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, 1964
Day of Week 1st » Villarrica (volcano) or Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
Day of Week 6th » Constantine II of Greece named Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
Day of Week 14th » A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
Day of Week 20th » The wiktionary:Precursor named precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
Day of Week 27th » The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a moment magnitude scale named magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage, Alaska known as Anchorage.