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What is celebrated on March 22?

See the observances and verified observance-history milestones attached to March 22. Each observance keeps its own source and date details.

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2017

First observance

SBDC Day

America’s SBDC’s inaugural materials explicitly schedule the first SBDC Day for Wednesday, 22 March 2017.

2017

Later action

SBDC Day

The inaugural organizer-created observance received congressional recognition without becoming a federally established public holiday.

2002

Later action

Childhelp National Day of Hope

The Senate agreed to a resolution supporting the goals and ideas of the Day of Hope and recognizing Childhelp USA’s initiative.

1993

First observance

World Water Day

UN General Assembly resolution 47/193 declared 22 March World Day for Water beginning in 1993; the reviewed evidence records 1993 as the first observance.

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2 observances

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0 repeat predictably

0 use a fixed annual date and 0 follow a reusable calendar rule.

0 are edition-specific

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1 have a country-specific scope

Country-specific observances are not presented as worldwide events.

2 have in-depth guides

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Major global guides on March 22

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A reviewed starting point drawn from prominent global observances with strong institutional or organizer sources. Each observance keeps its own documented status and scope.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

World Water Day

22 March · United Nations international observance

A/RES/47/193

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Other in-depth guides on March 22

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Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud (Abolition of Slavery Day)

22 March · Puerto Rico / government holiday calendar

Puerto Rico statutory, education and historical sources verify March 22 as the recurring abolition-of-slavery holiday and tie the date to the formal abolition of slavery on March 22, 1873.

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Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud (Abolition of Slavery Day)

22 March · Puerto Rico / government holiday calendar

Puerto Rico statutory, education and historical sources verify March 22 as the recurring abolition-of-slavery holiday and tie the date to the formal abolition of slavery on March 22, 1873.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

World Water Day

22 March · United Nations international observance

A/RES/47/193

How dates are selected

This page combines fixed annual dates, reusable calendar rules and year-specific dates confirmed for 2026. Variable or historical dates are included only when they are clearly supported.

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