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Fun Facts Traditional birthstone: aquamarine, bloodstone Mystical birthstone: jade Ayurvedic birthstone: bloodstone Flower: yellow jonquil or daffodil Chinese Floral Emblem: tree peony Sun Signs: Pisces / Aries Dates Vary Year to Year 2nd Sunday: Holmenkellen Day, Norway 4th Monday: Academy Awards 4th Tuesday: National Organize Your Home Office Day Vernal Equinox: 1st Day of Spring, March 20, 2010 Vernal Equinox: Ostara 3rd Sunday before Lent:: Septuagesima Sunday 2nd Sunday before Lent:: Sexagesima Sunday Sunday before Lent: Fasching Sunday Sunday before Ash Wednesday: Shrovetide begins Day before Shrove Tuesday: Rose Monday Day before Ash Wednesday: Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day Day before Ash Wednesday: Carnival, Mardi Gras, Feb. 21, 2012 40 Days before Easter: Ash Wednesday, Lent begins 1st Sunday in Lent: Quadragesima Sunday 1st Monday after Lent: Blue Monday Sunday before Easter: Palm Sunday Sunday before Easter: Fig Pudding Day Thursday before Easter: Maundy Thursday Friday before Easter:  Good Friday Saturday before Easter: Easter Even 14th day after the 1st spring full moon, nearest Sunday: Easter, April 8, 2012 14th Day of bright 1/2 of Phalguna, 2nd Hindu month: Holi, Mar. 8, 2012 14th Day of Adar, 2nd Jewish month: Purim, Mar. 8, 2012 14th Day of Nisan, 7th Jewish month: Passover begins Apr. 7, 2012 Weekly Observances ~1st Week~ National Volunteers of America Week National Women's History Week Return the Borrowed Book Week TV Turn-Off Week ~2nd Week~ Bubble Gum Week Chocolate Week Garden Book Week National School Breakfast Week ~3rd Week~ American Chocolate Week National Poison Prevention Week National Wildlife Week ~4th Week~ American Chocolate Week Art Week National Agriculture Week Monthly Observances American Red Cross Month Cataract Awareness Month Frozen Food Month National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month National Craft Month National Flour Month National Noodle Month National Nutrition Month National Peanut Month National Sauce Month National "Talk With Your Teen About Sex" Month National Women's History Month Spring Month Youth Art Month

Daily Observances 1 National Fruit Compote Day Rice Festival, Thailand St. David's Day 2 Ceadda, Celtic God of Healing Waters Morocco Independence Day National Banana Cream Pie Day World Day of Prayer 3 Aegir, Celtic Sea Festival Hina Matsuri, Japan National Mulled Wine Day St. Winnal's Day 4 National Poundcake Day St. Casmir's Day 5 Anthesteria begins Crispus Attucks Day Feast of Excited Insects; China, Korea Feast of Fools Hemlock Day National Cheese Doodle Day 6 Binche Festival, Belgium Bursting Day, Ireland Narcissus Day National Chocolate Cheesecake Day National Frozen Food Day Paczki Day 7 Masaryk Day, Czechoslovakia St. Drausius' Day (patron of champions) St. Perpetua's Day 8 Festival of the Earth Goddess, China National Peanut Cluster Day Tij Day, Nepal 9 40 Saints Day Jonquil Festival National Crabmeat Day Rockhound Days begin St. Catherine of Bologna's Day 10 Harriet Tubman Day Maple Sugar Festival National Blueberry Popover Day St. Kessog's Day Thai New Year 11 Feast of Guari Johnny Appleseed Day National Anti-Drugs Day Worship of Tools Day, India 12 Alfred Hitchcock Day St. Fina's Day St. Gregory the Great's Day National Baked Scallops Day 13 Religious Freedom Day St. Nikephoros' Day, Greece 14 Fallas de San Jose, Spain National Potato Chip Day Pi Day 15 Feast of Esther Hilaria, Old Roman Spring Festiva Ides of March Marduck's Festival, Ancient Mesopotamia Rhea, Greek Goddess of the Earth 16 Black Press Day Dionysus' Day Feast of Bacchus Italian Renaissance Festival begins National Artichoke Hearts Day Wild Spring Flower Festival, India 17 Evacuation Day, Massachusetts Green Ribbon Day Patrickmas St. Patrick's Day Violet Day World Maritime Day 18 Casey Jones Day National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day Sheelah's Day, Ireland St. Anselm of Lucca's Day St. Edward's Day 19 National Agriculture Day National Chocolate Caramel Day St. Joseph's Day Swallows Day 20 National Ravioli Day Sakura Matsuri, Japan St. Cuthbert's Day 21 Children's Poetry Day Ching Ming Festival, China Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day Fragrance Day International Astrology Day National French Bread Day Noruz, Iran St. Enda's Day  22 National Bavarian Crepes Day Saka, Indian New Year St. Catherine of Sweden's Day World Day for Water (UN) 23 Fun & Sun Festival Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Day National Chip and Dip Day 24 National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day Philippines Independence Day St. Gabriel's Day 25 Birthday of Kuan Yin, China Feast of the Annunciation National Lobster Newburg Day Pecan Day St. Dismas' Day Waffle Day, Sweden 26 Make Up Your Holiday Day National Nougat Day Prince Kuhio Day, Hawaii 27 Liberalia, Ancient Rome National Spanish Paella Day Osweiler, Luxembourg 28 Confucius Memorial Day National Black Forest Cake Day Sun and Moon Creation Day 29 Alchemy Day Festival of Smoke and Mirrors National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day St. Woolos' Day 30 Benediction de Los Animales Birthday of Lao-Tzu, China National Badminton Day National Hot Dog Day Take A Walk In the Park Day 31 National Clams on the Half Shell Day Oranges and Lemons Day Pennsylvania Maple Festival St. Balbinus' Day Tater Day

National Days refer to the USA unless stated otherwise. Jewish and Muslim holidays begin the previous day at sundown.