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, 2004
Day of Week 1st » Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq.
Day of Week 2nd » 2003 invasion of Iraq or War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
Day of Week 11th » 2004 Madrid train bombings or Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191 people.
Day of Week 17th » 2004 unrest in Kosovo known as Unrest in Kosovo: More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. Thirty-five Serbian Orthodox Church called Serbian Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Belgrade and Niš are destroyed.
Day of Week 19th » Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. A total of 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
19th » A Swedish Douglas DC-3 named DC-3 shot down by a Russian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 called MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the three crewmen are left in place, pending further investigations.
Day of Week 22nd » Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian people e.g Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired AGM-114 Hellfire or Hellfi
Day of Week 27th » HMS Scylla F71 6, a decommissioned Leander class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
Day of Week 29th » Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
29th » The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to smoking ban named ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
Day of Week 31st » Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being 31 March 2004 Fallujah ambush e.g ambushed.
Famous Birthdays on March in 2004
21st » Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau van Amsberg
Famous Deaths for March 2004
1st » Mian Ghulam Jilani, Pakistani general (b. 1914)
2nd » Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
2nd » Marge Schott, American businesswoman (b. 1928)
3rd » Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (b. 1958)
4th » Fernando Lázaro Carreter, Spanish linguist and journalist (b. 1923)
4th » John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist (Magazine (band) known as Magazine, The Armoury Show, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Public Image Ltd) (b. 1955)
4th » Claude Nougaro, French singer-songwriter (b. 1929)
4th » George Pake, American physicist (b. 1924)
4th » Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer (b. 1953)
5th » Walt Gorney, Polish-American actor (b. 1912)
6th » Hercules (wrestler) called Hercules, American wrestler (b. 1957)