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, 1995
Day of Week 1st » Prime Minister of Poland Waldemar Pawlak resigns from parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Józef Oleksy.
1st » Yahoo! is incorporated.
Day of Week 2nd » Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.
Day of Week 14th » Space Exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
Day of Week 16th » Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution named Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
Day of Week 20th » A sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway kills 13 and wounds 1,300 persons.
Day of Week 22nd » Astronaut named Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in outer space or space.