March 2024 Holidays

March 2024 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 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 Hockey 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 2024 Weekly Holidays

*Hearing Awareness Week: 1-7 Link
International Festival of Owls Week: 1-3 (First Full Weekend)
*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
National Pasty Week: 3-9  (Closest to St. Piran's Day 3/5)  Link
National Consumer Protection Week: 3-9 Link (First Full Week in March. )
Celebrate Your Name Week: 3-9 (First Full Week)
National Dental Assistants Recognition Week: 3-9  Link
National Procrastination Week: 3-9
National Schools Social Work Week: 3-9 Link (First Sunday thru Saturday)
National Words Matter Week: 3-9 (First Full Week)
No More Week: 3-9 Link
Read an E-Book Week:3-9 Link  (Note: Read An Ebook Day is in Sept.)
Save Your Vision Week: 3-9 Link  (First Full Week)
Termite Awareness Week: 3-9
Women in Construction Week: 3-9 Link (First Sunday thru Saturday)
Women of Aviation Worldwide Week: 3-10 (From Sunday before 3/8 to Sunday after.)
Words Matter Week: 3-9 (First Full Week)
National School Breakfast Week: 4-9 (First Full M-F week)
World Rattlesnake Roundup: 8-10 (2nd Weekend)
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week: 10-16
Bar Crawl Week: 10-16 (Week before St. Patrick's Day) Link
Campfire USA Birthday Week: 10-16 ( 2nd Full Week)
Teen Tech Week: 10-16  (Usually 2nd Week)
Girl Scout Week: 10-16 Link (Always the week with March 12)
National Patient Safety Awareness Week: 11-17
International Brain Awareness Week: 11-17  Link
Ramadan: 11-4/8
*Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign: 11-17
National Money Show: 14-16
AKC Agility Championships: 14-17  Link 
American Chocolate Week: 17-23 (Always 3rd  Full Week)  Link
Consider Christianity Week: 17-23 (Starts 2 Sundays Before Easter)
National Agriculture Week: 17-23
National Animal Poison Prevention Week:  17-23 (3rd Full Week)  Link  Link
National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week: 17-23 (3rd Full Week)  Link 
National Poison Prevention Week: 17-23  (3rd Full Week) Link
Passiontide: 17-30 (Begins on 5th Sunday of Lent and goes for 2 weeks)
Passion Week: 17-23 (Beginning the 5th Sunday of Lent. Week before Holy Week)
World Folktales & Fables Week: 17-23 (Third Week)
World Optometry Week: 17-23 Link (Always has 23rd in it)
Act Happy Week: 18-24  (Starts on 3rd Monday)
International Teach Music Week: 18-24
National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week: 18-22
National Fix A Leak Week: 18-24 (3rd M-Sun  Week)  Link
National Fragrance Week: 18-24 Link
Native American Awareness Week: 18-22 Link
Orthodox Lent: 18-4/26
Shakespeare Week: 18-24 Link
Wellderly Week: 18-24 (3rd Mon-Sun Week)
LGBT Health Awareness Week: 20-24 Link
*International Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination: 21-27
Holy Week: 24-30 (Begins on the 6th and final Sunday of Lent.)
National Protocol Officer's Week: 24-30 (Last Full Week)
International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week: 24-30  (Last Week)
National Cleaning Week: 24-30 (Last Week)  Link
*National Farm Workers Awareness Week: 25-31 Link
*National Physicians Week: 25-31  Link

March 2024 Daily Holidays

*Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day: 1 Link
*Baby Sleep Day: 1
*Black Women's Day: 1
*Breast Implant Illness Awareness Days: 1-30  (Not monthly observance)
*Dadgum That's Good Day: 1 (Masterbuilt food products & cookbooks)
Dress in Blue Day: 1 Link  (Always First Friday)
Employee Appreciation Day: 1  (Always First Friday) 
*Endometriosis Day or Wear Yellow Day: 1
*Horse Protection Day: 1 Link
*Indie Music Day: 1 Link
Meteorlogical Spring: 1 (Temperature)
National Day of Unplugging: 1-2 Link  (First Friday & Saturday)
*National Horse Protection Day: 1
*National Peanut Lovers Day: 1 Link
National Salesperson Day: 1  (First Friday)  (Also in December)
National Speech and Debate Education Day: 1 Link  (First Friday)
*National Sunkist Citrus Day: 1 Link
NEA's Read Across America Day: 1 (Nearest  School Day to Dr. Seuss's Birthday 3/2)
Shabbat Across America: 1
*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
World Day of Prayer: 1 (Always First Friday)
*World Seagrass Day: 1
*Zero Discrimination Day: 1 Link

