March 2023 Holidays

March 2023 Monthly Holidays

Action & Skill Toys Month
Adopt A Rescued Guinea Pig Month Link
Alport Syndrome Awareness Month
American Red Cross Month or Red Cross Month  Link  or  Link
Asset Management Awareness Month  Link
Brain Injury Awareness Month Link
Child Life Month Link
Clap 4 Health Month
Colic Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
(Different sponsor from  National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month)
Credit Education Month
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Month Link
*Deaf History Month (3/13 to 4/15)
Developmental Disabillities Awareness Month  Link
Employee Spirit Month
Endometriosis Month Link
Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science & Engineering Month Link
Honor Society Awareness Month Link
Humorists Are Artists Month
International Ideas Month
International Listening Awareness Month
International Mirth Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Mad for Plaid Month
Malignant Hypertension Awareness & Training Month
March Frozen Food Month
Music In Our Schools Month Link
National Athletic Training Month  Link
National Breast Implant Awareness Month  Link
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Cheerleading Safety Month Link
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Clean Up Your IRS Act Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month 
(Different sponsor from Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month)
National Craft Month
National Ethics Awareness Month
National Essential Tremor Awareness Month Link
National Eye Donor Month
National Frozen Food Month Link
National Multiple Sclerosis Education & Awareness Month
National Kidney Month
National Kite Month (3/28-5/3)
National Ladder Safety Month
National March Into Literacy Month
National Noodle Month Link
National Nutrition Month
National On-Hold Month
National Peanut Month
National Pet Vaccination Month
National Social Work Month Link
National Umbrella Month
National Women's History Month
Optimism Month
Paws To Read Month
Play The Recorder Month
Poison Prevention Awareness Month
Problem Gambling Awareness Month Link
Quinoa Month Link
Save The Vaquita Month
Save Your Vision Month
Sing With Your Child Month
Small Press Month Link
Social Work Month
Spiritual Wellness Month
Supply Management Month
Transgender Month of Action for Healthcare Equality Link
Trisomy Awareness Month Link
Vascular Abnormalities Awareness Month
Women's History Month: Link
Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Worldwide Home Schooling Awareness Month
Youth Art Month

March 2023 Weekly Holidays

*Hearing Awareness Week: 1-7 Link
*LGBT Health Awareness Week: 1-7 Link
*National Cheerleading Week: 1-7
*National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week: 1-7
*National Ghostwriters Week: 1-7
*National Invest in a Veteran Week: 1-7  Link
*National Pet Sitters Week: 1-7 Link
*Return The Borrowed Books Week: 1-7
*Universal Human Beings Week: 1-7 Link
*Will Eisner Week: 1-7 (Always has the 6th which is his birthday)  Link
*World Hearing Awareness Week: 1-7
American Association For The Advancement of Science Week: 2-5 Link
Lent: 2-4/16
National Money Show: 2-4
International Festival of Owls Week: 3-5 (First Full Weekend)
National Consumer Protection Week: 5-11 Link (First Full Week in March. )
Celebrate Your Name Week: 5-11 (First Full Week)
National Dental Assistants Recognition Week: 5-11-12  Link
National Procrastination Week:  5-11
National Schools Social Work Week: 5-11  Link (First Sunday thru Saturday)
National Words Matter Week: 5-11 (First Full Week)
No More Week: 5-12 Link
Read an E-Book Week: 5-11 Link  (Note: Read An Ebook Day is in Sept.)
Save Your Vision Week: 5-11 Link  (First Full Week)
Termite Awareness Week: 5-11
Women in Construction Week: 5-11  Link (First Sunday thru Saturday)
Women of Aviation Worldwide Week: 5-12  (From Sunday before 3/8 to Sunday after.)
Words Matter Week: 5-11 (First Full Week)
National School Breakfast Week: 6-10 (First Full M-F week)
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week: 10-16
World Rattlesnake Roundup: 10-12  (2nd Weekend)
*Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign: 11-17
Campfire USA Birthday Week: 12-18  ( 2nd Full Week)
Girl Scout Week: 12-18 Link (Always the week with March 12) Link
National Patient Safety Awareness Week: 12-18
Teen Tech Week: 12-18  (Usually 2nd Week)
International Brain Awareness Week: 13-19  Link
Native American Awareness Week: 13-17 Link
AKC Agility Championships: 17-19  Link
National Cherry Blossom Festival: 19-4/16 Link  
American Chocolate Week: 19-25 (Always 3rd  Full Week)  Link
National Agriculture Week: 19-25
National Animal Poison Prevention Week:  19-25 (3rd Full Week)  Link  Link
National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week: 19-25 (3rd Full Week)  Link   Link
National Poison Prevention Week: 19-25 (3rd Full Week) Link
National Protocol Officer's Week: 19-25 (Last Full Week)
World Folktales & Fables Week: 19-25 (Third Week)
Act Happy Week: 20-26  (Starts on 3rd Monday)
International Teach Music Week: 20-26
National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week: 20-26
National Fix A Leak Week: 20-26 (3rd M-Sun  Week)  Link
National Fragrance Week: 20-26 Link
National Poison Prevention Week: 20-24
Shakespeare Week: 20-26 Link
Wellderly Week: 20-26 (3rd Mon-Sun Week)
*International Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination: 21-27
Ramadan: 22-4/20
National Farm Workers Awareness Week: 24-30 Link
*National Physicians Week: 25-31  Link
Consider Christianity Week: 26-4/1 (Starts 2 Sundays Before Easter)
International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week: 26-4/1  (Last Week)
National Cleaning Week: 26-4/1 (Last Week)  Link
Passiontide: 26-4/9 (Begins on 5th Sunday of Lent and goes for 2 weeks)
Passion Week: 26-4/1 (Beginning the 5th Sunday of Lent. Week before Holy Week)
International Listening Association Week: 29-4/1
Mule Days: 30-4/2
American Crossword Puzzle Days: 3/31 - 4/2  Link

