March 1st - 7th

Monday

March 1st

Festivals and Carnivals

Elections

200 National Celebrations

around the World

Mines

Obscure

Celebrations

The Festival of Colours

A  Hindu spring festival in which people spray each other in coloured water.  Bollywood dancing and music are now part of the tradition!

March sees elections scheduled for

Colombia Guinea and Hungary

Saint David's Day

Traditionally celebrated with a assembly or concert in Welsh schools.  The Welsh flag is widely flown  and individuals might wear daffodils and leeks a on the lapel.

Southwest, Delta and Virgin America plan to offer

in-flight

wi-fi

 by the end of the month

Tomorrow is the target date for removing all landmines from Argentina

Start of Mustache Month

in the States

when men are encouraged to grow a mustache and rise money for charity.
 

Tuesday

March 2nd

200 National Celebrations

around the World

Fashion

Birthdays

The Big

Yacht events

National Reading Day

United States

 Texas Independence Day

A State holiday in Texas

Montreal Fashion Week

Canada's big fashion show with the

Fall/Winter 2010/2011 Collections

World leader

Mikhail Gorbachev

(1931)

Clipper

Round the World Race

Leaves   Qingdao, for California

arriving early April

Wednesday

March 3rd

200 National Celebrations

around the World

Business

Conference

Food and

Drink

Top events

Liberation Day Bulgaria

Celebrates freedom from Ottoman rule.

India Aviation Show

Until the 7th

Open to the public at the weekend

Snaxpo

three day conference for the snack food industry

Fort Worth, Texas

Soccer

Day set aside for International matches

including Germany v Argentina, France v Spain and England v Egypt.

Thursday

March 4th

Auto Industry

Top events

80th Geneva Motor Show

Switzerland

until 14th

Modern Pentathlon

World Cup series starts in Mexico

Friday

March 5th

100 Movies

to watch out for

Top events

British

Iraq War Enquiry

A key day, with 

Gordon Brown

 due to   appear.

Alice in Wonderland 

Classic story with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter

The world's

Major Exhibitions

The History of Russia

 Louvre

 Paris, France

until May 24rh

Tennis

Davies Cup

World Group

1st round  matches around the world

3 days

Saturday

March 6th

Birthdays

Club Soccer

Basketball superstar Shaquille O'Neal (1972)

Soccer

English FA cup 6th round

Sunday

March 7th

The 82nd

Academy Awards

to  honor the best films of 2009 takes place at the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood

Elections

Wider World

of Sport

Parliament elections in Iraqi.

Vasaloppet

Mass participation ski race in Sweden

 which  follows the 90km route that King Gustav Vasa  skied to escape the Danes in 1520.

Up to 40,000 people take part in a week of ski events.

Soccer

Big games this weekend

Roma v AC Milan in Italy