March 19

March 19 Information from the Holidays and Observances Website

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on March 19, include:

  • Certified Nurses Day 
  • Client's Day 
  • First Day of Spring - March 19, 2024
  • International Clients Day
  • International Earth Day - March 19, 2024 (Same day as Spring Equinox, and different than Earth Day observed on April 22 each year)
  • Let's Laugh Day 
  • March Equinox (First Day of Spring) - March 19, 2024
  • National Agriculture Day - March 19, 2024 (Falls During National Ag Week Each Year)
  • National Chocolate Caramel Day 
  • National Poultry Day 
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom Day 
  • Ostara (Spring Equinox) - March 19, 2024
  • Proposal Day - March 19, 2024 and September 23, 2024 (First Day of Spring and the First Day of Fall)
  • Saint Joseph's Day 
  • Snowman Burning Day - March 19, 2024 (First Day of Spring)
  • Spring Equinox - March 19, 2024
  • Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day 
  • World Social Work Day - March 19, 2024 (Third Tuesday in March)
  • World Storytelling Day - March 19, 2024 (same day as Spring Equinox)

2024 Weekly Holidays that include March 19, are:

  • Act Happy Week - March 18-24, 2024 (Starts on Third Monday of March)
  • American Chocolate Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week of March)
  • Clutter Awareness Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week of March)
  • Consider Christianity Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Begins 2nd Sunday Before Easter)
  • Global Money Week - March 18-24, 2024
  • International Goof Off Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week of March)
  • International Teach Music Week - March 18-24, 2024 (7 days starting from Third Monday in March)
  • Jobs for Teens Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week of March)
  • Lent - February 14 - March 26, 2024 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
  • Make Mine Chocolate - (Campaign kicks off annually on Feb 15, and ends on Easter which is March 31, 2024)
  • National Agriculture Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Week in March that has March 21st in it)
  • National Animal Poison Prevention Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week of March)
  • National Anonymous Giving Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week of March)
  • National Bubble Week - March 17-23, 2024 (First Week of Spring)
  • National Button Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week in March)
  • National Clean Out Your Closet Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week of March)
  • National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week - March 18-24, 2024
  • National Fix a Leak Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week in March)
  • National Green Week - February 4 - April 30, 2024 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
  • National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Week of March)
  • National Introverts Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week of March)
  • National Poison Prevention Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week of March)
  • Native American Awareness Week - March 18-22, 2024
  • Orthodox Lent - Begins on Ash Wednesday - March 18, 2024 - May 4, 2024 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
  • Passion Week - March 17 - 23, 2024 (Week Before Holy Week)
  • Passiontide - March 17 - 30, 2024 (Passion Week + Holy Week)
  • Ramadan - Evening of March 10, 2024 - Evening of April 8, 2024
  • Schools Library Media Center Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week of March)
  • Shakespeare Week - March 18-24, 2024
  • Wellderly Week - March 18-22, 2024 (Five Days Starting on the Third Monday in March)
  • World Folktales & Fables Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week in March)

2024 Monthly Holidays that include March 19, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our March Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of March.

NOTE:

  1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
  2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.


Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for March 19 is Pisces.


Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for March are:

  • The Jonquil, better known as Daffodil or Narcissus
  • The meaning of the Daffodil is friendship and domestic happiness


Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for March is the aquamarine and the bloodstone.


Famous Birthdays

  • 1734 – Thomas McKean, American lawyer and signatory of the American Declaration of Independence (d. 1817)
  • 1848 – Wyatt Earp, American Marshall (d. 1929)
  • 1936 – Ursula Andress, Swiss actress (1st Bond Girl in Dr. No in 1962)
  • 1946 - Ruth Pointer (The Pointer Sisters)
  • 1947 – Glenn Close, American actress (Fatal Attraction)
  • 1955 – Bruce Willis, American actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard Series, Armageddon, The Sixth Sense)


Famous Deaths

  • 1950 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, Science Fiction Author (Tarzan of the Apes) (b. 1875)
  • 1974 – Anne Klein, American fashion designer (b. 1923)


Famous Weddings and Divorces

  • 1976 - Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years
  • 1992 - British Prince Andrew & Princess Sarah Ferguson announce separation
  • 1996 - Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marriage
  • 2009 - Talk show host David Letterman, weds longtime girlfriend Regina Lasko


Quote of the Day

March 19 is LET'S LAUGH DAY!



Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

The Holidays and Observances Healthy Diet Habits tip of the Day for March 19 which is National Agriculture Day, is to shop at Farmer's Markets for Fresh Organic Produce.

The Holidays and Observances Healthy Diet Habits tip of the Day for March 19 is to shop at Farmer's Markets for Fresh Organic Produce. The week of March 19-25, 2023 is National Agriculture Week.  National Agriculture Day will be observed on March 21, 2022 (Falls During National Ag Week Each Year).

Here are some of the benefits of shopping at Farmer's Markets, from Kerry, at Healthy Diet Habits.

  • See our FOOD HOLIDAYS page for all the special days celebrating food!
  • See our Holiday Food page for tips on healthy holiday food traditions in general, and for some sample meal plan ideas for some of the most popular holidays.


This Day in History

  • 1831 - 1st US bank robbery at City Bank, New York - $245,000 is taken
  • 1883 - Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes
  • 1895 - Los Angeles Railway is established to provide streetcar service
  • 1915 - Pluto is photographed for the 1st time
  • 1918 – The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time
  • 1931 – Gambling is legalized in the US State of Nevada
  • 1932 – The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened in Sydney, Australia
  • 1942 - FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non military duty
  • 1945 - Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree to destroy all German factories
  • 1984 - Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into the Columbia River
  • 1987 - PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn
  • 2003 – US President George W. Bush orders the start of war against Iraq
  • 2012 - Wendy's overtakes Burger King to become the second best selling hamburger chain


This Day in Music

  • 1968 - Dean Martin's album Houston is certified gold
  • 1971 - Janis Joplin's Me And Bobby McGee hits #1
  • 1974 - Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour. They had formerly been known as Jefferson Airplane, and then changed to just Starship in 1984.
  • 2001 - Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is Aerosmith, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Queen, Ritchie Valens, Solomon Burke, Steely Dan and The Flamingos 




Above is Aerosmith's song, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing that was featured in the movie Armageddon.


This Day in Sports

  • 1938 - Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes
  • 1942 - Thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago
  • 1956 - Biggest NBA margin of victory to date - Minnesota Lakers-133, versus St Louis Hawks-75
  • 1972 - LA Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, for a record 63 points win
  • 1987 - Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 m (39.43 sec)
  • 1989 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
  • 1990 - 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held in Ottawa
  • 1991 - St Louis Blue Brett Hull is 3rd NHL'er to score 80 goals in a season
  • 1991 - Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road losses
  • 1997 - Major League Baseball announces a 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi


Word of the Day from Wiktionary

vaguery (noun)

1. (uncountable) Vagueness, the condition of being vague. 
2. (countable) A vagueness, a thing which is vague, an example of vagueness.
3. (countable, in the plural) An eggcorn for vagaries.

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