NIH Diversity Calendar - March 2017

March: National Women’s History Month & Irish-American History Month

  • 1st
    Ash Wednesday
  • 1st
    St. David’s Day
  • 2nd
    Nineteen Day Fast (Baha’i) February 2 - 20
  • 8th
    International Women’s Day
  • 9th
    World Kidney Day
  • 12th
    Daylight Savings Time starts
  • 12rd
    Magha Puja (Buddhist)
  • 12th
    Purim (Jewish)
  • 13th
    Holi (Hindu)
  • 13th
    Holla Mohalla (Sikh)
  • 14th
    Pi Day (3.14)
  • 17th
    St. Patrick’s Day
  • 20th
    Vernal Equinox
  • 21st
    World Day to Eliminate Racial Discrimination
  • 21st
    Nowruz (Zoroastrian)
  • 21st
    World Down Syndrome Day
  • 21st
    World Poetry Day
  • 20th
    Palm Sunday (Christian)
  • 24th
    World Day for Truth Concerning Human Rights Violations
  • 25th
    Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
  • 25th
    Day to Remember Slavery Victims and Transatlantic Slave Trade
  • 31st
    Cesar Chavez Day