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Worldwide Holidays or Events for March 2010

1st March

Heroes' Day: Paraguay.

Independence Movement Day: South Korea.

2nd March

Adowa Day: Ethiopia.

Independence Day: Morocco.

Peasants' Day: Burma.

3rd March

Discovery Day: Guam.

Liberation Day: Bulgaria.

Martyr's Day: Malawi.

National Unity Day: Sudan.

4th March

Lantern Festival: Taiwan.

6th March

Independence Day: Ghana.

8th March

Congolese Women's Day: Congo.

Decoration Day: Liberia.

9th March

Baron Bliss Day: Belize.

Commonwealth Day: Gibraltar.

10th March

Labour Day: South Korea.

11th March

National Day: Lithuania.

12th March

Independence Day: Mauritius.

Renovation Day: Gabon.

13th March

National Day: Grenada.

14th March

St. Joseph's Day: Colombia.

Daylight Savings Begins: Where observed.

15th March

Anniversary of Hungarian Revolution (1848/49): Hungary.

J.J. Robert's Birthday: Liberia.

17th March

Evacuation Day (Boston only): United States of America.

Nyepi Day: Indonesia.

St. Patrick's Day: Canada, Ireland, United States of America.

18th March

Aruba Day: Aruba.

Marien Ngouabi Day: Congo.

19th March

Youth Day: Zambia.

20th March

Independence Day: Tunisia.

Start of Spring: Europe.

21st March

Benito Juarez's Birthday: Mexico.

Youth Day: Tunisia.

22nd March

Abolition Day: Puerto Rico.

23rd March

Pakistan Day: Pakistan.

24th March

Africa Day: Zambia.

25th March

Annunciation: Liechtenstein.

Independence Day: Cyprus, Greece.

26th March

Independence Day: Bangladesh.

27th March

Armed Forces Day: Burma.

Evacuation Day: Angola.

28th March

Palm Sunday: Eastern and Western.

29th March

Boganda Day: Central African Republic.

30th March

Passover: Jewish and Samaritan holy day

31st March

Freedom Day: Malta.

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