List of minor secular observances
March

List of minor secular observances

Section Title: March
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Day	Name	Established/recognized by

March 1	World Civil Defence Day

March 1	National Pig Day (USA)

March 1	Self-Injury Awareness Day	Also known as Self-Harm Awareness Day

March 2	Employee Appreciation Day

March 2	Texas Independence Day

March 3	World Wildlife Day	UN

March 8	International Women's Day	UN

March 10	National Women and Girl's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

March 10	Mario Day

March 11	National Singles Day	UK

March 12	World Glaucoma Day

March 14	Pi Day

March 14	White Day (Japan)

March 15	World Consumer Rights Day, World Sleep Day

March 15	World Contact Day

March 18	Transit Driver Appreciation Day

March 19	Mario Monti Day (Italy)

March 20	World Oral Health Day	The most important day in the dental calendar worldwide; organized by World Dental Federation (FDI)

March 20	International Day of Francophonie

March 20	International Day of Happiness	UN

March 20	World Sparrow Day

March 20	World Rights to Water Day

March 20–21	Persian new year

March 21	Anal Cancer Awareness Day

March 21	Cluster Headache Awareness Day	Promoted by OUCH (Organisation for the Understanding of Cluster Headaches) alongside The European Headache Federation and European Headache Alliance. Cluster headaches are one of the ten most painful conditions known to medical science, with a 1 in 1000 prevalence rate but zero drug research funding.

March 21	Human Rights Day (South Africa)	South Africa

March 21	International Colour Day

March 21	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	UN

March 21	World Poetry Day	UN, UNESCO

March 21	International Day of Nowruz	UN

March 21	World Down Syndrome Day	UN

March 21	World Puppetry Day	UNIMA

March 21	International Day of Forests	UN

March 22	World Water Day	UN

March 23	Pakistan Day

March 23	World Meteorological Day	UN, WHO

March 23	National Puppy Day (USA)

March 24	World Tuberculosis Day	UN, WHO

March 25	International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade	UN

March 25	International Day of the Unborn Child	Catholic Church

March 25	Observance of National Genocide Day	BPCA

March 25	EU Talent Day

March 25	FND Awareness Day UK	For functional neurological disorder and non-epileptic attack disorder

March 25	Tolkien Reading Day

March 26	Bangladesh Independence Day

March 26	Purple Day for epilepsy

March 27	World Theatre Day

March 28	International Laser Tag Day	Laser Tag Museum

March 30	World Bipolar Day	International Society for Bipolar Disorders

March 31	International Drug Checking Day

March 31	World Backup Day

March (First Saturday of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship)	National Corndog Day (USA)

March (Second Thursday)	World Kidney Day

March 10 or Friday of first full week	Middle Name Pride Day

Monday before Shrove Tuesday	Nickanan Night, Collop Monday. Hall' Monday

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On 22 March, World Water Day is a UN observance day.

final_sentence: On 22 March, World Water Day is a UN observance day.