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holidays & events
  •  American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
  •  Ceadda (Celtic God of Healing Waters)
  •  Everything Acts To Further Day
  •  Holy Wells Day
  •  March Nymphs' Parade (Fairy)
  •  National Banana Cream Pie Day
  •  Old Stuff Day
  •  Read Across America Day
  •  World Day of Prayer

Christian holidays


anniversaries

  •  Morocco - Independence Day 1956
  •  Myanmar (Burma) - Farmer's Day
  •  Yahoo was incorporated (1995)
  •  NASA launched Pioneer 10 (1972)
  •  Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points against the New York Knicks (1962)
  •  King Kong premiered (1933)
  •  the Republic of Texas declared its independence from Mexico (1836)
  •  Happy Birthday Daniel Craig (1968), Rory Gallagher (1948), Mikhail Gorbachev (1931) and Dr. Suess (1901).
  •  RIP Marge Schott (d.2004), Dusty Springfield (d.1999), Philip K. Dick (d.1982), Howard Carter (d.1939) and D.H. Lawrence (1930).

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March holidays & events by location

 
Africa

Africa

  •  Adwa Day - in Ethiopia
  •  Morocco Independence Day
 
Asia & the Middle East

Asia

  •  Peasants' Day - in Burma
  •  Lantern Festival and Tourism Day

Middle East

 
Australia & Oceania

Australia and Oceania

 
Europe

Europe

 
North & Central America

North America

  •  Key Grip Day - in Alaska
  •  Cotton Carnival begins - in TN
  •  Texas Independence Day - March 2; in 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico and became the Republic of Texas; so, until 1846, Texas existed as a separate nation; numerous parades, festivals and even a complete historical reenactment of the event mark this holiday

Caribbean


Central America

 
South America

South America

 
calendar & zodiac

Gregorian calendar

  •  Day 61, with 304 days remaining in the year
  •  2001 A. D.: Friday
  •  2002 A. D.:  Saturday
  •  2003 A. D.:  Sunday
  •  2004 A. D.:  Tuesday
  •  2005 A. D.:  Wednesday
  •  2006 A. D.:  Thursday
  •  2007 A. D.:  Friday
  •  2008 A. D.:  Sunday
  •  2009 A. D.:  Monday
  •  2010 A. D.:  Tuesday
  •  2011 A. D.:  Wednesday

other calendars


season

  •  Northern hemisphere:  Spring
  •  Southern hemisphere:  Autumn

zodiac


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