangely. You aren’t supposed to, but you did. Why is that? Is it because a man like Mark protected you from possibly danger?

“Goodnight, my sweet. Rest well because I’m taking you to the gardens tomorrow.” He smiles at her, acting casually as if he wasn’t dragging a body right now.

You slowly turn and walk back to your backdoor. You opened it and go through. Your eyes caught sight of Pepper, who was eating. You smile a bit, relieved to see some light of the day.

You sat in the chair of the kitchen and stare at Pepper. Your mind began to race with thoughts like crazy. What the hell just happened? Did you just see a dead body and did nothing? Why are you so… attracted to him? Why did he say all of that to you?

You sigh, rubbing your temples in frustration and confusion. You felt stressed. You just let him walk off casually dragging David’s dead body around.

You then heard the house phone ring. You gulp and get up from the chair, walking to it. You reach for the phone but hesitate. What if it’s him?

You inhale deeply and finally answer the phone. “(Last Name)’s residence. How may I help you?” You answered confidently, straightening up. “Make sure you eat dinner, love. And drink some water.” You heard Mark’s voice over the phone say. You felt goosebumps develop across your skin.

“Um… All right…” You nod awkwardly, standing there and not knowing what else to say. “If you want I can get you some diner food?” Your heartbeat increases its speed as he said that. How can he be so sweet after that incident? “Oh. Well… I’m okay. My mom already made some food for me so…” You heard him hum in understanding.

“Okay. Good. Homemade food is the best. Catch you tomorrow at 10 AM sharp, all right?” He says with a little joy in his voice; something you’re definitely not used to. “Yeah. Okay.” You nod, smiling a bit.

“Great… Bye. Sweet dreams.”

“You too, Mark.”

You end the call, leaning on the wall as if you were exhausted. You’re really smiling now after seeing the incident?

‘Can’t be that bad… right?’ You thought, finally going to the kitchen to eat.

[abandonedography]

Castle Hill - Ruggles, Ohio

Built in 1878 Charles Crittenden began construction of Castle Hill March 13, 1878, with a detailed "article of agreement" with builder David Myers, Wayne County. The pact used the home of John Flukes as a guideline. It specified such materials as "the best Vermont slate" for the roof, certain styles of flues, plaster and woodworking, brass fixtures, porcelain doorknobs and indoor shutters at every window. A central feature of the house is the mansard roofed tower which rises above the northeast corner over the main entrance. There is an unusual amount of carved wood ornamentation around the windows and the bracketed cornices. The 15-room house with its 10-foot ceilings was built for $2,700. The tower pediments and decks on the roof were added in another agreement in August of that same year, at an additional cost of $425. The structure, highlighted by an open stairway that makes one complete spiral from the ground floor to the top of the tower, was finished in 1880. The house sits upon a 660-acre farm originally owned by Nezer Sutherland who is buried in a small family cemetery on the grounds.

[padawan-historian]

Dreaming of Black bookstores tucked safely in the corners and growing places of our communities 🍉

https://www.mic.com/impact/black-owned-bookstores-have-always-been-at-the-center-of-the-resistance-21738486

[ausetkmt]

On this day in 1838, Frederick Douglass escaped to freedom and found his calling as a leading voice in the abolitionist movement. Douglass escaped slavery by boarding a train to Havre de Grace, Maryland.

He was dressed in a sailor's uniform, provided to him by Anna Murray, (he married her 12 days later, she was a free Black woman in Baltimore) she also gave him part of her savings to cover his travel costs, and carried identification papers which he had obtained from a free black seaman. He crossed the Susquehanna River by ferry at Havre de Grace, then continued by train to Wilmington, Delaware.

From there he went by steamboat to "Quaker City" (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and continued to the safe house of abolitionist David Ruggles in New York; the whole journey took less than 24 hours. Frederick Douglass later wrote of his arrival in New York: "I have often been asked, how I felt when first I found myself on free soil. And my readers may share the same curiosity. There is scarcely anything in my experience about which I could not give a more satisfactory answer.

