March 3

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2026 Daily Holidays that fall on March 3, include:

• 33 Flavors Day 
• Bonza Bottler Day
• Canadian Bacon Day 
• Caregiver Appreciation Day 
• Global Omega-3 Day 
• I Want You To Be Happy Day 
  
• If Pets had Thumbs Day 
• International Ear Care Day
• International Irish Whiskey Day
• International Tripawd Awareness Day 
• Missouri Compromise Day
• National Anthem Day
• National Cold Cuts Day 
• National Jackson Day 
• National Moscow Mule Day
• National Mulled Wine Holiday 
• National Rita Day
• National Robin Day
• National Sportsmanship Day - March 3, 2026 (First Tuesday in March)
• Navy Reserves Birthday 
• Peace Corps Day - March 3, 2026 (First Tuesday in March)
• Peach Blossom Day 
• Simplify-Your-Life Day
• Soup it Forward Day
• Talk in Third Person Day 
• TB-303 Appreciation Day 
• Town Meeting Day Vermont - March 3, 2026 (First Tuesday of March)
• Unique Names Day - March 3, 2026 (Tuesday of First Full Week in March which is Celebrate Your Name Week)
• U.S. Navy Medical Corps - (Established March 3, 1871)
• World Birth Defects Day 
• World Hearing Day
• World Tennis Day 
• World Wildlife Day 

2026 Weekly Holidays that include March 3, are:

• Celebrate Your Name Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week in March)
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Week of March)
• Collegiate Safe Spring Break Programming - Late February - Early April
• Dental Assistant Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of March)
• Hearing Awareness Week - March 1-7
• Holi - Evening of March 3 - Evening of March 4, 2026 (Hindu)
• Jewish Book Week - February 28 - March 8, 2026 (Literary Festival in London)
• Lent - February 18, 2026 - April 4, 2026 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
• Make Mine Chocolate - (Campaign kicks off annually on Feb 15, and ends on Easter which is April 3, 2026)
• National Butchers Week - March 2-8, 2026
• National Cheerleading Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Week in March)
• National Consumer Protection Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of March)
• National Dental Assistants Recognition Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week in March)
• National Ghostwriters Week - March 1-7
• National Green Week - February 1 - April 30, 2026 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
• National Invest in Veterans Week - March 1-7
• National Pasty Week - March 1-7, 2026 (Closest to St. Piran's Day on March 5th)
• National Pet Sitters Week - March 1-7
• National PTA Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of March)
• National School Breakfast Week - March 2-6, 2026 (Mon-Fri of the First Full Week in March)
• National Schools Social Work Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of March)
• National Words Matter Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of March)
• National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week - March 1-7
• Newspaper in Education Week - March 2-6, 2026 (First Full School Week in March)
• Obesity Care Week (OCW) - March 2-6, 2026 (First Week of March)
• Orthodox Lent - February 23, 2026 - April 4, 2026 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
• Peace Corps Week - March 1-5, 2026
• Professional Pet Sitters Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week in March)
• Purim - Evening of March 2, 2026, to the Evening of March 3, 2026
• Ramadan - Evening of February 17, 2026 - Evening of March 18, 2026
• Read Across America Week - March 2-6, 2026 (M-F week of Dr. Seuss Birthday on March 2)
• Read an E-Book Week - March 1-7, 2026
• Return The Borrowed Books Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Week of March)
• Save Your Vision Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of March)
• Teen Tech Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week in March)
• Telecommuter Appreciation Week - March 1-7, 2026 (Week that includes Alexander Graham Bell's Birthday of 3/2)
• Universal Human Beings Week - March 1-7
• Will Eisner Week - March 1-7
• Women in Construction Week - March 1-7, 2026

2026 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:

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)

• Chinese New Year Festival and Parade (San Francisco, CA) - February 7 - March 15, 2026;  Parade is on March 7, 2026
• North Dakota Winter Show - March 1-7, 2026 (Valley City, ND)
• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo -  March 2-22, 2026 (Houston, TX)
• Floating Lantern Festival - March 3, 2026 (15th Day of the First Month of Chinese Calendar)
• Japan Dolls Festival - March 3
• Expo West (Anaheim, CA) - March 3-6, 2026

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)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1984 - Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway marries swimmer Janet Buchan

Quote of the Day

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.

Season

March 3rd falls within the Winter Season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Winter is one of the four seasons. It follows the Fall Season, and is before the Spring Season. It is the coldest and darkest season in the Northern Hemisphere. It also starts in one year, and ends in the next, so it straddles two different years. 

Check out our Winter Season page for information about Winter, Winter Dates, Major Winter Holidays and Observances, Major Winter Festivals, Fun Facts About Winter, Winter Food Tips, Winter Gardening, Winter Preparation, Winter Quotes, and Winter Weather Information.

Kerry has put together some great information and tips on winter foods: 

• Winter Foods
• Winter Weight Gain
• Winter Weight Loss Tips

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this day falls in the Summer Season. 

• Summer
• Summer Cooking 
• Summer Weight Loss Tips 

This Day in History

• 1585 – The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza, Italy
• 1791 - 1st Internal Revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)
• 1791 - Congress establishes the US Mint
• 1805 - The Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms
• 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

Wishing You a Great Day Today!