The March Birthstones are Aquamarine and Bloodstone. These stones symbolize courage. Aquamarine is associated with comprehension and happiness. Aquamarine aslo called the traditional birthstone of March. Bloodstone is considered the secondary birthstone.
March Zodiac Signs
Month of March Zodiac Signs are Pisces(until March 20) and Aries(March 21 onwards).
Pisces (February 20 - March 20) Pisces and Aquarius have some common qualities. Both tend to be honest and like to be low key in social situations. Neither likes to draw attention to themselves. People who are born under the sign of Pisces tend to be generous and passionate towards other people and their own goals. Pisces are compatible with: Aries, Aquarius, Taurus, Cancer, Scorpio and Capricorn.
Aries (March 21 - April 19) Aries have an amazing inner drive and don't shy away from hard work if that is what it takes to get what they want. Having a great deal of drive and ambition is their trademark. Being very social and having a great sence of humor by nature makes it easy for Aroies to blend in anywhere. Creative with a very strong will. These individuals don't like to share their emotions or feelings with others. But this can change once you get to know them better. Aries are compatible with: Gemini, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Capricorn and Pisces.
March Birth Flowers
Month of March is synonymous with the onset of spring (in the Northern Hemisphere). Accordingly the birth flower associated with this month is Daffodil also known as Jonquil or Narcissus. The colours of the bloom include white, yellow and orange. A gift of these flowers conveys the hidden meaning of friendship and happiness.
Spring, Rebirth, Domestic Happiness, Respect, Regard and Friendship. March Birth Flower Daffodil is synonymous with Spring as it is the epitome of rebirth and new beginnings.
Historical Events for March, 1990
1st » Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
2nd » Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
6th » Ed Yielding and Joseph T. Vida set the Cross-America flight air speed record e.g transcontinental speed record flying a SR-71 Blackbird from Los Angeles to Virginia in 64 minutes, averaging 2,124 mph.
10th » In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
11th » Lithuania Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania called declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
11th » Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
15th » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
18th » Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the East German general election, 1990 or first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
18th » In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.
19th » The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureş begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.
21st » Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.
25th » The Happy Land fire was an arson fire that kills 87 people trapped inside an illegal nightclub in The Bronx, New York City.
27th » The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí, an anti-Fidel Castro called Castro propaganda network, to Cuba.
28th » President of the United States e.g President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
29th » The Czechoslovakia known as Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
31st » Approximately Poll Tax Riots or 200,000 protestors take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.