A new world had opened upon me. If life is more than breath, and the 'quick round of blood,' I lived more in one day than in a year of my slave life. It was a time of joyous excitement which words can but tamely describe.

In a letter written to a friend soon after reaching New York, I said: 'I felt as one might feel upon escape from a den of hungry lions.' Anguish and grief, like darkness and rain, may be depicted; but gladness and joy, like the rainbow, defy the skill of pen or pencil."

Frederick Douglass first tried to escape from Freeland, who had hired him out from his owner Colonel Lloyd, but was unsuccessful. In 1836, he tried to escape from his new owner Covey, but failed again. In 1837, Douglass met and fell in love with Anna Murray, her freedom strengthened his belief in the possibility of his own.

Once he had arrived, he sent for Murray to follow him to New York; she arrived with the necessary basics for them to set up home. They were married on September 15, 1838, by a black Presbyterian minister eleven days after his arrival in New York.

[brookston]

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[lboogie1906]

The first magazine-type publication edited and owned by African Americans and aimed at African American readers, the Mirror of Liberty (December 25, 1937) was published sporadically in New York City by David Ruggles (1838-40). Modeled after the Freedom’s Journal, the paper pledged to avoid in its pages “the greedy appetite of scandal and abuse,” while “fearlessly attack[ing] vice and immorality, in high places and in low places.” Ruggles, the son of free African Americans, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, but lived for most of his life in New York City, where he ran a Temperance Society grocery, a printing business, a reading room, and a bookstore. He actively assisted fugitive enslaved and stopped more than once the kidnapping of free African Americans into slavery. Ruggles helped organize the New York Committee of Vigilance, which assisted more than 600 fugitive enslaved; and his newspaper functioned as the Committee’s official organ. It championed, among other issues, trials by jury for those African Americans accused of being runaway enslaved. Ruggles’ ill health ended the Mirror’s publication in 1840, but he continued his work with numerous contributions to anti-slavery journals and newspapers until his death. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Fortunately, New York’s black community was not without heroic defenders like David Ruggles, the tireless activist and journalist. Ruggles led the city’s antislavery community while the likes of Rynders, Riker, Boudinot and Nash, a group so wicked that Ruggles had labeled them “the kidnapping club,” patrolled the streets and docks in search of their next prey. Joined by activists like Horace Dresser, Arthur Tappan, Charles B. Ray and other antislavery protestors, Ruggles fought relentlessly against those officers and marshals who threatened black liberty. Just as modern protestors decry the role of the police in the quest for order, black and white activists in pre-Civil War New York claimed that the force was little more than a vigilante expression of the worst tendencies of white residents. A more professionalized police force, however, did not mean one more suited to the protection of black civil rights. On the contrary, in the early 1800s, the police proved sadly and persistently indifferent to the black lives they were supposed to protect.

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A letter from the Columbia University history department four days after the Trump administration issued a historically unprecedented list of demands for restoration of federal funds which Jameel Jaffer, director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia, characterized as, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.” The government ultimatum was followed by a response from the Columbia president which, considering the nature of the threat, left a lot to be desired.

March 20, 2025. To President Katrina Armstrong and the Board of Trustees, As faculty members of the Department of History at Columbia University, we recognize in the recent actions of the Trump Administration a desire to assert political control over the university. Like many other American campuses, Columbia University has seen struggles over academic freedom and the right to protest in the past, including the dismissal of faculty during World War I that led to the resignation of historian Charles Beard; the 1936 expulsion of a student, Robert Burke, after his role leading anti-Nazi protests on campus; the 1968 building occupations; and the campus demonstrations over apartheid and ethnic studies in the 1980s and 1990s. The situation we encounter today is fundamentally different from these earlier campus conflicts. Authoritarian regimes always seek to gain control over independent academic institutions. That is what we see unfolding now. We call on scholars, students, administrators, and staff here at Columbia and around the world to reject such efforts to dominate colleges and universities. Such interventions jeopardize our ability to think honestly about the past, the present, and the future, and to do so with our students, who deserve every opportunity to learn and to think for themselves. Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible.