March 2023 Daily Holidays

*Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day: 1 Link
*Baby Sleep Day: 1
*Breast Implant Illness Awareness Days: 1-30  (Not monthly observance)
*Dadgum That's Good Day: 1 (Masterbuilt food products & cookbooks)
*Endometriosis Day or Wear Yellow Day: 1
*Indie Music Day: 1 Link
Meteorlogical Spring: 1 (Temperature)
*National Horse Protection Day: 1
*National Peanut Lovers Day: 1 Link
*Peace Corps Birthday: 1
*Pig Day: 1
*Plan a Solo Vacation Day: 1
*Refired, Not Retired Day: 1
*Saint David's Day: 1 Link
*Self-injury Awareness Day: 1  Link
*U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Day: 1
*World Compliment Day: 1
*Zero Discrimination Day: 1 Link

 

*Dr. Seuss Day: 2
National Hospitalist Day: 2 (First Thursday) Link
NEA's Read Across America Day: 2 (Nearest  School Day to Dr. Seuss's Birthday 3/2)
World Book Day: 2 Link (First Thursday)
*World Teen Mental Illness Day: 2  Link

 

Dress in Blue Day: 3 Link  (Always First Friday)
Employee Appreciation Day: 3  (Always First Friday) 
*I Want You To Be Happy Day: 3
*International Ear Care Day: 3
*National Anthem Day: 3
National Day of Unplugging: 3-4  Link    (First Friday & Saturday)
*National Mulled Wine Day: 3  Link
National Salesperson Day: 3  (First Friday)  (Also in December)
National Speech and Debate Education Day: 3  Link  (First Friday)
*Princess Day: 3 Link
Shabbat Across America/Canada: 3?  Link
*Simplify Your Life Day: 3
*Soup It Forward Day: 3  Link
*What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs? Day: 3 Link
*World Birth Defects Day: 3
World Day of Prayer: 3 (Always First Friday)
*World Hearing Awareness Day: 3  Link
*World Wildlife Day: 3 Link 

*Benjamin Harrison Day: 4
*Brain Injury Awareness Day: 4 Link  (Note: Brain Injury Awareness Week is in May)
*Courageous Follower Day: 4
*Holy Experiment Day: 4  Link and Link
*Hug A G.I. Day: 4  Link
Iditarod: 4-19 (Begins on First Saturday)
*International Scrapbooking Industry Day: 4
*March Forth-Do Something Day: 4
*Marching Music Day: 4  Link
*National Backcountry Ski Day: 4
National Frozen Food Day: 4 Link  (First Saturday)
*National Grammar Day: 4  Link
National Play Outside Day: 4 Link (First Saturday)
*National Sons Day: 4 Link
*Old Inauguration Day: 4
Sock Monkey Day: 4  (First Saturday)
*Toy Soldier Day: 4 Link
*World Engineering Day For Sustainable Development: 4
World Information Architecture Day: 4 Link
*World Obesity Day: 4 Link

