Tuesday solar calendar, the day is named for the Pali word for the planet Mars, which also means "Ashes of the Dead"; the color associated with Tuesday is pink. In the folk rhyme "Monday's Child", "Tuesday's child is full of grace". In India, Tuesday is also popular for worshipping Hanuman and people fast during Tuesday. Tuesday is associated with the planet Mars and shares that planet's symbol, ♂. As Mars rules over Aries and Scorpio, these signs are also associated with Tuesday. Tuesday is the usual day for elections in the United States. Federal elections take place on the Tuesday after
William S. Gray William S. Gray William S. Gray (1885–1960) was an American educator and literacy advocate. Gray was born in the town of Coatsburg, Illinois on June 5, 1885. He graduated from high school in 1904 and began teaching in a one-room school house in Adams County, Illinois. After four years of teaching and being a principal he went to Illinois State Normal University for a two-year teacher training course. His studies were influenced by the North American Herbartian movement that emphasized starting with what the child knows and proceeding with an inductive instructional approach. Gray proceeded to advance his education at