When I first started this blog, one of the things I had planned to do was to show off what holidays and special occasions that were going to be happening in the coming month, for instance, the month of March. Well, I want to try and get back to that as it’s a great way come up with ideas to write about. So, this is a list things going on in the month of March 2008.

Please note that this is only a small portion of all the things going on during the month. Some months have very little going on, while others have a lot of different celebrations going on.

March Is:

Craft Month
Deaf History Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Music in our Schools Month
Red Cross Month
Women’s History Month
Youth Science Month

A person born between the 1^st and 20^th of March is a Pisces, while someone born between the 21^st and the 31^st is an Aries. The birthstones of March are the Bloodstone and/or the Aquamarine. The birth flower for March is the Jonquil.

March 1^st-Nebraska becomes the 37^th state on this date in 1867.

March 2^nd-Mothering Sunday (England). This is England’s version of Mother’s Day and is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent.
Happy Birthday Jon Bon Jovi (1962)

March 3^rd-The Star Spangled Banner is made the National Anthem of the United States on this date in 1931.
Happy Birthday Alexander Graham Bell (1847)

March 5^th-The Boston Massacre took place on this date in 1770.
R.I.P. John Belushi (1949-1982)

6^th-Happy Birthday Michaelanglo (1475)

8^th-Daylight Savings Time begins.

10^th-Paper money is first issued in the United States on this date in 1862.
Alexander Graham Bell sends his first message via the telephone on this date in 1876.
Happy Birthday Chuck Norris (1940)

11^th-National Organize Your Home Office Day

12^th-The Girl Scouts of the United States was founded on this date in 1912.

14^th-Happy Birthday Albert Einstein (1879)

15^th-The traditional date of the assassination of Julius Caesar, the Ides of March.
The American Legion is founded on this date in 1919.
Happy Birthday President Andrew Jackson (1767)

16^th-Palm Sunday
Happy Birthday President James Madison (1751)

17^th-St. Patrick’s Day

18^th-Camp Fire Girls and Boys is founded on this date in 1910.
Happy Birthday President Grover Cleveland (1837)

19^th-St. Joseph’s Day
Happy Birthday Wyatt Earp (1848)
Happy Birthday Bruce Willis (1955)

20^th-First Day of Spring
Earth Day
Happy Birthday Mr. Rogers (1928)

21^st-Good Friday

22^nd-National Quilting Day

23^rd-Easter Sunday

24^th-Happy Birthday Harry Houdini (1874)

25^th-The first color television set was manufactured by RCA on this date in 1954.
Happy Birthday Elton John (1947)

27^th-R.I.P. Miton Berle (Uncle Milty) and Dudley Moore, who both passed away on this date in 2002.

29^th-Happy Birthday President John Tyler (1790)
Happy Birthday Lucy Lawless (Xena Warrior Princess-1968)

30^th-Doctor’s Day
Happy Birthday Eric Clapton (1945)

31^st-It was on this date in 1889 that the Eiffel Tower in Paris was opened to the public.
The first American troops were ordered to fight in Vietnam on this date in 1965.

And there you go. A list of events, holidays, and observances for the month of March 2008. As I said above, this is only some of the things going on for the whole month. If you’d like to see more of what’s going on, I recommend that you check out the month of March at ButlerWebs.com, or for an idea of what kind of observances are going on around the world, check out the Earth Calendar.

I know March is still a couple days away, but this will give you all something to look forward too.