Month March 1908 Calendar

About Month of March Calendar

• 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, 1908

• Day of Week 4th » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• Day of Week 9th » Inter Milan was founded on 'Football Club Internazionale', following a schism from the Milan Cricket and Football Club.
• Day of Week 23rd » American diplomat Durham Stevens is attacked by Korean assassins Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in a hospital two days later.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1908

• 2nd » Walter Bruch, German engineer (d. 1990)
• 2nd » Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant (d. 1968)
• 3rd » George Harriman, English rugby player and businessman (d. 1973)
• 4th » T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (d. 1976)
• 4th » Thomas Shaw (blues musician) e.g Thomas Shaw, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
• 5th » Irving Fiske, American author and playwright (d. 1990)
• 5th » Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990)
• 7th » Anna Magnani, Italian actress (d. 1973)
• 8th » Lucio and Simplicio Godina, Filipino conjoined twins (d. 1936)
• 10th » Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestler (d. 1987)
• 12th » Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (d. 1970)
• 12th » David Marshall (Singaporean politician) e.g David Marshall Singaporean politician, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore (d. 1995)
• 13th » Walter Annenberg, American publisher, diplomat, and philanthropist (d. 2002)
• 14th » Ed Heinemann, American engineer (d. 1991)
• 14th » C. X. Martyn, Sri Lankan politician
• 14th » Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher (d. 1961)
• 14th » Phil Vincent named Philip Conrad Vincent, English businessman, founded Vincent Motorcycles (d. 1979)
• 16th » René Daumal, French author and poet (d. 1944)
• 16th » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1966)
• 18th » Loulou Gasté, French composer (d. 1995)
• 20th » Michael Redgrave, English actor and director (d. 1985)
• 22nd » Jack Crawford (tennis) called Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (d. 1991)
• 25th » Helmut Käutner, German actor and director (d. 1980)
• 25th » David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 26th » Franz Stangl, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 1971)
• 26th » Henry (Hank) Sylvern, American organist and composer (d. 1964)
• 27th » Bernard Hügl, Croatian footballer and manager (d. 1982)
• 27th » Sol Leshinsky, Canadian-American mathematician and economist (d. 1985)
• 27th » Alberto Semprini, English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
• 31st » Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (d. 1999)

Famous Deaths for March 1908

• 11th » Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
• 11th » Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839)
• 25th » Durham Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1851)
• 28th » Hermann Clemenz, Estonian chess player (d. 1846)
• 30th » Chester Gillette, American murderer (b. 1883)

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