Full list of signatories:

Kim Phillips-Fein, Robert Gardiner-Kenneth T. Jackson Professor of History

Frank Guridy, Dr. Kenneth and Kareitha Ford Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies and Professor of History

Pamela Smith, Seth Low Professor of History

Mark Lilla, Professor of Humanities

Pablo Piccato, Professor of History

Elizabeth Blackmar, Mary and David Boies Professor of History

Mae Ngai, Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History

David Rosner, Ronald H. Lauterstein Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and History

Michael Stanislawski, Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History

Adam Tooze, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History

Camille Robcis, Professor of History and French

Gregory Mann, Professor of History

Paul Kreitman, Associate Professor of Japanese History, EALAC

Rhiannon Stephens, Professor of History

Amy Chazkel, Bernard Hirschhorn Associate Professor of Urban Studies

Susan Pedersen, Morris Professor of British History

Casey N. Blake, Professor of History

Malgorzata Mazurek, Associate Professor of Polish Studies

John Ma, Professor of Classics

Elazar Barkan, Professor of International and Public Affairs, SIPA

Charly Coleman, Associate Professor of History

Gregory Pflugfelder, Associate Professor, EALAC

Mark Carnes, Professor of History, Barnard College

Anupama Rao, Professor of History, Barnard College, and MESAAS

Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History

Stephanie McCurry, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of History

Seth Schwartz, Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization

Natasha Lightfoot, Associate Professor of History

Nara Milanich, Professor of History, Barnard Coll

Michael Witgen, Professor of History

Karl Jacoby, Allan Nevins Professor of American History

Sarah Haley, Associate Professor of History

Adam Kosto, James R. Barker Professor of Contemporary Civilization

Ansley Erickson, Associate Professor of History and Education Policy, Teachers College

Robert Hymes, Carpentier Professor of Chinese History

Lisa Tiersten, Professor of History, Barnard College

Samuel Kelton Roberts, Associate Professor of History and Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health

Emmanuelle Saada, Professor of History and French

Marwa Elshakry, Associate Professor of History

Hilary Hallett, Professor of History and Mendelson Family Associate Professor of American Studies

Mark Mazower, Ira D. Wallach Professor of History

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Holidays 3.11

Holidays

Alphabet Day

Cornish Heath Day

Daily Newspaper Day (UK)

Day of Dug Control Authorities (Russia)

Day of the Rifleman

Debunking Day

Dream Day

European Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Terrorism (EU)

Flat White Day

Frankenstein Day

Human Services Day

International Day of Startups

Johnny Appleseed Day

Lend-Lease Day

Mahasivarathri Day (Sri Lanka)

Maha Shivaratree (Mauritius)

Moshoeshoe Day (Lesotho)

Mount Etna Eruption Anniversary Day

National Covid-19 Day

National Day of Observance for COVID-19 (Canada)

National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day

National Healing Headbands Day

National Immune System Day

National No-Code Day

National Payton Slaymaker Day

National Promposal Day

National Singles Day (UK)

National 311 Day

Nina Hartley Day

Penny Loaf Day (UK)

Pound Coins Day

Press Day (Tajikistan)

Prime Time Day

The Snowy Day

Solo Poly Day

Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day (EU)

Wash Your Nose Day

Women Physicians Day (Canada)

World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film

World Plumbing Day

Worship of Tools Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Amber Ale Day

Apple Appreciation Day

National Chicken Parm Day

National ‘Eat Your Noodles’ Day

National Sofrito Day

Oatmeal Nut Waffle Day

Nature Celebrations

Ixeris (Simple, Dedicated; Korean Birth Flowers)