Finisher's Medal Day: 5 Link  (First Sunday)
*Mars Day: 5
Namesake Day: 5 (Sunday of First Full Week) Link
*National Absinthe Day: 5 Link
*National Pasty Day: 5  (Always on St. Piran's Day 3/5)  Link
*National Poutine Day: 5
*Saint Piran's Day: 5

Casimir Pulaski Day: 6 (First Monday in March) Link (Note: See also October 11)
*Day of The Dude: 6 Link
Fun Facts About Names Day: 6  Link  (Monday of First Full Week)
*National Dentist's Day: 6 Link
*National Dress Day: 6  Link
*Oreo Cookie Day: 6 Link
Purim: 6-7
*Sofia Kovalevskaya Math Day: 6 (Many schools celebrate this on different dates in March.)  Link)
Ta'Anit Esther: 6
World Tennis Day: 6  (First Monday)

*National Be Heard Day: 7
*National Cereal Day: 7  Link
*National Flapjacks Day: 7  Link
Organize Your Home Office Day: 7 (2nd Tuesday)
Peace Corps Day: 7 Link 
( Historical 3/1/1961 by Pres. Kennedy. But observed on First Tuesday)
Unique Names Day: 7  Link  (Tuesday of First Full Week)

 

*Day for Women's Rights & International Peace: 8
Discover What Your Name Means Day: 8 Link  (Wednesday of First Full Week)
*Girls Write Now Day: 8
Holi: 8
*National Biobased Products Day: 8  Link
*International Women's Day: 8 Link
*International Working Women's Day: 8
*National Breast Implant Awareness Day: 8  Link
*National Proofreading Day: 8
*National Peanut Cluster Day: 8 Link
*National Retro Video Game Day: 8  Link
Registered Dietitian Day: 8  (2nd Wednesday)
Sterile Packaging Day: 8 (2nd Wednesday)
*The Bikini Bottom Free (Crabcakes) Day: 8  Link  (SpongeBob Squarepants)
*Volunteers of America Day: 8

 

*Barbie Day: 9
*Get Over It Day: 9 Link
*Joe Franklin Day: 9
Nametag Day: 9 Link  (Thursday of First Full Week)
*National Urban Educator Day: 9  Link
Nutrician and Dietetics Technician, Registered Day: 9 (2nd Thursday)
*Panic Day: 9 Link
Slam The Scam Day: 9  Link (2nd Thursday)
World Kidney Day: 9 (2nd Thursday)

*International Bagpipe Day: 10
*International Day of Awesomeness: 10 Link
*International Day of Women Judges: 10
*Land Line Telephone Day: 10
*Mario Day: 10
Middle Name Pride Day: 10 Link  ( Friday of First Full Week)
* National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: 10
*Salvation Army Day: 10
*US Paper Money Day: 10

*Dream 2023 Day: 11
Genealogy Day: 11  Link (Saturday of First Full Week)
International Fanny Pack Day: 11 Link  (2nd Saturday)
National Urban Ballroom Dancing Day: 11 (2nd Saturday)
*Johnny Appleseed Day: 11
*Key Deer Awareness Day: 11
*National 311 Day: 11 Link
*National Find Common Ground Day: 11
*National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day: 11 Link 
*National Promposal Day: 11 Link (Ask to prom)
*COVID-19 Global Pandemic Day: 11
*World Plumbing Day: 11 Link

 

Academy Awards: 12
*Alfred Hitchock Day: 12 Link
Check Your Batteries Day: 12 (2nd Sunday)
Daylight Saving Time Begins: 12  (Turn Ahead 1 Hour)  @2:00 am) (March 12 to November 5)
*Girl Scout Birthday Day: 12 Link
Girl Scout Sunday: 12 Link (The Sunday in Girl Scout Week)
National "I AM" Day: 12 (2nd Sunday)
*Working Moms Day: 12 Link

*Donald Duck Day: 13 (Link Removed Due to Virus) (See also June 9)
*Earmuffs Day: 13
Fill Our Staplers Day: 13 (Also Nov. 6. Always Day after Daylight Savings Ends)
*Good Samaritan Involvement Day: 13
*Itra-Uterine Growth Awareness Restriction (IUGAR) Day: 13
*K-9 Veterans Day: 13  Link
*Ken Day: 13 (Doll)
**L. Ron Hubbard Day: 13
Napping Day: 13  (Monday after daylight savings times)
*National Open An Umbrella Indoors Day: 13
*Smart & Sexy Day: 13

