March 18 Holidays

March 18 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | March 18 Calendar

March 18th Daily Holidays include:

Forgive Mom and Dad Day
Goddess of Fertility Day – March 18, 2023
International Sports Car Racing Day – March 18, 2023 (Third Saturday in March)
Maple Syrup Saturday – March 18, 2023 – (Third Saturday of March)
National Awkward Moments Day
National Biodiesel Day
National Corndog Day – March 18, 2023 (Third Saturday of March)
National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day
National Quilting Day – March 18, 2023 (Third Saturday of March)
National Sloppy Joe Day
Oatmeal Cookie Day
Play the Recorder Day – March 18, 2023 (Third Saturday of March)
Save the Panther Day – March 18, 2023 (Third Saturday in March)
Supreme Sacrifice Day
Worldwide Quilting Day – March 18, 2023 (Third Saturday in March)

March 18: Famous Birthdays

March 18, 1782 – John C. Calhoun, American politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
March 18, 1837 – Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (d. 1908)
March 18, 1858 – Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the Diesel engine (d. 1913)
March 18, 1909 – Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (d. 2007)
March 18, 1921 – Frank Searle, British Loch Ness Monster hoaxer (d. 2005)
March 18, 1926 – Peter Graves, American actor (d. 2010)
March 18, 1938 – Charley Pride, American singer
March 18, 1970 – Queen Latifah, American singer

March 18: Historical Events

March 18, 1766 – The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act
March 18, 1793 – The first republican state in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann
March 18, 1818 – Congress approves 1st pensions for government service
March 18, 1834 – 1st railroad tunnel in the US is completed, in Pennsylvania
March 18, 1850 – American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo
March 18, 1870 – 1st US National Wildlife Preserve at Lake Meritt, in Oakland California
March 18, 1874 – Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights
March 18, 1910 – 1st opera by a US composer, Converse, is performed at the Met, in New York City
March 18, 1931 – 1st electric shavers (Schick), go on sale in the US
March 18, 1938 – Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties
March 18, 1940 – Italian Dictator, Benito Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany’s war against France & Britain
March 18, 1944 – Nazi Germany occupies Hungary
March 18, 1945 – 1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin
March 18, 1949 – NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified
March 18, 1952 – 1st plastic lens for cataract patients is fitted in Philadelphia
March 18, 1952 – Communist offensive in Korea
March 18, 1959 – President Dwight D Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
March 18, 1961 – Pillsbury Dough Boy is introduced
March 18, 1974 – Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
March 18, 1977 – Vietnam hands over MIA to US
March 18, 1989 – Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen

March 18: Music Events

March 18, 1961 – Elvis Presley’s Surrender hits #1
March 18, 1967 – Steve Winwood announces plans to form Traffic
March 18, 1967 – The Beatles’ Penny Lane hits #1 in the US
March 18, 1972 – Neil Young’s Heart Of Gold hits #1
March 18, 1978 – The Bee Gees’ Night Fever hits #1
March 18, 1982 – Singer Teddy Pendergrass’ spinal cord severed in a car accident
March 18, 1992 – Donna Summer gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
March 18, 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

March 18: Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for March 18 is Pisces.

March Birthstone:

What is the March Birthstone? Aquamarine

The modern birthstone representing March is aquamarine. Famed for millennia for its pure and even blue or blue-green color, potentially large size, and sparkling clarity, the aquamarine has been a valued gem to many cultures.

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