March

The month of March celebrates these events:

American Red Cross Month     Music in our Schools Month

National Craft Month      Youth Art Month

National Frozen Food Month    National Noodle Month

National Nutritional Month   Woman's History Month

  

First week is Canada Pharmacy Awareness Wee

First week is American Camping Week

First week is Agricultural Week

March 4th-10th is Lutheran Schools Week

Second week is Girl Scout Week

Second week is Bubble Gum Week

Second week is Chocolate Week

Third Week is National Wildlife Week

Third week is National Sports Trivia Week

Fourth week is Art Week

March 18th-25th is Clean Your Closet Week

 

1st            National Pig Day      

1st            Peanut Butter Lover's Day

1st            St. David's Day (Arch Bishop in Celtic church in Wales (6th century)

                                and also Patron Saint of Wales)

1st            Yellowstone National Park  (1st U.S. National Park, established)

1st            Share a Smile Day                                                                       

2nd           Dr Seuss's Birthday  (born in 1904)

2nd           Old Stuff Day 

2nd           Texas Independence Day                         

3rd            National Anthem Day (the Star Spangled Banner was adopted

                                                   by Congress as the national anthem in 1931)

3rd             I Want You To Be Happy Day                           

4th           First meeting of Congress (met in New York City in 1789)                          

5th           Mother-in-Law's Day

5th           Siege of the Alamo ended  (San Antonio, Texas in 1836)                         

6th           Oreo Cookies for Sale (on sale for first time in 1912)                          

6th           Michelangelo's Birthday   (born in1475)

6th           Dentist's Day

7th           Monopoly Day

7th           Mardi Gras                                                     

7th           Telephone Patented   (in 1876)

8th           Ash Wednesday

8th           Farmer's Day                              

8th           Working Woman's Day

9th           Barbie's Birthday     (Barbie doll was introduced in1959)

10th         First Paper Money issued   (first issued in 1862)

10th         Harriet Tubman Day

10th         Salvation Army Day                                     

11th         Johnny Appleseed Day

11th         Camp Fire Girl's Day

12th         First Library Opened                                               

12th         Girl Scout Day  (Girl Scouts founded in 1912)                               

13th         Good Samaritan Day

13th         Pluto Discovered  (discovered in 1930)                                                    

13th         Uranus Discovered  (discovered in 1781)                            

14th         Casey Jones Birthday (born in 1864)

14th         Lewis & Clark begin their explorations                        

15th         Ides of March

16th         Absolutely Incredible Kid Day

17th         Rubber Band Invented

17th         Saint Patrick's Day            

                                (all you ever wanted to know about  St. Patrick's Day)     

18th         First Walk in Space (in 1965)                 

20th         Big Bird's Birthday   (Sesame Street Character)            

20th         National Quilting Day

20th         Spring Begins                                             

21st          Children's Poetry Day                 

21st          First Day of Spring

21st          National Astrology Day                        

21st          National Teenager's Day                    

22nd         National Goof Off Day

22nd         As Young As You Feel Day                 

22nd         Sing-Out Day

22nd         World Water Day               

23rd          Toast Day  (Nellie Melba revealed her Melba Toast recipe)

24th          Agriculture Day

25th          Pecan Day  (on this day in 1775, George Washington planted pecan trees 

                                            at his home in Mt. Vernon; some still survive today)

26th          Make Up You Own Holiday Day

27th          World Theatre Day

28th          Respect Your Cat Day                

29th          Coca-Cola was invented  (invented in 1886)

29th          Vietnam Veteran's Day  

30th          Alaska purchased  (purchased from Russia in 1867)

30th          Doctor's Day

30th          Take A Walk In The Park Day                      

30th          Pencil with Eraser patented (patented in 1858 by Hyman Lipman of

                                                                                 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)               

31st          First Map of the U.S. patented                    

31st          Tater Day

31st          Bunsen Burner Day

31st          Eiffel Tower opened  (Paris, France in 1889)

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Little Sayings: hundreds of aphorisms listed by categories

Poems: just a few of my favorites

Jellybeans:   little bit of this and that...fun pages

 

E-mail me if you have any other "special days" you think should be added to the calendar.

My Favorite Links list of sites for graphic arts, sayings & quotes, etc...

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Updated 6/26/07