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).
Famous Birthdays on March in 1898
3rd » Emil Artin, Austrian-American mathematician (d. 1962)
4th » Georges Dumézil, French philologist (d. 1986)
4th » Hans Krebs (Wehrmacht general) called Hans Krebs, German general (d. 1945)
5th » Soong May-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-Shek, 2nd List of spouses of the presidents of the Republic of China named First Lady of China (d. 2003)
5th » Misao Okawa, Japanese super-centenarian
6th » Gus Sonnenberg, American football player and wrestler (d. 1944)