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, 1992
Day of Week 1st » Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Day of Week 2nd » Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan join the United Nations.
Day of Week 6th » The Michelangelo (virus) known as Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
Day of Week 12th » Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Day of Week 13th » An earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter magnitude scale or Richter scale kills over 500 in Erzincan, eastern Turkey.
Day of Week 17th » 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires e.g Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Suicide attack called Suicide car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242.
17th » A South African apartheid referendum, 1992 named referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
Day of Week 18th » In a national referendum white South Africans vote overwhelmingly in favour of ending the racist policy of Apartheid.
Day of Week 22nd » Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the Albanian parliamentary election, 1992 named parliamentary election.
Day of Week 25th » The Pakistan national cricket team wins the 1992 Cricket World Cup at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
25th » Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to Earth after a 10-month stay aboard the Mir space station.
Day of Week 31st » The USS Missouri BB-63 6, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.