 

*Dr. Seuss Day: 2
Iditarod: 2-17 (Begins on First Saturday)
National Frozen Food Day: 2 Link  (First Saturday)
National Play Outside Day: 2 Link (First Saturday)
Sock Monkey Day: 2  (First Saturday)
World Information Architecture Day: 2 Link (First Saturday)
*World Teen Mental Illness Day: 2  Link

 

 

Finisher's Medal Day: 3 Link  (First Sunday)
*I Want You To Be Happy Day: 3
*International Ear Care Day: 3
*Irish Whiskey Day: 3  Link
Namesake Day: 3 (Sunday of First Full Week)
*National Anthem Day: 3
*National Mulled Wine Day: 3  Link
*Princess Day: 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 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)
Casimir Pulaski Day: 4 (First Monday in March) Link (Note: See also October 11)
*Courageous Follower Day: 4
Fun Facts About Names Day: 4 (Monday of First Full Week)
*Holy Experiment Day: 4  Link and Link
*Hug A G.I. Day: 4  Link
*International Scrapbooking Industry Day: 4
*March Forth-Do Something Day: 4
*Marching Music Day: 4  Link
*National Backcountry Ski Day: 4
*National Grammar Day: 4  Link
*National Sons Day: 4 Link
*Old Inauguration Day: 4
*Toy Soldier Day: 4 Link
*World Engineering Day For Sustainable Development: 4
*World Obesity Day: 4 Link
World Tennis Day: 4  (First Monday)

*Mars Day: 5
*National Absinthe Day: 5 Link
*National Cheetos Day: 5 Link
*National Pasty Day: 5  (Always on St. Piran's Day 3/5)  Link
*National Poutine Day: 5
Peace Corps Day: 5 Link 
( Historical 3/1/1961 by Pres. Kennedy. But observed on First Tuesday)
*Saint Piran's Day: 5
Unique Names Day: 5  (Tuesday of First Full Week)

*Day of The Dude: 6 Link
Discover What Your Name Means Day: 6 (Wednesday of First Full Week)
*National Dentist's Day: 6 Link Link  Link Link
*National Dress Day: 6  Link
*National Frozen Food Day: 6 Link
*Oreo Cookie Day: 6
*Sofia Kovalevskaya Math Day: 6 (Many schools celebrate this on different dates in March.)  Link)

Slam The Scam Day: 7  Link (Thursday of Consumer Protection Wk)
Nametag Day: 7 (Thursday of First Full Week)
*National Be Heard Day: 7
*National Cereal Day: 7  Link
*National Flapjacks Day: 7  Link
National Hospitalist Day: 7 (First Thursday) Link
World Book Day: 7 Link (First Thursday)

 

*Day for Women's Rights & International Peace: 8
*Girls Write Now Day: 8
*National Biobased Products Day: 8  Link
*International Women's Day: 8 Link
*International Working Women's Day: 8
Middle Name Pride Day: 8 ( Friday of First Full Week)
*National Breast Implant Awareness Day: 8  Link
*National Proofreading Day: 8
*National Peanut Cluster Day: 8 Link
*National Retro Video Game Day: 8  Link
*The Bikini Bottom Free (Crabcakes) Day: 8  Link  (SpongeBob Squarepants)
*Volunteers of America Day: 8

 

*Barbie Day: 9
*Get Over It Day: 9 Link
Genealogy Day: 9  Link (Saturday of First Full Week)
International Fanny Pack Day: 9 Link  (2nd Saturday)
*Joe Franklin Day: 9
National Urban Ballroom Dancing Day: 9 (2nd Saturday)
*National Urban Educator Day: 9  Link
*Panic Day: 9 Link

Academy Awards: 10
Check Your Batteries Day: 10 (2nd Sunday)
Daylight Saving Time Begins: 10  (Turn Ahead 1 Hour)  @2:00 am) (March 10 to November 3)
*International Bagpipe Day: 10
*International Day of Awesomeness: 10 Link
*International Day of Women Judges: 10
*Land Line Telephone Day: 10
*Mario Day: 10
Mothering Sunday: 10 Link (The 4th Sunday in Lent. 3 weeks before Easter.)
*National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: 10
Girl Scout Sunday: 10 Link (The Sunday in Girl Scout Week)
National "I AM" Day: 10 (2nd Sunday)
Ramadan: 10-4/8
*Salvation Army Day: 10
*US Paper Money Day: 10

*Dream 2024 Day: 11
Fill Our Staplers Day: 11 (Also Nov.4. Always Day after Daylight Savings Ends)
*Johnny Appleseed Day: 11
*Key Deer Awareness Day: 11
Napping Day: 11  (Monday after daylight savings times)
*National 311 Day: 11 Link
*National Find Common Ground Day: 11
*National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day: 11 Link  Link Link
*National Promposal Day: 11 Link (Ask to prom)
*COVID-19 Global Pandemic Day: 11
*World Plumbing Day: 11 Link

 

*Alfred Hitchock Day: 12 Link
All Womens' Equal Pay: 12 Link
*Girl Scout Birthday Day: 12 Link
National Equal Pay Day: 12  Link
Organize Your Home Office Day: 12 (2nd Tuesday)
*Working Moms Day: 12

Data Innovation Day: 13 Link
*Donald Duck Day: 13 (Link Removed Due to Virus) (See also June 9)
*Earmuffs Day: 13
*Good Samaritan Involvement Day: 13
*International Riesling Day: 13 Link
*Itra-Uterine Growth Awareness Restriction (IUGAR) Day: 13
*K-9 Veterans Day: 13  Link
*Ken Day: 13 (Doll)
**L. Ron Hubbard Day: 13
*National Jewelry Day: 13 Link
*National Open An Umbrella Indoors Day: 13
Registered Dietitian Day: 13  (2nd Wednesday)
Sterile Packaging Day: 13 (2nd Wednesday)
*Smart & Sexy Day: 13

Earth Overshoot Day: 14 Link
*International Ask A Question Day: 14
*International Day of Action for Rivers: 14 Link
*International Day of Mathematics: 14  Link
*MOTH-ER Day: 14
Nutrician and Dietetics Technician, Registered Day: 14 (2nd Thursday)
*Potato Chip Day: 14
*Pi Day (as in the math pie = 3.14159265 etc.): 14 Link
*Professional Speakers Celebration: 14
*Save a Spider Day: 14 Link
World Kidney Day: 14 (2nd Thursday)
*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
*Medical Examiners Day: 15 Link  Link
*National VO Day (Voice Over): 15
*National Shoe The World Day: 15
*True Confessions Day: 15 Link
*World Consumer Rights Day: 15 Link
World Sleep Day: 15 Link (Friday of 2nd Full Week)

*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
International Sports Car Racing Day: 16 Link (3rd Saturday)
*Lips Appreciation Day: 16 Link
Milestone Divas Day: 16 Link (3rd Saturday)
National Corn Dog Day: 16 Link  (On First Saturday of NCAA Men's Division. Usually 3rd Saturday)
National Tequila Day: 16  (3rd Saturday) Mexico Link (On July 24th in US)
*National Panda Day: 16
*No Selfies Day: 16
Play The Recorder Day: 16  (3rd Saturday)
Worldwide & National Quilting Day: 16 (Always 3rd Saturday) Link
Save The Panther Day: 16 (3rd Saturday)
*St. Urho's Day: 16 Link and Link


*Campfire Day: 17
*National Slime Day: 17 Link (Nickelodeon)
*St. Patrick's Day: 17 Link

*Awkward Moments Day: 18
*Forgive Mom and Dad Day: 18 Link
*Global Recycling Day: 18 Link
Goddess of Fertility Day: 18  (Day before the Spring Equinox)
*Kiss Your Fianc e Day: 18
*National Biodiesel Day: 18
*National Public Defense Day: 18 Link
*National Sloppy Joe Day: 18  Link
Orthodox Green Monday: 18 (First Monday of Lent)
Transit Driver Appreciation Day: 18 (On 18th unless it falls on weekends. Then closest working day.)  Link
Well-Elderly or Wellderly Day: 18 (3rd Monday)

 

3-D Day: 19 Link (The 3rd day of the 3rd week of the 3rd month)
*Client's Day: 19 Link
International Astrology Day: 19 (Spring Equinox)
*International Read To Me Day: 19 Link
National Agriculture Day: 19 Link
*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
Ostara: 19 (Spring Equinox)
Proposal Day: 19 (Spring Equinox)
*Raspberry Day: 19
Spring (Vernal Equinox): 19 11:06 pm EDT (March 19-June 20)
*Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day: 19
World Social Work Day: 19 (3rd Tuesday) Link
World Storytelling Day: 19 Link (Always Spring Equinox)



