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, 1951
Day of Week 6th » The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
Day of Week 14th » Korean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul.
Day of Week 20th » Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
Day of Week 28th » First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mao Khe, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.
Day of Week 29th » Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
Day of Week 31st » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1951
1st » Sergei Kourdakov, Russian-American KGB agent (d. 1973)
3rd » Lindsay Cooper, English bassoon player and composer (Henry Cow, News from Babel, and Feminist Improvising Group) (d. 2013)
3rd » Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, English broadcaster
3rd » Andy Murray (ice hockey) known as Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
3rd » Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician