March 18

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on March 18, include:

• Act Happy Day - March 18, 2024 (Third Monday in March)
• Clean Monday - March 18, 2024 
• Evacuation Day Observed - March 18, 2024 (State Holiday in Massachusetts)
• Forgive Mom and Dad Day 
  
• Goddess of Fertility Day - March 18, 2024
• National Awkward Moments Day 
• National Biodiesel Day 
• National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day 
• National Sloppy Joe Day
• Oatmeal Cookie Day 
• Orthodox Green Monday - March 18, 2024
• Supreme Sacrifice Day
• Transit Driver Appreciation Day - March 18, 2024 (March 18th unless on weekend, then closest working day)
• Well-Elderly or Wellderly Day - March 18, 2024 (Third Monday in March)

2024 Weekly Holidays that include March 18, 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 18, 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 18 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

• 1782 – John C. Calhoun, American politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
• 1837 – Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (d. 1908)
• 1858 – Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the Diesel engine  (d. 1913)
• 1909 – Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Frank Searle, British Loch Ness Monster hoaxer (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Peter Graves, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1938 – Charley Pride, American singer
• 1970 - Queen Latifah, American singer
  

Famous Deaths

• 1584 - Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible], Russian Tsar (1547-84), dies at 53
• 1845 – Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (b. 1774)
• 2001 – John Phillips, American musician (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1935)
• 2009 - Natasha Richardson, English actress (b. 1963)
• 2017 - Chuck Berry - American singer and songwriter (b. 1926)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1991 - Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell
• 1993 - Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC
• 2012 - Twilight, actor Peter Facinelli divorces Jennie Garth, actress of 90210

Quote of the Day

The quote above reminded me of my parents. My Dad is 91 now, and my Mom is 89.  My Mom still drives, (my Dad gave up his license at 89 due to vision), and they both work together to clean their house.  I've asked them recently why they don't get on a maid service plan, and they have said, that as long as they are able to do things, they will, that it keeps them active! They also get out and walk around their neighborhood together to stay active. My Dad has a computer, and trades stocks online, and checks up on the stock market online everyday!

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

The Holidays and Observances Recipe of the Day for March 18, is the Quaker Oats Vanishing Oatmeal Cookies, in honor of March 18 being Oatmeal Cookie Day.  The Recipe can be made with raisins, chocolate chips, or carob chips.

This Day in History

• 1766 – The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act
• 1793 - The first republican state in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann
• 1818 - Congress approves 1st pensions for government service
• 1834 - 1st railroad tunnel in the US is completed, in Pennsylvania
• 1850 – American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo
• 1870 - 1st US National Wildlife Preserve at Lake Meritt, in Oakland California
• 1874 – Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights
• 1910 - 1st opera by a US composer, Converse, is performed at the Met, in New York City
• 1931 - 1st electric shavers (Schick), go on sale in the US
  
• 1938 - Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties
• 1940 - Italian Dictator, Benito Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France & Britain
• 1944 - Nazi Germany occupies Hungary
• 1945 - 1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin
• 1949 - NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified
• 1952 - 1st plastic lens for cataract patients is fitted in Philadelphia
• 1952 - Communist offensive in Korea
• 1959 - President Dwight D Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
• 1961 - Pillsbury Dough Boy is introduced
• 1974 - Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
• 1977 - Vietnam hands over MIA to US
• 1989 - Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen

This Day in Music

• 1961 - Elvis Presley's Surrender hits #1
  
• 1967 - Steve Winwood announces plans to form Traffic
• 1967 - The Beatles' Penny Lane hits #1 in the US
  
• 1972 - Neil Young's Heart Of Gold hits #1
• 1978 - The Bee Gees' Night Fever hits #1
• 1982 - Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident
• 1992 - Donna Summer gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 2002 - The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees are:  Brenda Lee, Gene Pitney, Isaac Hayes, The Ramones, Talking Heads and Tom Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 

Above is Neil Young's Heart of Gold, song that hit #1 in 1972. This was one of my favorites of his.  He is talking initially, so the song starts around the 1:50min mark.

This Day in Sports

• 1953 - Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
• 1959 - Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws
• 1990 - 32 day lockout by baseball owners ends

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!