March 18

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2025 Daily Holidays that fall on March 18, include:

• Forgive Mom and Dad Day 
  
• Global Recycling Day
• Goddess of Fertility Day - March 18, 2025
• National 3-D Day - March 18, 2025 (Third Day of Third Week in March)
• National Agriculture Day - March 18, 2025 (Falls During National Ag Week Each Year)
• National Awkward Moments Day 
• National Biodiesel Day 
• National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day 
• National Sloppy Joe Day 
• Oatmeal Cookie Day 
• Supreme Sacrifice Day 
• Tea for Two Tuesday - March 18, 2025 (Third Tuesday in March)
• Transit Driver Appreciation Day - March 18, 2025 (March 18th unless on weekend, then closest working day)
• World Social Work Day - March 18, 2025 (Third Tuesday in March)

2025 Weekly Holidays that include March 18, are:

• Info. to Come!

2025 Monthly Holidays that include March 18, 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.

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for March 18 is Pisces.

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

• 1782 – John C. Calhoun, American politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
• 1837 – Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (d. 1908)
• 1858 – Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the Diesel engine  (d. 1913)
• 1909 – Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Frank Searle, British Loch Ness Monster hoaxer (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Peter Graves, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1938 – Charley Pride, American singer
• 1970 - Queen Latifah, American singer
  

Famous Deaths

• 1584 - Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible], Russian Tsar (1547-84), dies at 53
• 1845 – Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (b. 1774)
• 2001 – John Phillips, American musician (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1935)
• 2009 - Natasha Richardson, English actress (b. 1963)
• 2017 - Chuck Berry - American singer and songwriter (b. 1926)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1991 - Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell
• 1993 - Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC
• 2012 - Twilight, actor Peter Facinelli divorces Jennie Garth, actress of 90210

Quote of the Day

The quote above reminded me of my parents. My Dad passed away in Nov. 2023 at 94, and my Mom is now 93.  My Mom just gave up her license at 92, (my Dad gave up his license at 89 due to vision), and they both worked together to clean their house.  I've asked them recently why they don't get on a maid service plan, and they have said, that as long as they are able to do things, they will, that it keeps them active! My Mom also gets out and walks around their property. My Dad had a computer until he was 91, and traded stocks online, and checked up on the stock market online everyday!

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

The Holidays and Observances Recipe of the Day for March 18, is the Quaker Oats Vanishing Oatmeal Cookies, in honor of March 18 being Oatmeal Cookie Day.  The Recipe can be made with raisins, chocolate chips, or carob chips.

This Day in History

• 1766 – The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act
• 1793 - The first republican state in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann
• 1818 - Congress approves 1st pensions for government service
• 1834 - 1st railroad tunnel in the US is completed, in Pennsylvania
• 1850 – American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo
• 1870 - 1st US National Wildlife Preserve at Lake Meritt, in Oakland California
• 1874 – Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights
• 1910 - 1st opera by a US composer, Converse, is performed at the Met, in New York City
• 1931 - 1st electric shavers (Schick), go on sale in the US
  
• 1938 - Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties
• 1940 - Italian Dictator, Benito Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France & Britain
• 1944 - Nazi Germany occupies Hungary
• 1945 - 1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin
• 1949 - NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified
• 1952 - 1st plastic lens for cataract patients is fitted in Philadelphia
• 1952 - Communist offensive in Korea
• 1959 - President Dwight D Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
• 1961 - Pillsbury Dough Boy is introduced
• 1974 - Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
• 1977 - Vietnam hands over MIA to US
• 1989 - Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen

This Day in Music

• 1961 - Elvis Presley's Surrender hits #1
  
• 1967 - Steve Winwood announces plans to form Traffic
• 1967 - The Beatles' Penny Lane hits #1 in the US
  
• 1972 - Neil Young's Heart Of Gold hits #1
• 1978 - The Bee Gees' Night Fever hits #1
• 1982 - Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident
• 1992 - Donna Summer gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 2002 - The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees are:  Brenda Lee, Gene Pitney, Isaac Hayes, The Ramones, Talking Heads and Tom Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 

Above is Neil Young's Heart of Gold, song that hit #1 in 1972. This was one of my favorites of his.  He is talking initially, so the song starts around the 1:50min mark.

This Day in Sports

• 1953 - Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
• 1959 - Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws
• 1990 - 32 day lockout by baseball owners ends

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!