Month March 1912 Calendar

About Month of March Calendar

• March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of seven months that are 31 days long. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20th or 21st marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere for March.
  
  March symbols: The birthstones of March are aquamarine and bloodstone. These stones symbolize courage. Its birth flower is the daffodil. The zodiac signs for the month of March are Pisces (until March 20) and Aries (March 21 onwards).

Historical Events for March, 1912

• Day of Week 1st » Albert Berry (parachutist) known as Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
• Day of Week 5th » Italo-Turkish War: Kingdom of Italy or Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Ottoman Empire or Turkish lines.
• Day of Week 6th » Italy known as Italian forces became the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles dropped bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
• Day of Week 7th » Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911.
• Day of Week 12th » The Girl Guide and Girl Scout called Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
• Day of Week 30th » King of Morocco Sultan Abdelhafid of Morocco Abdelhafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a France French protectorate.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1912

• 1st » Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (d. 2003)
• 1st » Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer (d. 2011)
• 2nd » Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter (d. 2001)
• 2nd » William Thayer Tutt, American businessman (d. 1989)
• 4th » Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (d. 1976)
• 4th » Judith Furse, English actress (d. 1974)
• 4th » Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor (d. 1996)
• 4th » Carl Marzani, Italian-American activist and publisher (d. 1994)
• 4th » Rodolfo Galeotti Torres, Guatemalan sculptor (d. 1988)
• 7th » Eerik Kumari, Estonian ornithologist (d. 1984)
• 8th » Preston Smith (governor) known as Preston Smith, American politician, 40th Governor of Texas (d. 2003)
• 8th » Meldrim Thomson, Jr., American politician, 73rd Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2001)
• 9th » Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow, English diplomat (d. 2013)
• 12th » Irving Layton, Canadian poet (d. 2006)
• 12th » Edgar Tafel, American architect (d. 2011)
• 12th » Paul Weston, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
• 14th » Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991)
• 14th » Les Brown (bandleader) e.g Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2001)
• 14th » W. Graham Claytor, Jr. American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1994)
• 14th » Charles Van Acker, Belgian race car driver (d. 1998)
• 14th » W. Willard Wirtz, American lawyer and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 2010)
• 15th » Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979)
• 16th » Pat Nixon, American educator, 39th First Lady of the United States (d. 1993)
• 17th » Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987)
• 18th » Art Gilmore, American voice actor and announcer (d. 2010)
• 19th » Hugh Watt, New Zealand politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1980)
• 21st » André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician (d. 1968)
• 22nd » Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (d. 1985)
• 22nd » Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009)
• 23rd » Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (d. 1996)
• 23rd » Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Wernher von Braun, German physicist and engineer (d. 1977)
• 24th » Dorothy Height, American educator and activist (d. 2010)
• 25th » Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005)
• 25th » Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971)
• 27th » James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
• 27th » Robert Hughes (composer) named Robert Hughes, Scottish-Australian composer (d. 2007)
• 28th » A. Bertram Chandler English-Australian author (d. 1984)
• 28th » Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943)
• 29th » Hanna Reitsch, German pilot (d. 1979)
• 30th » Alvin Hamilton, Canadian politician (d. 2004)
• 31st » William Lederer, American author (d. 2009)

Famous Deaths for March 1912

• 1st » George Grossmith, English actor and singer (b. 1847)
• 13th » Eugène-Étienne Taché, Canadian engineer and architect, designed the Parliament Building (Quebec) known as Parliament Building (b. 1836)
• 13th » Hugo Treffner, German educator, founded the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium (b. 1845)
• 29th » Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)
• 29th » Robert Falcon Scott, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1868)
• 29th » Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and explorer (b. 1872)
• 30th » Karl May, German author (b. 1842)

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