March 7

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2023 Daily Holidays that fall on March 7, include:

• Alexander Graham Bell Day 
• National Be Heard Day 
  
• National Cereal Day 
• National Crown Roast of Pork Day 
• National Sportsmanship Day - March 7, 2023 (First Tuesday in March)
• Peace Corps Day - March 7, 2023 (First Tuesday in March)
  
• Plant Power Day 
  
• Town Meeting Day Vermont - March 7, 2023 (First Tuesday of March)
• Unique Names Day - March 7, 2023 (Tuesday of First Full Week in March which is Celebrate Your Name Week)
• World Math Day 

2023 Weekly Holidays that include March 7, are:

• British Pie Week - March 1-7 (Observed for 7 days starting on March 1st)
  
• Celebrate Your Name Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week in March)
• Endometriosis Awareness Week - March 3-9, 2023
• Fairtrade Fortnight - February 27 - March 12, 2023 (14 Days Starting the Last Monday in February)
• Hearing Awareness Week - March 1-7
• Holi - Evening of March 6 - Evening of March 7, 2023 (Hindu)
• Lent - February 22 - April 8, 2023 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
  
• Make Mine Chocolate - (Campaign kicks off annually on Feb 15, and ends on Easter which is April 9, 2023)
  
• National Cheerleading Week - March 1-7
  
• National Consumer Protection Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week of March)
• National Dental Assistants Recognition Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week in March)
• National Ghostwriters Week - March 1-7
  
• National Green Week - February 5 - April 30, 2023 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
  
• National Pet Sitters Week - March 1-7
  
• National Procrastination Week - March 5-11, 2023 (Second Week of March)
• National PTA Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week of March)
• National School Breakfast Week - March 6-10, 2023 (Mon-Fri of the First Full Week in March)
• National Schools Social Work Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week of March)
• National Words Matter Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week of March)
• National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week - March 1-7
• Newspaper in Education Week - March 6-10, 2023 (First Full School Week in March)
• No More Week - March 5-11, 2023 (The Week of International Women's Day)
• Orthodox Lent - February 22 - April 8, 2023 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
• Professional Pet Sitters Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week in March)
• Purim - Evening of March 6, 2023, to the Evening of March 7, 2023
• Read an E-Book Week - March 5-11, 2023
• Return The Borrowed Books Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Week of March)
• Save Your Vision Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week of March)
• Teen Tech Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week in March)
• Termite Awareness Week - March 5-11, 2023
• Universal Human Beings Week - March 1-7
  
• Will Eisner Week - March 1-7
• Women in Construction Week - March 5-11, 2023
• Women of Aviation Worldwide Week - March 6-12, 2023 (From Sunday before March 8, to Sunday after)
• World Orphan Week - March 4-11

2023 Monthly Holidays that include March 7, 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)

• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo - February 28 - March 19, 2023 (Houston, TX)
  
• Paralympic Winter Games - March 4-13, 2023 (Beijing 2023)
  
• Iditarod Race - March 4-19, 2023 - A Dogsled Race on the Iditarod Trail in Alaska running 1,000 miles from Anchorage to Nome

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for March 7 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

• 1671 – Robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (d. 1734)
• 1707 - Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island, and signer of the Declaration of Independence
• 1970 – Rachel Weisz, British actress (The Constant Gardener, The Mummy)
• 1971 – Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
• 1974 – Jenna Fischer, American actress (The Office)

Famous Deaths

• 322 BC - Aristotle, Greek philosopher (b. 384 BC)
• 1999 – Stanley Kubrick, American film director (b. 1928)

Quote of the Day

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

March 7 is National Cereal Day.

The Holidays and Observances Healthy Diet Habit Tip for March 7 is some information about Healthy Breakfast Cereals from Kerry at Healthy Diet Habits.  There are so many choices out there, that it helps to know some of the healthier Cereals to choose.

This Day in History

• 1778 - Captain James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay
• 1801 - Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law
• 1854 - Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes
• 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for the telephone
• 1918 - President Wilson authorizes the US Army's Distinguished Service Medal
• 1926 - 1st transatlantic telephone call from London to New York
  
• 1986 – The crew cabin of the Challenger is located on the ocean floor, by the Divers from the USS Preserver
• 1991 - Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait
• 1994 - US Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship
• 1996 - 1st surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope)

This Day in Music

• 1967 - The Supremes' Love Is Here And Now You're Gone hits #1
  
• 1969 - Tommy Roe's Dizzy is certified gold
• 1973 - Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel's Dueling Banjos is certified gold
• 1977 - Eagles' Hotel California hits #1
• 1981 -Eddie Rabbit's I Love A Rainy Night hits #1
  
• 1983 - The Songwriter's Hall of Fame inducts Neil Sedaka and Stevie Wonder
• 1985 – The song We Are the World receives its international release.
• 1987 - The Beastie Boys album, Licensed to Ill, becomes the first rap album to top the US chart. It stays at #1 for 7 weeks.

Above is the Hotel California from the Eagles. This song went #1 on this day in 1977. 

This Day in Sports

• 1857 - Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game
• 1950 - Men Figure Skating Championship in London won by Richard Button from the USA
• 1986 - Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist
• 1987 - Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1996 - Magic Johnson is the 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!