March 1 - Holidays

Holidays

• Beer Day, marked the end of beer prohibition in 1989 (Iceland)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Abdecalas
  • Albin (Catholic Church)
  • David
  • Monan (Catholic Church)
  • Swidbert (Catholic Church)
  • March 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest day on which Casimir Pulaski Day can fall, while March 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in March. (Illinois)
• Earliest day on which Laetare Sunday can fall, while April 4 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent. (Western Christianity), and its related observances:
  • Carnaval de la Laetare (Stavelot)
  • Mothering Sunday (United Kingdom)
• Eight Hours Day (Tasmania)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992.
• Labour day (Western Australia)
• March 1st Movement Remembrance Day or Samiljeol; 삼일절 (South Korea)
• Martenitsa (Bulgaria)
• Mărţişor (Romania and Moldova)
• National Pig Day, a minor observance (United States)
• Roman New Year observances:
  • Feriae Marti in honor of Mars
  • Matronalia in honor of Juno
  • Renewal of the Vestal fire
• Saint David's Day or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant (Wales and Welsh communities)
• Self Injury Awareness Day
• The final day (fourth or fifth) of Ayyám-i-Há (Bahá'í Faith)