March 21 - Holidays and Observances

Holidays and Observances

• World Puppetry Day (International)
• Birth of Benito Juárez, a Fiestas Patrias (Mexico)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Nicholas of Flüe
• Commemoration of Thomas Cranmer, Translator and Reviser of the Liturgy, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1556 (Anglicani Communion)
• Earliest day on which Holy Saturday can fall, while April 24 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday before Easter. (Christianity)
• Harmony Day (Australia)
• Human Rights Day (South Africa)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Namibia from South African mandate in 1990.
• International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (International)
• Mother's Day (most of the Arab World)
• Nowrouz (lit. "New Day" in Persian) : the Persian New Year; the first day of the Persian calendar, i.e. 1st of Farvardin, is observed on the Vernal Equinox and usually coincides with March 21st, except for leap years when it coincides with March 20th.
• The first day of Bahá, the first month in Bahá'í calendar (Bahá'í Faith)
• Truant's Day (Poland)
• Vernal Equinox Day
• World Down Syndrome Day (International)
• World Poetry Day (International)
• Youth Day (Tunisia)
• Earth Day (International)
• Rituals of the Salii (Ancient Rome)