This is our day guide for Tuesday March 5th 2019 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Observances on March 5th 2019

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras falls on the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday.

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National Poutine Day

National Poutine Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Poutine Day.

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National Hat Day

National Hat Day

Honors the popular national symbol of Kyrgyzstan, the four-paneled hat, or kalpak.

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National Pancake Day – IHOP

National Pancake Day – IHOP 🥞

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Pancake Day – IHOP

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National Absinthe Day

National Absinthe Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Absinthe Day

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National Multiple Personality Day

National Multiple Personality Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Multiple Personality Day

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St Piran’s Day

St Piran’s Day

How to say ‘Happy St Piran’s Day’ in Cornish, what is the flag - and why is it celebrated?

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Pancake Tuesday

Pancake Tuesday 🥞

In Ireland and UK it is a popular custom to make pancakes on Shrove Tuesday.

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Public Holidays on March 5th 2019

Carnival Tuesday

Carnival Tuesday

Carnival Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, takes place on the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent

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Argentina Carnival

Argentina Carnival

The Carnival is an annual festival in Argentina held on the days before Ash Wednesday.

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Brazil Carnival

Brazil Carnival

The streets of Rio de Janeiro erupt with colour and noise as Carnival ushers in the Easter period.

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French Polynesian Missionary Day

French Polynesian Missionary Day

Marks the arrival of the London Missionary Society (LMS) missionaries on March 5th 1797

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Panchayati Raj Diwas

Panchayati Raj Diwas

Honours Biju Patnaik, an Indian politician who was twice Chief Minister of Odisha

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Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras, the Tuesday before the start of Lent, came to North America as a French Catholic tradition

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Town Meeting Day

Town Meeting Day

Marks Vermont's admission to the US in 1791

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Chiefs Day

Chiefs Day

A day to commemorate and preserve the traditional customs observed on many islands

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