March 28

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on March 28, include:

• Barnum & Bailey Day 
  
• Children's Picture Book Day 
• Eat an Eskimo Pie Day 
• Holy Thursday - March 28, 2024
• Maundy Thursday - March 28, 2024 (Day before Good Friday - Takes place during Holy Week)
• National Black Forest Cake Day 
• National Hot Tub Day 
• National Triglycerides Day 
• Piano Day - March 28, 2024 (88th Day of the Year)
• Respect Your Cat Day 
• Something on a Stick Day 
• Virtual Advocacy Day 
• Weed Appreciation Day 

2024 Weekly Holidays that include March 28, are:

• Holy Week - March 24-30, 2024 (Begins on Palm Sunday and Ends on Holy Saturday)
  
• International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week - March 24-30, 2024 (Last Week in March)
• Make Mine Chocolate - (Campaign kicks off annually on Feb 15, and ends on Easter which is March 31, 2024)
  
• National Cleaning Week - March 24-30, 2024 (Last Week of March)
• National Green Week - February 4 - April 30, 2024 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
  
• National Physicians Week - March 25-31
• National Protocol Officer's Week - March 28 - April 3, 2024 (Last Week of March)
• National Second-Hand Shopping Week - March 24-30, 2024 (Fourth Full Week of March)
• Orthodox Holy Week - March 24 - April 1, 2024
• Orthodox Lent - Begins on Ash Wednesday - March 18, 2024 - May 4, 2024 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
  
• Passiontide - March 17 - 30, 2024 (Passion Week + Holy Week)
  
• Ramadan - Evening of March 10, 2024 - Evening of April 8, 2024
  
• Tsunami Awareness Week (Alaska) - March 26-31, 2024
  
• Tsunami Awareness Week (California) - March 23-31, 2024

2024 Monthly Holidays that include March 28, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our March Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of March.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• National Cherry Blossom Festival - March 20 - April 14, 2024 (Washington D.C.)

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for March 28 is Aries.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for March are:

• The Jonquil, better known as Daffodil or Narcissus
• The meaning of the Daffodil is friendship and domestic happiness

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for March is the aquamarine and the bloodstone.

Famous Birthdays

• 1948 – Jayne Ann Krentz, American novelist
• 1955 – Reba McEntire, American singer and actress
• 1958 – Bart Conner, American gymnast (1984 Olympic Gold Medalist)
• 1970 – Vince Vaughn, American actor
• 1981 – Julia Stiles, American actress
• 1986 – Lady Gaga, American singer and songwriter

Famous Deaths

• 1584 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian king (b. 1530)
• 1941 – Virginia Woolf, English writer (b. 1882)
• 1969 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, American politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
• 1987 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian singer who inspired The Sound of Music (b. 1905)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1920 - Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford
• 1952 - Jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday marries mafia enforcer Louis McKay
• 1995 - Lyle Lovett and actress Julia Roberts announce they are separating after 21 months of marriage

Quote of the Day

March 28, is Respect Your Cat Day.  I've always been a Dog Lover, but one of my daughter's Cat's ended up at my house to have her kittens.  This particular cat, Creature, had had issues with getting along with my daughter's Dog and other Cat.  I had never spent any time with her, and Brie waited until she was in Labor before bringing Creature to my house, so we didn't get a warming up period together.  Creature immediately accepted me, and allowed me to help her with her babies. I was amazed at how great a Mother she was, and this was one of my favorite pictures that I took of her giving love to one of her kittens, named "Snow Creature".

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

March is National Nutrition Month.  The Holidays and Observances Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day for March 28, is a High Fiber Food Chart, by Kerry, of Healthy Diet Habits.  High fiber food will help you to keep your hunger and cravings under control.

This Day in History

• 1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco
• 1854 – France and Britain declare war on Russia (Crimean War)
• 1866 - 1st ambulance goes into service
• 1881 - Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey
• 1885 - US Salvation Army officially organized
• 1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane
• 1922 - 1st microfilm device introduced
• 1930 – Constantinople changes its name to Istanbul
• 1930 - Angora changes its name to Ankara (Capital of Turkey)
• 1964 - 9.2 earthquake shakes Prince William Sound, Alaska

This Day in Music

• 1964 - The Beatles become the first Rock Stars displayed in Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London
  
• 1968 - Otis Redding's Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay hits #1 about 3 months after his death
• 1971 - The Temptations' Just My Imagination hits #1
• 1973 - Pink Floyd's LP Dark Side Of The Moon hits #1
• 1974 - Blue Swede's Hooked On A Feeling is certified gold
• 1985 - About 6,000 radio stations play the benefit single We Are The World at 10:15 am EST
• 1996 - Phil Collins leaves Genesis to focus on a solo career

Phil Collins left Genesis in 1996, and went on to have great success as a solo artist.  I still love some of the old Genesis songs, like I Can't Dance!

This Day in Sports

• 1891 - 1st world weightlifting championship held
• 1952 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
• 1952 - US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
• 1957 - 1st National Curling Championship held
• 1972 - Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
• 1990 - Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!