Key Deer Awareness Day

Mandrake Day (French Republic)

Independence, Flag & Related Days

Cheslovian Federation (Declared; 2003) [unrecognized]

Confederate Constitution (Passed by Confederate Congress; 1862)

Crudaith (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Lithuania (from USSR, a.k.a. Day of Restoration; 1990)

Montgomery Convention approved Confederate States constitution (1861)

Sorrenia (Declared; 2013) [unrecognized]

Xarbarstan (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

2nd Tuesday in March

Gambling Disorder Screening Day [2nd Tuesday]

Organize Your Home Office Day [2nd Tuesday]

Table Tennis Tuesday [2nd Tuesday of Each Month]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tomato Tuesday [2nd Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning March 11 (2nd Week of March)

Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign Week (thru 3.17)

Festivals On or Beginning March 11, 2025

Cheltenham Festival (Gloucestershire, UK) [thru 3.14]

London Book Fair (London, United Kingdom) [thru 3.13]

Feast Days

Alberta of Agen (Christian; Saint)

Angus, the Culdee (Christian; Saint)

Aurea (Christian; Virgin)

Bela Lugosi Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Benedict of Milan (Christian; Saint)

Bunching of Fairies for the Second Flight (Shamanism)

Constantine of Cornwall (Christian; Saint)

Douglas Adams Day (Pastafarian)

Eulogius of Cordova (Christian; Martyr)

Feast Day of Hercules/Herakles (Ancient Rome/Greece)

Felire Oengusso Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Flower Sisters Witches of Belvoir Day (Pagan)

Gyalpyo (a.k.a. Gyallo Loshar; Nepal)

Jacques de Molay Day (Everyday Wicca)

Johnny Appleseed Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Marduk’s Day (Pagan)

Nora Nicks (Muppetism)

Óengus of Tallaght (Christian; Saint)

Pythagoras (Positivist; Saint)

Sophronius of Jerusalem (Christian; Saint)

Tessa Margaret Redi (Christian; Virgin)

Vindicianus (Christian; Saint)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chinese: Month 2 (Ji-Mao), Day 12 (Ji-Mao)

Day Pillar: Earth Rabbit

12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Establish Day (建 Jian) [Inauspicious]

Holidays: None Known

Secular Saints Days

Douglas Adams (Literature)

Louis Boulanger (Art)

Vannevar Bush (Science)

Jodie Comer (Entertainment)

Henry Cowell (Music)

Dock Ellis (Sports)

Wanda Gág (Art)

David Gentleman (Art)

Robert Grudin (Literature)

Kenneth Hayes Miller (Art)

Elias Koteas (Entertainment)

Bobby McFerrin (Music)

Carl Ruggles (Music)

Torquato Tasso (Literature)

Raoul Walsh (Entertainment)

Jerry Zucker (Entertainment)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

The Adam Project (Film; 2022)

All Things Bright and Beautiful, by James Herriot (Book; 1975)

The American Picture Book Aywon Film Cartoon; 1922)

Birds in the Spring (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1933)

Candide, by Leonard Bernstein and Hugh Wheeler (Broadway Musical; 1974)

Col. Heeza Liar and the Burglar (Colonel Heeza Liar Cartoon; 1922)

Comin’ Round the Mountain (Screen Song Cartoon; 1949)

Complicated, by Avril Lavigne (Song; 2002)

Contrasts in Rhythm (Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Dangerous Woman, by Ariana Grande (Song; 2016)

A Day at the Zoo (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

Daily Courant (UK Daily Newspaper; 1702)

Donald’s Better Self (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

Don Carlos, by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1867)

Everything Everywhere All At Once (Film; 2022)

Fellini Satyricon (Film; 1970)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (Film; 1994)

Goon From the Moon (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1951)

Homeless Hare (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)

The Hudsucker Proxy (Film; 1994)

