March 2008

March 2008 was the third month of the leap year. It had begun on a Saturday and ended after 31 days on a Monday.

Contents

1 International holidays
2 Portal:Current events
3 See also
4 References

International holidays

March 2 – Mothering Sunday (Britain)
March 7 – Nyepi (Indonesia)
March 8 – Women's Day (India, Russia, South Africa)
March 10 – Commonwealth Day (Commonwealth of Nations)
March 12 – Arbor Day (China)
March 14 – New Year's Day (Sikh Nanakshahi calendar)
March 14 – Pi Day
March 14 – White Day (Japan and Korea)
March 15 – National Day (Hungary)
March 15 – St Patrick's Day, Hōnen Matsuri (Japan)
March 15 – Ides of March, Roman Calendar
March 17 – St. Patrick's Day U.S.

March 19 – Saint Joseph's Day (Western Christianity)
March 19 – Fathers' Day (Bolivia, Honduras, Italy, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Spain)
March 19 – Canberra Day (Australian Capital Territory)
March 20 – Norouz (Iran and Zoroastrianism)
March 21 – Purim (Jewish holiday)
March 21 – Good Friday (Western; Eastern date is April 25)
March 21 – World Poetry Day
March 21 – Equinoctial Earth Day
March 22 – World Day for Water
March 23 – Republic Day (Pakistan)
March 23 – Easter Sunday (Western; Eastern date is April 27)

March 24 – World Tuberculosis Day
March 25 – Independence Day (Greece)
March 25 – Freedom Day (Belarus)
March 25 – Feast of the Annunciation
March 26 – St. Gregory's Day (Malta)
March 27 - Brendan Anderson Day (Canada)
March 28 – Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
March 30 – Spiritual Baptist Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
March 31 – Feast of the Annunciation (Catholicism)
March 31 – César Chávez Day (some U.S. states)
March 31 – Freedom Day (Malta)
March 31 – Mawlid (Islam)

Portal:Current events

See also

List of months by year: 2000–2050

References