March 1 Beer Day (Iceland) World Civil Defence Day ‎ Self-injury Awareness Day National Pig Day (US) ‎ Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands) March 1st Movement Remembrance Day or Samiljeol; 삼일절 (South Korea) Heroes' Day (Paraguay) Commemoration of Mustafa Barzani’s Death (Iraqi Kurdistan) Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina) from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992 Irish American Month National Craft Month National Frozen Food Month National Irish American Heritage Month- designated by Congress in 1995. National Nutrition Month National Peanut Month National Women's History Month Red Cross Month Social Workers Month Source: Today In History Did you Know? March was named for the Roman God "Mars