I Got Plenty of Mutton (WB MM Cartoon; 1944)

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (UK TV Series; 2001)

I Will Always Love You, by Dolly Parton (Song’ 1992)

Less Than Zero, by Elvis Costello (Song; 1977)

Mad About Music (Film; 1938)

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Animated Disney Film; 1977)

Mars Needs Moms (Animated Film; 2011)

Metal Health, by Quiet Riot (Album; 1983)

Minnie the Moocher (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

Mr. Fuller Pep: His Day of Rest (Powers Cartoon; 1917)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Animated Studio Ghibli Film; 1984)

On Violence, by Hannah Arendt (Science Book; 1970)

Operation Cold Feet (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1957)

The Original Soundtrack, by 10cc (Album; 1975)

Penny Antics (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1955)

Plumber of Seville (Hercules Cartoon; 1957)

Porky’s Movie Mystery (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)

Princess of Thieves (Film; 2001)

A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry (Play; 1959)

Rigoletto, by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1851)

Ringing Bell (Animated Film; 1978)

Robin and Marian (Film; 1976)

Robots (Animated Film; 2005)

Roses and Thorns (Hearst-Vitagraph News Pictorial Cartoon; 1917)

Scrappy’s Playmates (Scrappy Cartoon; 1938)

The Sea Haunt (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #26; 1965)

Stand and Deliver (Film; 1988)

Swim or Sink (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

10 Cloverfield Lane (Film; 2016)

Texas Tom (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1950)

THX 1138 (Film; 1971)

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (WB Animated Film; 1992)

The Torpedo, Hornet of the Sea (Paramount-Bray Pictographs; 1918)

Trouble Date (Jeepers & Creepers Cartoon; 1960)

Turning Red (Animated Pixar Film; 2022)

Two Little Lambs (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1935)

When the Wind Blows (Animated Film; 1988)

Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (Disney Cartoon; 1983)

Today’s Name Days

Alram, Rosina (Austria)

Blanka, Kandid, Tvrtko (Croatia)

Anděla (Czech Republic)

Thala (Denmark)

Aigar, Ain, Ainar, Innar, Inno (Estonia)

Kalervo (Finland)

Rosine (France)

Alram, Rosina, Ulrich (Germany)

Szilárd (Hungary)

Costantino (Italy)

Agita, Konstantīns (Latvia)

Gediminas, Konstantinas, Vijolė (Lithuania)

Edvin, Tale (Norway)

Benedykt, Drogosława, Edwin, Kandyd, Konstanty, Konstantyn, Prokop, Rozyna, Sofroniusz (Poland)

Sofronie (Romania)

Angela, Angelika (Slovakia)

Áurea, Ramiro (Spain)

Edvin, Egon (Sweden)

Alberta, Albertina, Angus, Connie, Constance, Constantine, Consuela, Consuelo, Elberta, Ramiro (USA)

Today’s National Name Days

National Douglas Day

National Wanda Day

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 70 of 2025; 295 days remaining in the year

ISO Week: Day 2 of Week 11 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 14 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Ji-Mao), Day 12 (Ji-Mao)

Chinese Year of the: Snake 4723 (until February 17, 2026) [Ding-Chou]

Coptic: 2 Baramhat 1741

Druid Tree Calendar: Lime (Mar 11-20) [Day 1 of 10]

Hebrew: 11 Adar 5785

Islamic: 11 Ramadan 1446

Julian: 26 February 2025

Moon: 93%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 14 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Pythagoras]

Runic Half Month: Beore (Birch Tree) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 81 of 90)

SUn Calendar: 10 Green; Threesday [10 of 30]

Week: 2nd Week of March

Zodiac:

Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 21 of 30)

Sidereal Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 27 of 30)

Schmidt Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 18 of 27)

IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 23 of 23)

IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 24 of 24)

Calendar Changes

Lime (March 11-20) [Druid Tree Calendar] (Month 9 of 41)