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, 1960
Day of Week 4th » The French freighter 'La Coubre explosion called La Coubre' explodes in Havana, Cuba killing 100.
Day of Week 5th » Cuban photographer Alberto Korda takes his Guerrillero Heroico iconic photograph of Marxism Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
Day of Week 9th » Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt (medical) e.g shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
Day of Week 17th » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the United States National Security Council known as National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
Day of Week 21st » Apartheid in South Africa: Sharpeville massacre e.g Massacre in Sharpeville, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
Day of Week 22nd » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser
Famous Birthdays on March in 1960
1st » Benedict Allen, English television host and author