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, 1954
Day of Week 1st » Nuclear testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-TNT equivalent e.g megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
1st » Puerto Rican independence movement named Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, United States Capitol shooting incident (1954) e.g injuring five Representatives.
Day of Week 9th » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the 'See It Now' episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
Day of Week 13th » First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces under Vo Nguyen Giap unleashed a massive artillery barrage on the France named French to begin the Battle of Dien Bien Phu called Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, the climactic battle in the First Indochina War.
Day of Week 19th » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden (1925) or Madison Square Garden in the first television known as televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
19th » Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. The record still stands today.
Day of Week 22nd » Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.
Day of Week 30th » The Yonge–University–Spadina line e.g Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first rapid transit known as subway in Canada.