March 23

March 23 Information from the Holidays and Observances Website

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on March 23, include:

  • Be Mad Day - March 23, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in March)
  • Black Marriage Day - March 23, 2024 (Fourth Sunday in March)
  • Cuddly Kitten Day 
  • Endometriosis March Day - March 23, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in March)
  • National Chia Day 
  • National Chip and Dip Day 
  • National Melba Toast Day 
  • National Organize Your Home Office 
  • National Puppy Day (Normally observed on March 23)
  • National Tamale Day 
  • Near Miss Day
  • OK Day 
  • Ravenclaw Pride Day
  • Take Your Parents to the Playground Day - March 23, 2024 (8 Days before Easter)
  • Walk in the Sand Day - March 23, 2024 (Saturday after the March Equinox)
  • World Meteorological Day 

2024 Weekly Holidays that include March 23, 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)
  • 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)
  • Purim - Evening of March 23, 2024, to the Evening of March 24, 2024
  • 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
  • Tsunami Awareness Week (California) - March 23-31, 2024
  • Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination - March 21-27
  • World Folktales & Fables Week - March 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week in March)

2024 Monthly Holidays that include March 23, 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.


World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

  • National Cherry Blossom Festival - March 20 - April 14, 2024 (Washington D.C.)
  • Ultra Music Festival - March 22-24, 2024 - World's Premier Electronic Music Festival held in Miami, Florida.


Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for March 23 is Aries.


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

  • 1645 - William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)
  • 1904 – Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 1977)
  • 1924 – Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor of liquid paper (d. 1980)
  • 1959 – Catherine Keener, American actress ( Being John Malkovich  Capote, Into the Wild)
  • 1965 – Richard Grieco, American actor and model (21 Jump Street, Booker)
  • 1976 – Michelle Monaghan, American actress (Made of Honor)
  • 1976 – Keri Russell, American actress (Felicity, The Americans)
  • 1990 – Princess Eugenie of York, younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York


Famous Deaths

  • 2006 – David B. Bleak, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)
  • 2006 – Desmond Doss, American soldier Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
  • 2011 – Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress (b. 1932)
Elizabeth Taylor passed away on March 23, 2011

I loved Elizabeth Taylor in her movie National Velvet, from 1944 that was her first success. She was such an incredibly beautiful child/woman. Her movie credits are endless, including Father of the Bridge, Cat on a Hat Tin Roof with Paul Newman, BUtterfield 8, Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

She was known also for her eight marriages, her love of jewelry (her collection was valued at $150million at her death), her friendship with Michael Jackson. She was also known for her support of AIDS research, and she co-founded the American Foundation for AIDS Research in 1985, and the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation in 1993.


Famous Weddings and Divorces

  • 1985 - Musician Billy Joel weds supermodel Christie Brinkley


Quote of the Day

March 23rd is National Puppy Day!

Awww....Today, March 23rd is NATIONAL PUPPY DAY! Who can't resist a Puppy? To view lots of Puppy Pictures, please check out our Pinterest Pet Board from the link below, and see what other Pet Holidays (Cats/Dogs), there are throughout the year! 

"Happiness is a warm puppy." ~Charles Schultz, Peanuts comic strip creator

"Dogs are our link to paradise." ~Milan Kundera, Czech writer

"No animal I know of can consistently be more of a friend and companion than a dog." ~Stanley Leinwall, writer

"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." ~Ben Williams, English philosopher



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

The Holidays and Observances Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day for March 23, is learning about Healthy Snacks, from Kerry at Healthy Diet Habits.

The Holidays and Observances Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day for March 23 is learning about Healthy Snacks, from Kerry at Healthy Diet Habits.  March 23, is National Chip and Dip Day, but some choices are better than others. 


This Day in History

  • 1775 –  Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" – at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia
  • 1839 - 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect]  in the Boston's Morning Post (Today is OK Day!)
  • 1840 - Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon
  • 1868 – The University of California is founded in Oakland, California
  • 1901 - Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast (Today is National Melba Toast Day!)
  • 1909 – Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa sponsored by National Geographic, and the Smithsonian Institute
  • 1919 - Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan Italy
  • 1929 - 1st telephone installed in White House
  • 1934 - US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945
  • 1945 - Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 US Navy ships bomb Okinawa
  • 1950 - UN World Meteorological Org established (Today is World Meteorological Day)
  • 1956 – Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world
  • 1957 - US army sells last homing pigeons
  • 1987 - US offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf
  • 2021 - A container ship runs aground and blocks the Suez Canal for six days


This Day in Music

  • 1973 - Yoko Ono (wife of John Lennon of The Beatles), is granted permanent residence in US
  • 1974 - Cher's Dark Lady hits #1
  • 1977 - Daryl Hall & John Oates' Rich Girl hits #1
  • 1981 - Blondie's Rapture hits #1
  • 1983 - Michael Jackson's Billie Jean hits #1
  • 1985 - Julian Lennon's 1st concert in San Antonio Texas (John Lennon's son)
  • 1985 - John Fogerty's Centerfield album hits #1 
  • 1991 - R.E.M.'s album Out of Time hits #1 in the UK
  • 1996 - Celine Dion's Because You Loved Me hits #1
  • 2004 - With Confessions, Usher becomes the first R&B artist to have an album sell 1.1 million copies in its first week
  • 2008 - Jack Johnson's fifth album, Sleep Through the Static, hits #1




Celine Dion's song Because You Loved Me hits #1 on this day in 1996.  It became the theme song of the 1996 film Up Close & Personal, starring Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer.

This Day in Sports

  • 1888 – In England, The Football League, meets for the first time (the world's oldest professional Association Football league)
  • 1962 - William DeWitt buys Cincinnati Reds for $4,625,000
  • 1972 - Evel Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 car
  • 1984 - Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill & Chris Dean (GRB)
  • 1984 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (GDR)
  • 1984 - Men's Fig Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
  • 1992 - Florida Marlins begin selling tickets
  • 1994 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored


Word of the Day from Wiktionary

escapade (noun)

1. A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.

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