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Alexander Graham Bell Day
Alexander Graham Bell Day is celebrated on March 7 every year. It was on this day that Bell was granted a patent for "transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically". In honor, people around the world celebrate as a day of innovation and invention.
Tags: Alexander Graham Bell · Celebrate · Celebration · Phone Calls · Invention · Innovation · Thomas Watson · Transmitter · Iconic Statement · Nova Scotia, Canada
International Women's Day
International Women's Day is a holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women's rights movement. The day gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women.
Tags: Europe · North America · Women's Rights · Feminist · Rights · Focal Point · Women · United Nations · Female Suffrage Movement · Social Movements
National Barbie Day
March 10, 2024 Special Interest
March 9 is National Barbie Day. In 1959, an 11-inch tall bombshell made her debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. Designed by Ruth Handler, the Co-Founder of Mattel, Barbie was created to allow girls to imagine.
Tags: American International Toy Fair · Ruth Handler · Girls · Women · Dolls · Mattel · Career Goals · Imagine · Imagination · Future
Check Your Batteries Day
Check Your Batteries Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in March. It was created to raise awareness about testing your batteries in your various appliances and having working batteries. Check your batteries, and ensure they are working perfectly well.
Tags: Appliances · Working Batteries · Electronics · Proper Operation · Devices · Reminders · Raise Awareness · Testing Batteries · Alert · Batteries
National Dream Day
March 10, 2024 Special Interest
Chase your dreams on National Dream Day, annually on March 11. The holiday was created to make everyone, both old and young, realize that they can build and go after their dreams. Dream School Foundation started the holiday especially for children.
Tags: The Millennium Man · Robert Muller · Dreaming · Dream School Foundation · Sole Mission · Dreamers · Dreams · Imagination · Goals · Aspirations
World Day Against Cyber Censorship
World Day Against Cyber Censorship is an online event held each year on March 12 to draw attention to the ways that governments around the world are deterring and censoring free speech online. The day was first observed on March 12, 2008.
Tags: Censorship · Cyber Security · Cyber · Government · Reporters Without Borders · Amnesty International · Jean-François Julliard · Symbolized · Computer Mouse · Larry Cox
International Every Girl Wins Day
International Every Girl Wins Day is celebrated on March 13. This holiday helps bring attention to women's rights worldwide, especially to young girls. The celebrations involve talks, lectures, and conferences on women's empowerment in every country.
Tags: Long-Term · Equality · Systemic Change · Every Girl Wins Institute · Changes · Women · Women's Rights · Girls · Young Women · Winning
Pi Day
March 10, 2024 Special Interest
Pi Day is a celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (the 3rd month) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π. It was founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw, of the science museum Exploratorium.
Tags: Significant Figures · San Francisco, California · International Day of Mathematics · Exploratorium · United States House of Representatives · Larry Shaw · Mathematics · Mathematical Constant · Pi · Recitation Competitions
World Consumer Rights Day
World Consumer Rights Day, celebrated on March 15 every year, is a global event that aims to raise awareness about consumer rights and needs. Most people are not aware of their rights as consumers, make others aware of the right to demand protection.
Tags: Consumers · Complaints · Demands · Protection · Raise Awareness · Consumer Rights · Needs · Fraudulent Activities · Products · Purchases
Black Press Day
March 23, 2024 Special Interest
Black Press Day is observed on March 16. It commemorates when the first Black newspaper, Freedom's Journal, hit the stands in New York City in 1827. For nearly 200 years, Black publishers, writers, photographers, and editors have spoken truth to power.
Tags: News Channels · Breaking News · News · Narratives · Notions · Freedom's Journal · Black People · Black Experience · Civil Rights Movement · Enduring Legacy
St. Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick, is a religious and cultural holiday held on March 17, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland. The day commemorates the arrival of Christianity in Ireland.
Tags: Irish People · Ireland · Christianity · Religious · Heritage · Foremost Patron Saint · Parades · Feast of Saint Patrick · Saint · Saint Patrick
Act Happy Day
March 23, 2024 Special Interest
Act Happy Day is an annual event celebrated on the third Monday of March. Act Happy Day was created by Dr. Dale Anderson who believed that simply acting happy, even when one did not feel so, could bring a positive change in life.
Tags: Happiness · Happier Life · Dr. Dale Anderson · Emotions · Good Laugh · Positive Change in Life · Getting Together · Lighten Up the Mood · Close Friends · Comedy Specials
Red Nose Day
March 19 is Red Nose Day. This holiday got its start in England in 1988, and today it's one of the largest fundraisers in the United Kingdom. The day is sponsored by Comic Relief. Red Nose Day happens every two years on the 2nd or 3rd Friday in March.
