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, 1922
Day of Week 10th » Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
Day of Week 12th » Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan formed The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Day of Week 15th » After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I of Egypt or Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
Day of Week 18th » In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He serves only 2 years.
Day of Week 20th » The USS named Langley or CV-1 is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
Day of Week 24th » Irish War of Independence: In Belfast, Northern Ireland known as Northern Irish policemen break into the home of a Catholic family and McMahon murders called shoot all eight males inside.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1922
1st » William Gaines, American publisher (d. 1992)
1st » Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
2nd » Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American saxophonist (d. 1986)
2nd » Bill Quackenbush, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999)
3rd » Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
4th » Richard E. Cunha, American director and cinematographer (d. 2005)
4th » Dina Pathak, Indian actress and director (d. 2002)
5th » James Noble (actor) named James Noble, American actor
5th » Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1975)
7th » Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 2004)
7th » Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian author and journalist (d. 2004)
8th » Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey
8th » Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (d. 2008)
8th » Carl Furillo, American baseball player (d. 1989)
8th » Yevgeny Matveyev, Russian actor and director (d. 2003)
8th » Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator
11th » Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (d. 1997)
11th » José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor and director (d. 2009)
11th » Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1976)
12th » Jack Kerouac, American author and poet (d. 1969)
12th » Lane Kirkland, American union leader (d. 1999)
14th » Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
14th » China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress (d. 2014)