Long List of March Holidays and Special Days

By popular request, here is a long list of all of the special days celebrated in March 2008. If you prefer, you can explore March's special days by date.

Month Long Observances

• American Red Cross Month

• Irish-American Heritage Month

• Music in our Schools Month

• National Craft Month
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• National Frozen Food Month

• National Noodle Month

• National Nutrition Month

• Woman's History Month

• Youth Art Month

Week Long Observances

• 1st Week - Newspapers in Our School Week

• 2nd Week - Bubble Gum Week

• 2nd Week - Crochet Week

March 1st

• National Pig Day
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• Peanut Butter Lover's Day
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• Saint David's Day
  Celebrated in Wales, UK.

• Share a Smile Day
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March 2nd

• Dr. Seuss's Birthday
  Born in 1904. Check out my page for this special day!

• Read Across America Day

March 3rd

• Doll Festival
  In Japan.

• National Anthem Day
  The Star Spangled Banner was adopted by Congress as the national anthem in 1931.

March 4th

• National Poundcake Day

March 5th

• Multiple Personalities Day

• Parachute was invented
  By Da Vinci

March 6th

• Dentist Day

• Michelangelo Buonarroti's Birthday
  Born on this day in 1475.

• Oreo Cookies for Sale
  On Sale for the first time in 1912.

March 7th

• Telephone Patent Granted
  In 1876 to Alexander Graham Bell.

March 8th

• Working Women's Day

March 9th

• Barbie's Birthday
  Barbie Doll was introduced on this day in 1959.

• Buzzard Day
  The second Sunday in March, however it is celebrated on different days on different places!

• Daylight Saving Time Begins
  Clocks move forward one hour on the second Sunday in March.

• No Smoking Day

• Panic Day

March 10th

• Commonwealth Day
  The Second Monday in March.

• First Paper Money Issued
  Issued this day in 1862.

March 11th

• First Basketball Game
  The first public game was on March 11, 1892.

March 12th

• Girl Scout Day
  Girl Scouts founded in 1912.

March 13th

• Good Samaritan Day

• Uranus Discovered
  By William Herschel in 1781.

March 14th

• Albert Einstein's Birthday
  Born in 1879.

• Casey Jones' Birthday
  Born John Luther Jones in 1864.

• Pi Day

• Potato Chip Day

March 15th

• Ides of March

March 16th

• Everything You Do Is Right Day

• Freedom of Information Day

March 17th

• Rubber Band Invented
  In 1845.

• St. Patrick's Day
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• Submarine Day

March 18th

• Birthday of Sparky the Fire Dog
  Official mascot of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

• First Walk in Space
  In 1965.

• Johnny Appleseed Day
  The anniversary of the death of John Chapman a.k.a. Johnny Appleseed. Check out my page for this special day!

March 19th

• Swallow's Return Day
  The traditional return of swallows to San Juan Capistrano.

March 20th

• Big Bird's Birthday
  Sesame Street Character.

• Bill Martin Jr.'s Birthday

• First Day of Spring
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• National Quilting Day

• Purim
  Begins at sundown. Purim takes place on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar, the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.

March 21st

• Children's Poetry Day

• Chinese Lantern Festival
  The Lantern Festival or Yuanxiao Jie is a traditional Chinese festival, which marks the last day of the Chinese New Year season and the date changes every year.

• National Teen-Agers Day

• Single Parents' Day

March 22nd

• National Goof Off Day

• National Sing-Out Day

March 23rd

• Easter
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• Toast Day
  Nellie Melba revealed her Melba Toast recipe.

March 24th

• Chocolate Covered Raisin Day

• Harry Houdini's Birthday
  Born in 1874.

March 25th

• Greek Independence Day

• Pancakes First Made
  First made in New York City in 1882.

March 26th

• Make Up Your Own Holiday Day

March 27th

• National "Joe" Day
  Everyone who hates their name can be called Joe this day.

March 28th

• Something On a Stick Day

March 29th

• Coca-Cola was Invented
  In 1886.

March 30th

• Alaska Purchased
  Purchased from Russia in 1867.

• Doctor's Day
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• Pencil with Eraser Patented
  Patented in 1858.

March 31st

• Cesar Chavez Day

• First Map of the US Published

• Tater Day

This information is correct to the best of my knowledge. These dates are collected from many online and offline resources. Please do not email me asking me for more info about a date - All the information I have is posted here.