Tags: Comic Relief · Fundraising · England · Fundraisers · United Kingdom · Clowns · Television · Television Specials · Telethon · Red Noses
World Storytelling Day
March 23, 2024 Special Interest
World Storytelling Day, which occurs annually on March 20, is a day that celebrates the art of storytelling. Whether the story has words, pictures, signs, or expressions, all forms of storytelling are appreciated on this day.
Tags: Stories · Short Stories · Words · Expressions · Diversity · Storytelling · Different Cultures · Pictures · Art · Signs
Companies That Care Day
March 23, 2024 Special Interest
Companies That Care Day is celebrated on the 3rd Thursday in March to encourage employers to start caring for their employees, instead of overworking. To have a long-lasting workforce that can produce quality work, employers must show that they care.
Tags: Work · Working · Workplace · Corporations · Success · Meaningful Success · Productivity · Happiness · Companies · Human Resources
As Young As You Feel Day
March 23, 2024 Special Interest
Celebrate As Young As You Feel Day on March 22. It doesn't matter how old you are. Feeling young is a state of mind. No matter your age, no one can stop you from feeling young and alive. It is all about believing that you are as young as you feel.
Tags: Actual Age · State of Mind · Numbers · Younger · Agism · Older · Life · Celebrate the Journey · Celebration · Celebrate
World Math Day
March 23, 2024 Special Interest
World Math Day is on March 23. Every year, millions of students worldwide battle it out online to make math history. World Math Day hopes to change everyone's mind and aims to change the irrational fear of math into a lifelong fascination.
Tags: Mathematics · Mathematical Constant · Students · Irrational Fear · Numbers · Lifelong Fascination · World · Worldwide · Learning · Calculations
International Day for Achievers
March 23, 2024 Special Interest
International Day for Achievers is celebrated on March 24. This day honors and acknowledges those who have made significant contributions. Pay homage to innovators, without whose achievements and service, the world would be a much more difficult place.
Tags: Artists · Activists · Politicians · Professors · Pay Homage · Scientists · Doctors · Innovators · Achievements · Service
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 23, 2024 Special Interest
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is honored on March 25. The day honors and recalls the more than 15 million people who were brutalized for over 400 years as a result of a slave system.
Tags: Transatlantic Slave Trade · Abolished Slavery · Slavery · Slave Trade · Panamanian · Humans · Transatlantic · Brutalized · Slave System · Africans
Holy Tuesday
Holy Tuesday is observed on the Tuesday of Holy Week every year, which is the week that precedes Easter Sunday and usually falls somewhere between the end of March and the beginning of April. This day is observed by Christians around the world.
Tags: Fig Tree · Meditate · Fig Tuesday · Crucifixion · Easter · April · March · Holy Week · Disciples · Jesus
American Red Cross Giving Day
March 24, 2024 Special Interest
American Red Cross Giving Day is observed every fourth Wednesday in March and this year. American Red Cross Giving Day is an opportunity for people to come together and support and help the urgent humanitarian needs of the American Red Cross.
Tags: Support System · American Red Cross · Support · Discrimination · Humanitarian Needs · Humanity · Blood Donor · Donations · War · Wounded on the Battlefield
Virtual Advocacy Day
March 24, 2024 Special Interest
Being involved with the legislative process on Virtual Advocacy Day, annually on March 28, allows constituents to advance agendas. Through virtual meetings with congress members, you can learn more about how the legislative process affects a cause.
Tags: Legislative Process · Virtual Meetings · Collective Agendas · Congress · Process · Constituents · Volunteers · Passionate · Procedures · Law
Good Friday
Good Friday commemorates the death of Jesus on Calvary, the site just outside the walls of Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. It falls on the Friday before Easter. Most Christian denominations recognize Good Friday as a holy day, with many fasting.
Tags: Christianity · Christian · Jesus · Calvary · Jerusalem · Holy Day · Catholic · Lutheran · Eastern Orthodox · Easter
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday marks the last day of the Holy Week. Jesus was laid to rest on this day. He was enclosed inside a tomb whilst his followers held a 40-hour vigil in his honor. All over the world, people also observe the last day of their Lent on this day.
Tags: Prayers · Tomb · Honor · Vigil · Jesus · Christian · Christianity · Catholic · Holy Week · Lent
International Transgender Day of Visibility
International Transgender Day of Visibility is an event on March 31 dedicated to recognizing the resilience and accomplishments of the transgender community. Celebrate the transgender population, raise awareness, and advocate for more protected rights.
Tags: Resilience · Accomplishments · Community · Visibility · Visible · Identity · Advocate · Transgender · Protected Rights · LGBTQ+
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