General events not linked to a day
Woman History Month
National Fresh Celery Month
National Noodle Month
National Flour Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Nutrition Month
National Peanut Month
National Hot Cross Bun Day (Good Friday)
National Sauce Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
1 March
St. David’s Day (Wales)
National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day
1932 The Lindbergh baby is kidnapped
1936 The Hoover Dam ( Boulder Dam ) is completed
1941 Nashville, Tennessee becomes the home of the very first FM radio station
1961 President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps
1966 Venera 3 became the first man made object to reach Venus
1971 The radical left organization Weather Underground / Weatherman bomb the United States Capitol
2005 Dennis Rader, accused of leading a double life as the BTK ( Bind, Torture and Kill, ) serial killer, was charged in Wichita, Kan
2 March
National Banana Cream Pie Day
1904 Dr Seuss’s Birthday (1904 – 1991)
1917 Czar Nicholas II Abdicates
1933 The Original King Kong movie has its world premiere in New York
1949 First automatic street lights are installed in New Milford, Connecticut
1965 Operation Rolling Thunder begins Vietnam
1965 Movie version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The Sound of Music” starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer in the lead roles has its world premiere in New York.
1969 British / French joint project, Concorde, has it’s maiden flight
2008 Dmitry Medvedev wins the Russian presidential election
2017 World Book Day
3 March
National Cold Cuts Day
National Moscow Mule Day
Hinamatsuri Day (Girls Day) Japan
1847 Alexander Graham Bell (1847 – 1922)
1923 The first issue of the weekly periodical, “TIME” appeared on newsstands
1931 Star Spangled Banner became Official United States Anthem
1952 Communist Teachers Banned From Public Schools
1991 Rodney King Beating In Los Angeles
4 March
National Poundcake Day
1678 Antonio Vivaldi’s Birthday (1678 – 1741)
1902 Triple AAA Founded
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States
5 March
National Cheese Doodle Day
1512 Gerardus Mercator (1512 – 1594)
1770 Boston Massacre
1933 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced a four-day “bank holiday”
1956 US Supreme Court upholds a ban on racial segregation in state schools, colleges and universities
1966 A BOAC British Boeing 707 crashed on Mount Fuji, Japan
2004 Martha Stewart is convicted of the felony of obstructing justice
2008 Brett Favre ( 38 ) the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers announced his retirement.
6 March
National Oreo Day
1475 Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 – 1564)
1899 The Patent Office in Berlin registers Aspirin Patent
1936 The sleek new prototype (K5054) for what would become the Spitfire Fighter Aircraft takes off on its maiden flight
1951 The Rosenberg Trial Starts
1957 Ghana gains it’s independence from Britain
1987 The British ferry, the Herald of Free Enterprise, capsized after leaving Zeebrugges
2007 Lewis ( Scooter ) Libby former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney is convicted
7 March
National Cereal Day
1872 Piet Mondrian (1872 – 1944)
1876 Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention the telephone
1932 The Communist Party of America host a “March on Hunger”
1965 Civil Rights March Alabama attacked by Troopers with night sticks
1988 IRA gang shot dead in Gibraltar
2006 Apple Patented the i-pod
2007 The British House of Lords becomes 100% elected.
8 March
National Peanut Cluster Day
1917 The Russian Revolution Starts
1936 Daytona Car Racing Begins
1969 The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am the epitome of the American muscle car is introduced
2014 International Women’s Day
9 March
NationalMeatball Day
National Crab Day
1454 Amerigo Vespucci
1959 Barbie doll makes debut at the American Toy Fair in New York
1974 Work on the 800 mile long Alaska Oil pipeline connecting oil fields in northern Alaska to the sea port at Valdez begins.
2004 John Allen Muhammad was sentenced to death in Virginia ( Beltway Sniper Attacks )
10 March
National Ranch Dressing Day
1820 Harriet Tubman (1820 – 1913)
1977 rings discovered around Uranus
11 March
National “Eat Your Noodles” Day
1811 Urbain le Verrier born, astronomer who discovered Neptune
1844 Johnny Appleseed died
12 March
National Milky Way Day
1930 Gandhi leads civil march to the sea against British rule in India
2015 Holi (India)
13 March
National Chicken Noodle Soup Day
1781 William Herschel discovered Uranus
2013 World Kidney Day
14 March
National Potato Chip Day
Pi Day
Butterflies Day
1879 Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
15 March
National Peanut Lovers’ Day
National Day in Hungary
44BC Julius Caesar murdered – Ides of March
1920 Maine became a state
1937 First Blood Bank Opened
16 March
National Artichoke Heart Day
Everything-You-Do-Is-Right Day
1751 James Madison’s Birthday (1751 – 1836)
1926 Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket
17 March
National “Eat Like an Irishman” Day
St. Patrick’s Day
Submarine Day
18 March
National Sloppy Joe Day
Birthday of Sparky the Fire Dog, official mascot of the National Fire Protection Association
1965 First Space Walk by astronaut Alexsei Lennov
19 March
Vernal Equinox, first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere
721 B.C. First lunar eclipse recorded by humans in Babylon
20 March
National Ravioli Day
National Oatmeal Cookie Day
1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin first Published
1916 Bill Martin Jr. Birthday (1916-2004)
1985 Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod
21 March
National Crunchy Taco Day
Human Rights Day in South Africa
1685 Johann Sebastian Bach’s Birthday (1685-1750)
2015 World Poetry Day
22 March
National Water Day
World Water Day
23 March
National Chips and Dip Day
National Day of Pakistan
1513 Ponce De Leon Discovered and Named Florida
1775 Patrick Henry’s ‘Give me liberty or give me death’ speech
1806 Lewis and Clarke Expedition Began
2014 World Meteorological Day
24 March
National Tortilla Chip Day
1874 Harry Houdini’s Birthday (1874 – 1926)
25 March
National International Waffle Day
National Family Day (USA)
Greek Independence Day
2015 Earth Hour
1655 Christian discovered Titan, Saturn’s largest moon
26 March
National Nougat Day
1874 Robert Frost’s Birthday (1874 – 1963)
27 March
National World Whisky Day
Photography Day
2011 World Theatre Day
28 March
National Black Forest Cake Day
1802 second asteroid, Pallas, discovered
1930 First Washing Machine Patented
29 March
National Chiffon Cake Day
1886 Coca Cola was invented
1974 spacecraft Mariner 10 took the first close-up photos of Mercury
30 March
National Hot Chicken Day
National Turkey Neck Soup Day
Doctor’s Day
1853 Vincent Van Gogh’s Birthday (1853 – 1890)
31 March
National Oysters on the Half Shell Day
National Clam Day
Bunsen Burner Day
1889 Eiffel Tower Opened
1927 Cesar Chavez, labor leader, born
SOURCES
- Enchanted Learning
- Scholastic
- Crayola
- Days of the Year
- The Crafty Crow
- Cute Calendar
- Foodimentary
- The People History
- Rob Marsh’s Africa Crime Mysteries
- SAHO South African History Online
- Kate from America Comes Alive
- Brittanica
- Se7en’s Almanac
- World Wide Weird Holidays
- A Year of Holidays
- CalendarLabs
- When Is…
- National Day Calendar
- Holiday Insights
- National Today
- Holidays Calendar
- BT On this Day
- Odd Loves Company
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