2024 Daily Holidays that fall on March 3, include:
33 Flavors Day
Bonza Bottler Day
Canadian Bacon Day
Daughter's and Son's Day - March 3, 2024 (First Sunday in March)
Finisher's Medal Day - March 3, 2024 (First Sunday in March)
I Want You To Be Happy Day
If Pets had Thumbs Day
International Tripawd Awareness Day
International Ear Care Day
Namesake Day - March 3, 2024 (The Sunday of Celebrate Your Name Week)
National Anthem Day
National Cold Cuts Day
National Mulled Wine Holiday
Navy Reserves Birthday
Peach Blossom Day
Simplify-Your-Life Day
Soup it Forward Day
Talk in Third Person Day
TB-303 Appreciation Day
U.S. Navy Medical Corps - (Established March 3, 1871)
World Birth Defects Day
World Hearing Day
World Wildlife Day
2024 Weekly Holidays that include March 3, are:
American Council on Education - March 3-5, 2024
British Pie Week - March 1-7 (Observed for 7 days starting on March 1st)
Celebrate Your Name Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week in March)
Endometriosis Awareness Week - March 1-7, 2024
Fairtrade Fortnight - February 26 - March 10, 2024 (14 Days Starting the Last Monday in February)
Festival of Owls Week - March 1-3, 2024 (First Full Weekend in March)
Hearing Awareness Week - March 1-7
Jewish Book Week - March 2-10, 2024
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 Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week - March 1-6, 2024
National Cheerleading Week - March 1-7
National Consumer Protection Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week of March)
National Dental Assistants Recognition Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week in March)
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week - February 26 - March 4, 2024
National Ghostwriters Week - March 1-7
National Green Week - February 4 - April 30, 2024 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
National Pasty Week - February 26 - March 3, 2024 (Closest to St. Piran's Day on March 5th)
National Pet Sitters Week - March 1-7
National Procrastination Week - March 3-9, 2024 (Second Week of March)
National PTA Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week of March)
National Schools Social Work Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week of March)
National Words Matter Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week of March)
National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week - March 1-7
No More Week - March 3-9, 2024 (The Week of International Women's Day)
Professional Pet Sitters Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week in March)
Read Across America Week - March 2-6, 2024 (M-F week of Dr. Seuss Birthday on March 2)
Read an E-Book Week - March 3-9, 2024
Return The Borrowed Books Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Week of March)
Save Your Vision Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week of March)
Teen Tech Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week in March)
Universal Human Beings Week - March 1-7
Will Eisner Week - March 1-7
Women in Construction Week - March 3-9, 2024
2024 Monthly Holidays that include March 3, 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:
A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
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)
Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival - Usually starts annually on January 5, and typically runs for a month or more, in Harbin, China and is the largest ice and snow festival in the world! 2024 dates are December 20, 2024 - Early March, 2024.
Chinese New Year Festival and Parade - (San Francisco) - February 3 - March 3, 2024, Parade on February 24, 2024
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo - February 27 - March 17, 2024 (Houston, TX)
International Festival of Owls - March 1-3, 2024 in Houston, Minnesota
Iditarod Race - March 2-17, 2024 - A Dogsled Race on the Iditarod Trail in Alaska (Starts on the First Saturday in March)
Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for March 3 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
1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scotland, inventor (telephone)
1882 – Charles Ponzi, Italian criminal and scam artist who used the Ponzi scheme to scam people (d. 1949)
1947 – Jennifer Warnes, American singer and songwriter
1970 – Julie Bowen, American actress (Modern Family)
1982 – Jessica Biel, American actress (7th Heaven)
Famous Deaths
1959 – Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (Abbott & Costello) (b. 1906)
1987 – Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and comedian (Danny Kaye Show) (b. 1913)
Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day or a Recipe of the Day
The Holidays and Observances Recipe of the Day for March 3 is a Chicken Stir Fry Recipe with Cauliflower and Broccoli from Kerry, at Healthy Diet Habits.
This Day in History
1585 – The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza, Italy
1813 - The Office of Surgeon General of the US Army forms
1817 - Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory & Mississippi
1820 - Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri
1835 - Congress authorizes a US mint at New Orleans Louisiana
1845 – Florida is admitted into the U.S. as the 27th State
1849 - Congress establishes the US Department of the Interior
1863 - Idaho Territory forms
1871 - Congress establishes the civil service system
1877 - Rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th U.S. President
1885 - California is the 1st US State to establish a permanent forest commission
1887 - Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind and deaf Helen Keller
1905 - US Forest Service forms
1923 – TIME magazine is published for the first time.
1931 - President Herbert Hoover signs a congressional act making "The Star Spangled Banner" the official National Anthem of the United States.
1933 - Mount Rushmore is dedicated
1938 – Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia
1991 – An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers
1997 – The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand
2002 – Citizens of Switzerland vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations
2005 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
Above is the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand. It took two and a half years of construction and was completed on this day in 1997. Check out our Holidays in New Zealand page for more information about New Zealand.
This Day in Music
1931 – The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem
1965 - The Temptations' My Girl hits #1
1966 - Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms
1973 - Elton John's Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player Album hits #1
1979 - The Bee Gees' Spirits Having Flown Album hits #1
1978 - Van Halen starts their first ever US tour in Chicago as the opening act for Journey
2009 - Martina McBride sings The Star-Spangled Banner
This Day in Sports
1875 – The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada
1959 - San Francisco Giant's rename their stadium Candlestick Park
Word of the Day from Wiktionary
beey (adjective)
1. (informal, rare) Reminiscent of or containing bees.
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