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, 1959
Day of Week 9th » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
Day of Week 17th » 14th Dalai Lama known as Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
Day of Week 18th » President of the United States or President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21.
Day of Week 24th » The Party of the African Federation is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keïta.
Day of Week 31st » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
27th » Andrew Farriss, Australian keyboard player and songwriter (INXS)
27th » Tatyana Ivinskaya, Belarusian basketball player
27th » Kid Congo Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Congo Norvell, The Cramps and Knoxville Girls)
27th » Ivan Savvidis, Georgian-Russian businessman and politician
27th » Oleksandr Sorokalet (volleyball) named Oleksandr Sorokalet, Ukrainian volleyball player
15th » Lester Young, American saxophonist (b. 1909)
26th » Raymond Chandler, American author and screenwriter (b. 1888)
29th » Barthélemy Boganda, Central African politician, 1st List of heads of state of the Central African Republic and Central African Empire e.g Prime Minister of the Central Africa (b. 1910)
30th » Daniil Andreyev, Russian mystic and poet (b. 1906)