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).
Day of Week 2nd » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
Day of Week 5th » Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
Day of Week 6th » Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
Day of Week 9th » Bolton Wanderers F.C. e.g Bolton Wanderers Burnden Park disaster e.g stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
Day of Week 11th » Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
Day of Week 18th » Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union are established.
Day of Week 21st » The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington (American football) known as Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in the American football since 1933.
Day of Week 24th » The British 1946 Cabinet Mission to India Cabinet Mission, consisting of Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough A. V. Alexander, arrives in
Day of Week 28th » Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1st » Gerry Boulet, Canadian singer-songwriter (Offenbach (band) or Offenbach) (d. 1990)
1st » Jim Crace, English author
1st » Lana Wood, American actress and producer
3rd » John Virgo, English snooker player and sportscaster
3rd » Mike Wood (politician) called Mike Wood, English politician
4th » Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, English businessman
4th » Daniel Frisella, American baseball player (d. 1977)
4th » Haile Gerima, Ethiopian-American director and producer
4th » Harvey Goldsmith, English empresario
4th » Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, American author
4th » Nora Radcliffe, Scottish politician
4th » Jean-Claude Schmitt, French historian
5th » Richard Bell (Canadian musician) called Richard Bell, Canadian pianist (Full Tilt Boogie Band, The Band, Crowbar (Canadian band) or Crowbar, and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings) (d. 2007)
5th » Mem Fox, Australian author
5th » Murray Head, English actor and singer
5th » Lova Moor, French singer, dancer, and actress
5th » Michael Warren (actor) called Michael Warren, American basketball player and actor