What March 23 celebrates

A fun observance on March 23 celebrating the joy and companionship of kittens while promoting pet adoption from shelters and awareness of proper pet care.

An informational observance on March 23 recognizing chinchillas as pets and as an endangered Andean species, with attention to their care and conservation.

A food observance on March 23 celebrating the popular snack combination of chips and dips, from potato chips with onion dip to tortilla chips with guacamole.

An international conservation observance on March 23 recognizing all eight living bear species and the threats facing them in the wild.

A fun observance on March 23 celebrating mathematics through the world's largest online math competition, promoting numeracy skills and international friendship via interactive gaming challenges.

An annual observance on March 23 recognizing atheism and promoting awareness of secular perspectives, religious freedom, and the separation of church and state.

A fun observance on March 23 honoring and celebrating individuals named Jacob and the qualities associated with the name.

A fan observance on March 23 celebrating Ravenclaw house values of intelligence, learning, wisdom, wit, creativity, and originality from the Harry Potter series.

A fun observance on March 23 celebrating the word OK, its history as a global expression of agreement and acceptance, and its origins in an 1839 journalistic joke in the Boston Morning Post.

A food observance on March 23 celebrating tamales, a traditional Mesoamerican dish made from corn masa dough filled with various ingredients, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.

A heritage observance on March 23 commemorating the 1940 Lahore Resolution calling for Muslim self-determination and the 1956 constitution establishing Pakistan as an Islamic Republic.

An awareness observance on March 23 commemorating the establishment of the WMO and promoting the role of meteorology, hydrology, and related sciences in protecting life through weather and climate services.

A fun observance on March 23 celebrating individuals named Alice, honoring the name's Germanic origins meaning "noble" and its cultural significance including the fictional character Alice in Wonderland.

A food observance on March 23 celebrating the nutritional benefits and superfood status of chia seeds.

An awareness observance on March 23 highlighting the potential dangers of near-Earth asteroids, commemorating the 1989 close pass of asteroid 4581 Asclepius.

A food observance on March 23 celebrating thin, crispy Melba toast and its historical culinary origin at the Savoy Hotel in London.

A heritage observance on the Monday nearest March 23 commemorating the arrival of the first European settlers on the John Wickliffe on March 23, 1848, and the founding of the Otago settlement.