*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 Day of Happiness: 20 Link  Link
*French Language Day: 20 Link
*National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: 20 Link
*National Proposal Day: 20 Link (First day of Spring and Fall)
Naw-Ruz: 20
*Snowman Burning Day: 20
Small Business Development Day: 20  Link (Third Wednesday)
*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




Absolutely Incredible Kid Day: 21 (Third Thursday)
*Gallo Wine Day: 21
*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 Common Courtesy Day: 21
*National Day of Action On Syringe Exchange: 21 Link
National Farm Rescuer Day: 21 Link (Third Thursday)
*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 
National Spray Tanning Day: 21 Link (Third Thursday)
*Naw-Ruz: 21
*N*Noruz: 21
*Smiley Day :) : 21 Link Link
Ta'Anit Esther: 21
*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 Sparrow Day: 21  Link
*World Vermouth Day: 21 Link

*39 And Holding Day: 22  Link
*As Young As You Feel Day: 22 Link
*International Day of The Seal: 22
*National Goof-off Day: 22
*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
Be Mad Day: 23 (4th Saturday)
Earth Hour: 23 (4th Saturday)
Endometriosis March Day: 23 Link  (4th Saturday)
*National Puppy Day: 23  Link  Link
*National Chia Day: 23 Link
*National Tamale Day: 23
*Near Miss Day: 23
*OK Day: 23 Link
Purim: 23-24
Walk In The Sand Day: 23 Link  (Saturday after the March Equinox)
WomenArts Day: 23
World Maths Day: 23 Link
*World Meteorological Day: 23 Link  Link Link  Link Link
*World Optometry Day: 23 Link  Link  Link Link Link Link

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

Holi: 25
*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
*Tolkien Reading Day: 25
*Vaffeldagen (Waffle Day): 25 Link (Note: This is Sweden and Denmark.  For the US many consider August 24 Waffle Day.)

American Diabetes Association Alert Day: 26 Link (4th Tuesday) 
*Legal Assistants Day: 26
*Live Long And Prosper Day: 26
*Make Up Your Own Holiday Day: 26 Link
*National Science Appreciation Day: 26 Link
*Purple Day: 26 Link
*Spinach Day: 26

*Celebrate Exchange Day: 27 Link
International Balloon Animal Day: 27 (4th Wednesday)
*International Medical Science Liason Day: 27  Link
*International Whisk(e)y Day: 27 Link
Little Red Wagon Day: 27 Link  (Last Wednesday)
Manatee Appreciation Day: 27 Link (Last Wednesday)
*National Scribble Day: 27
*Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day: 27 Link
*Viagra Day: 27
*World AdTech Day: 27  Link
*World Cheese Day: 27
*World Theatre Day: 27  Link

 

*Barnum & Bailey Day: 28
Holy Thursday: 28
*National Triglycerides Day: 28  Link
*U.S. Border Patrol Day: 28  Link Link Link Link Link Link
*Weed Appreciation Day: 28 Link
World Piano Day: 28 Link (On the 88th day of the year. Normally March 29, except on leap year. There is also Piano Month in Sept.)

Good Friday: 29
*Knights of Columbus Founders Day: 29
*National Mom & Pop Business Owner's Day: 29
*National Vietnam War Veterans Day: 29  Link
*Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day: 29
*Smoke & Mirrors Day: 29  Link
*Texas Loves The Children Day: 29
World Marbles Day: 29 (Always on Good Friday)

*Doctors Day: 30   Link
(Not to be confused with Earth Day. This pertains to turning off lights at 8:30 pm local time.)
*Grass Is Always Browner On The Other Side Of The Fence Day: 30
*I Am In Control Day: 30 Link
*International Day of Zero Waste: 30
*International Laundry Folding Day: 30
*Pencil Day: 30
Support Women Artists Now Day: 30  (Last Saturday)
*Torrents Day: 30 Link
*Virtual Vacation Day: 30  Link
Whole Grain Sampling Day: 30 (Last Saturday)
*World Bi-polar Day: 30 Link

*Anesthesia Tech Day: 31 Link
*Bunsen Burner Day: 31
*Cesar Chavez Day: 31 Link
Easter: 31
*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
Pascha: 31
Plum Pudding Day: 31 Link (Note: Eaten on Easter. But, if eaten on 12/25 it's Christmas Pudding Day.)
*Prom Day: 31 Link
*Starbucks Day: 31
*Terri's Day: 31  Link
*World Backup Day: 31