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, 1931
Day of Week 3rd » The United States adopts 'The Star-Spangled Banner' as its national anthem.
Day of Week 5th » The British Viceroy of British Raj called India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) Gandhi–Irwin Pact or sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing salt to be freely used b
Day of Week 11th » 'Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR', abbreviated as 'GTO', is introduced in the Soviet Union.
Day of Week 15th » SS called Viking explodes off Newfoundland and Labrador named Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
11th » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)
20th » Hermann Müller (politician) called Hermann Müller, German politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (German Reich) e.g Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
23rd » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
23rd » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
23rd » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
25th » Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
25th » Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (b. 1862)