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  1. It's Certified Nurses Day | March 19th, 2024

    Created by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, Certified Nurses Day is "an annual day of recognition for and by healthcare leaders dedicated to nursing professionalism, excellence, recognition, and service." It honors nurses around the world who have gotten national board c
  2. It's Let's Laugh Day | March 19th, 2024

    What a sad place the world would be without laughter, and what a sorrowful day it is when someone goes the whole day without one little giggle. Well, today fixes that. It's Let's Laugh Day. It's a day to get rid of some daily stress with some good belly laughs. These are not teen
  3. It's National Agriculture Day | March 19th, 2024

    National Agriculture Day, also known as National Ag Day, recognizes and celebrates agriculture for the abundance it provides. Food, clothes, and most other items we use on a daily basis are provided by agriculture. In recent years, agriculture has also provided fuel and other bio
  4. It's National Chocolate Caramel Day | March 19th, 2024

    Today celebrates the blending of two sweet tooth favorites: chocolate and caramel. They make a great pair in candy bars, ice cream, brownies, and other desserts. The famous chocolate man Milton Hershey got his start as a maker of caramels. Before getting rid of his caramel factor
  5. It's National Poultry Day | March 19th, 2024

    Today we celebrate poultry: domesticated birds that are raised for their meat and eggs, and sometimes also for their feathers. Besides referring to the bird itself, the name may also refer specifically to the meat of the bird. Birds such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese are
  6. It's Forgive Mom and Dad Day | March 18th, 2024

    Forgive Mom and Dad Day is for all the sons and daughters who—fairly or unfairly—have felt wronged by their parents. The day's creators, Ruth and Thomas Roy of Wellcat Holidays, describe it as such: "Is there a parent alive who has not made mistakes? It’s time to let Mom and Dad
  7. It's Act Happy Day | March 18th, 2024

    When someone is happy they are joyful and content, and today is a day to act as if that is how you feel. This is not done merely to make people believe you are happy but to actually get yourself to feel happier. Act Happy Day was created by Dr. Dale Anderson of St. Paul, Minnesot
  8. It's Awkward Moments Day | March 18th, 2024

    Awkward moments are those that cause embarrassment, and they pretty much happen every day. Maybe we forget what someone's name is after not seeing them for a while. Maybe someone says something crazy at a large group meeting and no one knows how to respond. Maybe some awkward thi
  9. It's Dribble to Work Day | March 18th, 2024

    In 2015, the Tampa Bay Local Organizing Committee, Tampa Bay Sports Commission, and NCAA organized the first Dribble to Work Day, with the goal of celebrating and raising awareness for the NCAA Women's Final Four. Dribble to Work Day takes place each year on Selection Monday, the
  10. It's Goddess of Fertility Day | March 18th, 2024

    Goddess of Fertility Day celebrates fertility, life, and rebirth, and takes place a few days before the spring equinox each year. Fertility is the capability to produce offspring, and besides sexual behavior, it is contingent on a number of factors such as nutrition, culture, and
  11. It's National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day | March 18th, 2024

    Oatmeal cookies, likely inspired by oatcakes, date to the late nineteenth century, with the first recipe appearing in 1896 in a Fannie Merritt Farmer cookbook. Oats became a staple of the American diet around the turn of the twentieth century, and oatmeal cookie recipes began bei
  12. It's National Sloppy Joe Day | March 18th, 2024

    "Have some more Sloppy Joes. I made 'em extra sloppy for yous. I know how yous kids like 'em sloppy." So says the lunch lady in Billy Madison , as she slops some more Sloppy Joes down on the students' plates. Like in the movie, the contents of these sloppy sandwiches often drip of
  13. It's National Wellderly Day | March 18th, 2024

    Dr. Dale Anderson created National Wellderly Day along with Act Happy Day "in an effort to promote the health benefits of happiness, humor, and laughter." Dr. Anderson suggested that one should start each day by standing in front of a mirror and letting out a huge belly laugh, in
  14. It's Supreme Sacrifice Day | March 18th, 2024

    Supreme Sacrifice Day honors those who have made the ultimate sacrifice—or supreme sacrifice—by laying down their lives so that others may live. Today we remember, reflect on, and pay tribute to these heroes. Soldiers who gave their lives on the battlefield and police officers an
  15. It's Buzzard Day | March 17th, 2024

    Each year on March 15, turkey vultures, or buzzards, return to Hinckley, a township in Medina County, Ohio. Observers watch them as they arrive at Buzzard Roost inside of Hinckley Reservation, a Cleveland Metropark. Here they nest in trees along Whipps Ledges. The area is an idea
  16. It's Camp Fire Girls Day | March 17th, 2024

    Camp Fire Girls Day celebrates Camp Fire , a youth development organization with many programs, many of which that focus on outdoor activities such as camping. The group was originally called Camp Fire Girls of America. They changed their name to Camp Fire Boys and Girls in 1975,
  17. It's Corned Beef and Cabbage Day | March 17th, 2024

    Corned beef and cabbage is such an integral part of St. Patrick's Day that it has its own holiday on the same date. Irish Americans celebrate their homeland and heritage with St. Patrick's Day, and corned beef and cabbage is the celebratory meal they eat on that holiday. It is an
  18. It's St. Patrick's Day | March 17th, 2024

    St. Patrick's Day takes place on the anniversary of the death of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, who is thought to have died in 461. Contrary to what many may think, St. Patrick was not Irish—he was born in Roman Britain, in what is now England, Scotland, or Wales. At t
  19. It's Submarine Day | March 17th, 2024

    On March 17, 1898, St. Patrick's Day , Irish-born engineer John Philip Holland demonstrated a submarine he designed, the Holland VI , for the U.S. Navy Department, off the coast of Staten Island. During the demonstration, the vessel was submerged for 1 hour and 40 minutes. Holland
  20. It's Black Press Day | March 16th, 2024

    On March 16, 1827, the first newspaper published by black Americans, Freedom's Journal , was founded. On the 150th anniversary year of the paper's founding, Jimmy Carter issued a proclamation designating June 17, 1977, as Black Press Day. By at least the mid-1980s, Black Press Day

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