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1st Sunday
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- Vasaloppet - in Sweden
- Girl Scout Sabbath
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1st Saturday
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- Iditarod (dogsled race) begins
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1st Monday
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1st Tuesday
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- Fat Tuesday
- Town Meeting Day - in Vermont
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1st Friday
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- World Day of Prayer
- Lide in Cornwall, UK
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2nd Sunday
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- Holmenkellen Day (Winter Festival) - in Norway
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2nd Monday
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- Commonwealth Day - in Canada & the UK
- formerly Empire Day
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2nd Friday
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- Spaghetti Bridge Building Contest - in British Columbia, Canada
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3rd Monday
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- Dangerous Dan's Annual Coffee Cup Washing - join with Dangerous Dan in washing out your morning coffee cup at least once a year; sponsored by Dan Jensen at WSYW-FM (Jazz, 107.1 FM, in
Indianapolis, IN)
- Canberra Day - commemorates and celebrates the official founding Canberra on 12 March 1913. During the festival the Canberra Citizen of the Year is named.
(Source: Canberra, the Guide, edited by Ken Taylor and David Headon. Ch. 4)
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3rd Thursday
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- Absolutely Incredible Kid DayŽ - Camp Fire USA's call for adults to write letters to children about how much
they love them, value them and remain committed to them (since 1997)
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sometimes the 4th Monday
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4th Tuesday
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- National Organize Your Home Office Day
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Vernal Equinox
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- usually March 21
- 1st Day of Spring Earth Day
- Bock Beer Day
- National Agriculture Day
- Ostara - on the Wiccan calendar, a fire and fertility festival marking the beginning of Spring
- Proposal Day
- Snowman Burning
- Master Gardener Day
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Saturday or Sunday nearest vernal Equinox
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Last Sunday
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- Summer Daylight-Saving Time begins in Europe
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Last Monday
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Week before Holy Week (Week of Easter)
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- Dumb Week - in Greece
- Passion Week
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