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).
Day of Week 18th » Former Governor General Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby known as Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best ice hockey or hockey team in Canada the Stanley Cup.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1892
1st » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (d. 1927)
8th » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet (d. 1979)
9th » Vita Sackville-West, English author, poet, and gardener (d. 1962)
10th » Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer (d. 1955)
10th » Gregory La Cava, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1952)
13th » Janet Flanner, American journalist and author (d. 1978)
15th » James Basevi Ord, American lieutenant (d. 1938)
16th » James Petrillo, American union leader (d. 1984)
16th » César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (d. 1938)
17th » Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter (d. 1923)
19th » James Van Fleet, American general (d. 1992)
22nd » Johannes Semper, Estonian poet and scholar (d. 1970)
24th » Marston Morse, American mathematician (d. 1977)
25th » Andy Clyde, Scottish-American actor (d. 1967)
27th » Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
27th » Thorne Smith, American author (d. 1934)
27th » Swami Vipulananda, Sri Lankan author, poet, and critic (d. 1947)
27th » Dorrit Weixler, German actress (d. 1916)
28th » Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
28th » Tom Maguire, Irish general (d. 1993)
29th » József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1975)
30th » Stefan Banach, Polish mathematician (d. 1945)
30th » Fortunato Depero, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1960)
30th » Erhard Milch, German field marshal (d. 1972)
30th » Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (d. 1918)
Famous Deaths for March 1892
16th » Samuel F. Miller (U.S. politician) named Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)
26th » Walt Whitman, American poet and author (b. 1819)