*International Ask A Question Day: 14
*International Day of Action for Rivers: 14 Link
*International Day of Mathematics: 14  Link
*MOTH-ER Day: 14
National Equal Pay Day: 14  Link
*Potato Chip Day: 14
*Pi Day (as in the math pie = 3.14159265 etc.): 14 Link
*Save a Spider Day: 14 Link
*Write Your Story Day: 14 

 

*Brutus Day: 15
*Buzzards Day: 15 Link
*Ides of March: 15
*International Day of Action Against Canadian Seal Slaughter: 15  Link
*International Day to Combat Islamophobia: 15
*National VO Day (Voice Over): 15
*National Shoe The World Day: 15
Small Business Development Day: 15  Link (Third Wednesday)
*True Confessions Day: 15 Link
*World Consumer Rights Day: 15 Link

Absolutely Incredible Kid Day: 16 (Third Thursday)
*Black Press Day: 16br>*Campfire Girls Day: 16
*Curlew Day: 16
*Freedom of Information Day: 16 (On or nearst to 16th)
*Goddard Day: 16 Link  Link
*Lips Appreciation Day: 16 Link
National Farm Rescuer Day: 16 Link (Third Thursday)
*National Panda Day: 16
*No Selfies Day: 16
*St. Urho's Day: 16 Link and Link


*Campfire Day: 17
*St. Patrick's Day: 17 Link
Transit Driver Appreciation Day: 17 (On 18th unless it falls on weekends. Then closest working day.)  Link
World Sleep Day: 17 Link (Friday of 2nd Full Week)

*Awkward Moments Day: 18
*Forgive Mom and Dad Day: 18 Link
*Global Recycling Day: 18 Link
International Sports Car Racing Day: 18 Link (3rd Saturday)
*Kiss Your Fianc e Day: 18
*National Biodiesel Day: 18
National Corn Dog Day: 18 Link  Link (On First Saturday of NCAA Men's Division. Usually 3rd Saturday)
*National Public Defense Day: 18 Link
National Quilting Day: 18 (3rd Saturday)
*National Sloppy Joe Day: 18  Link
National Tequila Day: 18  (3rd Saturday) Mexico Link (On July 24th in US)
Play The Recorder Day: 18  (3rd Saturday)
Save The Panther Day: 18 (3rd Saturday)
Worldwide Quilting Day: 18 (Always 3rd Saturday) Link

*Client's Day: 19 Link
Goddess of Fertility Day: 19  (Day before the Spring Equinox)
*International Read To Me Day: 19 Link
Mothering Sunday: 19 Link (The 4th Sunday in Lent. 3 weeks after Easter.)
*National Backyard Day: 19 Link
*National Certified Nurses Day: 19  Link
*National Chocolate Caramel Day: 19 Link
*National Poultry Day: 19 Link
*Operation Iraqi Freedom Day: 19|
**Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day: 19



*Alien Abduction Day: 20 (Started in 2008 at Toronto Alien Festival)
*Bed-in For Peace Day: 20 (Beatles - John and Yoko)
*Great American Meat Out Day: 20 Link
*International Astrology Day: 20 (Spring Equinox)
*International Day of Happiness: 20 Link  Link
*French Language Day: 20 Link
*National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: 20 Link
Ostara: 20 (Spring Equinox)
*Proposal Day: 20br> *Snowman Burning Day: 20
Spring (Vernal Equinox): 20 5:24 pm EDT (March 20-June 21)
Well-Elderly or Wellderly Day: 20 (3rd Monday)
*World Flour Day: 20 Link
*World Frog Day: 20 Link
*Won't You Be My Neighbor Day: 20
*World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People: 20 Link
*World Sparrow Day: 20  Link
World Storytelling Day: 20 Link (Always Spring Equinox)

 

