March 7

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2025 Daily Holidays that fall on March 7, include:

• Alexander Graham Bell Day
• Dress in Blue Day - March 7, 2025 (First Friday in March)
• Employee Appreciation Day - March 7, 2025 (First Friday in March)
• Friday Fish Fry Day - March 7, 2025 (First Friday of Lent)
• Middle Name Pride Day - March 7, 2025 (Friday of First Full Week in March which is Celebrate Your Name Week)
• National Be Heard Day 
  
• National Ben Day - (People Named Ben)
• National Carol Day -  (People Named Carol)
• National Cereal Day 
• National Cooper Day - (People Named Cooper)
• National Crown Roast of Pork Day
• National Flapjack Day 
• National Salesperson Day - March 7, 2025 (First Friday in March)
• National Sharon Day
• National Speech and Debate Education Day - March 7, 2025 (First Friday in March)
• National Tartar Sauce Day - March 7, 2025 (First Friday during Lent)
• National Teresa Day 
• Plant Power Day 
• Shabbot Across America / Canada - March 7, 2025
• Sock Monkey Day 
• World Day of Prayer - March 7, 2025 (First Friday in March)
• World Math Day 

2025 Weekly Holidays that include March 7, are:

• British Pie Week - March 3-9, 2025 (First Week of March)
• Celebrate Your Name Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week in March)
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Week of March)
• Consider Christianity Week - March 6-12, 2025 (Begins 2nd Sunday Before Easter)
• Dental Assistant Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week of March)
• Endometriosis Awareness Week - March 4-19
• Fairtrade Fortnight - March 3-16, 2025
• Food Waste Action Week - March 3-9, 2025 (First Week of March)
• Hearing Awareness Week - March 1-7
• International Women's Week - March 1-8, 2025 (Week starting with the First Saturday of March to the International Women's Day on March 8th)
• Jewish Book Week - March 2-10, 2025 (Literary Festival in London)
• Lent - Begins on Ash Wednesday - March 5 - April 17, 2025 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
• Make Mine Chocolate - (Campaign kicks off annually on Feb 15, and ends on Easter which is April 20, 2025)
  
• National Aardvark Week - March 3-9, 2025 (Second Week of March)
• National Butchers Week - March 3-9, 2025
• National Cheerleading Week - March 3-9, 2025 (First Week in March)
• National Consumer Protection Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week of March)
• National Dental Assistants Recognition Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week in March)
• National Ghostwriters Week - March 1-7
• National Green Week - February 4 - April 30, 2025 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
  
• National Invest in Veterans Week - March 1-7
• National Pet Sitters Week - March 1-7
• National Procrastination Week - March 3-9, 2025 (Second Week of March)
• National PTA Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week of March)
• National School Breakfast Week - March 3-7, 2025 (Mon-Fri of the First Full Week in March)
• National Schools Social Work Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week of March)
• National  Science & Engineering Week - March 7-13, 2025 (Starts on Friday of the First Full Week in March)
• National Words Matter Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week of March)
• National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week - March 1-7
• Newspaper in Education Week - March 3-7, 2025 (First Full School Week in March)
• No More Week - March 2-8, 2025 (The Week of International Women's Day)
• Orthodox Lent - Begins on Ash Wednesday - March 3, 2025 - April 19, 2025 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
• Professional Pet Sitters Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week in March)
• Ramadan - Evening of February 28, 2025 - Evening of March 30, 2025
• Read Across America Week - March 3-7, 2025 (M-F week of Dr. Seuss Birthday on March 2)
• Read an E-Book Week - March 2-8, 2025
• Return The Borrowed Books Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Week of March)
• Save Your Vision Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week of March)
• Teen Tech Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week in March)
• Telecommuter Appreciation Week - March 2-8, 2025 (Week that includes Alexander Graham Bell's Birthday of 3/2)
• Universal Human Beings Week - March 1-7
• Universal Women's Week - March 2-8, 2025
• Vehicle Safety Recalls Week - March 4-10
• Will Eisner Week - March 1-7
• Women of Aviation Worldwide Week - March 3-9, 2025 (From Sunday before March 8, to Sunday after)
• Women in Construction Week - March 2-8, 2025
• World Orphan Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week of March)

2025 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)

• 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! 2025 dates are December 25, 2024 - Late February / Early March, 2025, depending on weather conditions.
• Carnival (Rio de Janeiro in Brazil) - February 28 - March 8, 2025 - Carnival is the biggest festival in the world with two million people a day on the streets. Floats, Parades, Balls, Music and Dancing are all part of the Event
• North Dakota Winter Show - March 1-7, 2025 (Valley City, ND)
• Iditarod Race - March 1-16, 2025 - A Dogsled Race on the Iditarod Trail  in Alaska (Starts on the First Saturday in March)
• Expo West (Anaheim, CA) - March 4-7, 2025
• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo -  March 4-23, 2025 (Houston, TX)
• Crufts (The World's Largest Dog Show) held in Birmingham, England - March 6-9, 2025
• International Festival of Owls - March 7-9, 2025 in Houston, Minnesota

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

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe 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.

Season

March 7th 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 (info. coming soon).

• Summer Cooking 
• Summer Weight Loss Tips 

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!