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, 1868
Day of Week 1st » The Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
Day of Week 5th » 'Mefistofele', an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its première performance at La Scala.
Day of Week 8th » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka called Sakai near Osaka.
Day of Week 23rd » The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1868
1st » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (d. 1933)
3rd » Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist (d. 1951)
14th » Emily Murphy, Canadian jurist, author, and activist (d. 1933)
15th » Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician (d. 1944)
19th » Senda Berenson Abbott, Lithuanian-American basketball player and educator (d. 1954)
22nd » Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
23rd » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician (d. 1923)
25th » Bill Lockwood (cricketer) named Bill Lockwood, English cricketer (d. 1932)