3-D Day: 21 Link (The 3rd day of the 3rd week of the 3rd month)
*Gallo Wine Day: 21r> *International Colour Day: 21  Link
*International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: 21
*International Day of Forests and The Tree: 21 Link
*International Day of Nowruz: 21 Link
*Memory Day: 21
*National Agriculture Day: 21 Link
*National Common Courtesy Day: 21
*National Day of Action On Syringe Exchange: 21 Link
*National Fragrance Day: 21 Link (Note: National Perfume Day is in April)
*National Healthy Fats Day: 21
*National Renewable Energy Day: 21
*National Single Parent Day: 21 Link 
*Naw-Ruz: 21
*N*Noruz: 21
*Smiley Day :) : 21 Link Link
*Twitter Day: 21 (Social Media Application)
WE Day: 21 Link(Note: This has various dates based on city.  Check their website.)
*World Down Syndrome Day: 21 Link
*World Poetry Day: 21  Link  
*World Puppetry Day: 21 Link
World Social Work Day: 21 (3rd Tuesday) Link

*39 And Holding Day: 22  Link
*As Young As You Feel Day: 22 Link
International Balloon Animal Day: 22 (4th Wednesday)
*International Day of The Seal: 22
*National Goof-off Day: 22
Ramadan: 22-4/20
*Talk Like William Shatner Day: 22
*Tuskegee Airmen Day: 22
*World Day for Water (aka World Water Day) : 22 Link
*World Day of Metta: 22

*Atheist Day: 23 Link
*National Puppy Day: 23  Link  Link
*National Chia Day: 23 Link
*National Tamale Day: 23
*Near Miss Day: 23
*OK Day: 23 Link
World Maths Day: 23 Link
*World Meteorological Day: 23
*World Optometry Day: 23 Link

*National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day: 24 Link
*International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for Dignity of Victims: 24 Link
*World Tuberculosis Day: 24

 

Be Mad Day: 25 (4th Saturday)
Earth Hour: 25 Link (Last Saturday)
(Not to be confused with Earth Day. This pertains to turning off lights at 8:30 pm local time.)
Endometriosis March Day: 25 Link  (4th Saturday)
*International Day of Remembrance of The Victims of Slavery and The Transatlantic: 25
*International Day of The Unborn Child: 25  Link
*International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members: 25 Link
*National Day of Celebration of Greek & American Democracy: 25
*National Medal of Honor Day: 25
*Old New Year's Day: 25
*Pecan Day: 25
Support Women Artists Now Day: 25  (Last Saturday)
*Tolkien Reading Day: 25
*Vaffeldagen (Waffle Day): 25 Link (Note: This is Sweden and Denmark.  For the US many consider August 24 Waffle Day.)
Walk In The Sand Day: 25 Link  (Saturday after the March Equinox)
Whole Grain Sampling Day: 25 (Last Saturday)

*Legal Assistants Day: 26
*Live Long And Prosper Day: 26
*Make Up Your Own Holiday Day: 26 Link
*Purple Day: 26 Link
*Spinach Day: 26

*Celebrate Exchange Day: 27 Link
*International Medical Science Liason Day: 27  Link
*International Whisk(e)y Day: 27 Link
*National Scribble Day: 27
*Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day: 27 Link
*Viagra Day: 27
*World Theatre Day: 27  Link

 

American Diabetes Association Alert Day: 28 Link (4th Tuesday) 
*Barnum & Bailey Day: 28
*National Triglycerides Day: 28  Link
*Weed Appreciation Day: 28 Link

*Knights of Columbus Founders Day: 29
Little Red Wagon Day: 29 Link  (Last Wednesday)
Manatee Appreciation Day: 29 Link (Last Wednesday)
*National Mom & Pop Business Owner's Day: 29
*National Vietnam War Veterans Day: 29  Link
*Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day: 29
Piano Day: 29 Link (88th day of the year)
*Smoke & Mirrors Day: 29  Link
*Texas Loves The Children Day: 29
World Piano Day: 29 Link (On the 88th day of the year. Normally March 29, except on leap year. There is also Piano Month in Sept.)

*Doctors Day: 30   Link
*Grass Is Always Browner On The Other Side Of The Fence Day: 30
*I Am In Control Day: 30 Link
*International Laundry Folding Day: 30
*Pencil Day: 30
*Torrents Day: 30 Link
*Virtual Vacation Day: 30  Link
*World Bi-polar Day: 30 Link

*Anesthesia Tech Day: 31 Link
*Bunsen Burner Day: 31
*Cesar Chavez Day: 31 Link
*International Hug A Medielvalist Day: 31
*International Transgender Day of Visibility: 31  Link
*National Crayon Day: 31 Link Link
*National "She's Funny That Way" Day: 31
*Starbucks Day: 31
Take Down Tobacco Day: 31 Link
*Terri's Day: 31  Link
*World Backup Day: 31