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, 1910
Day of Week 1st » The worst Wellington, Washington avalanche named avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway (U.S.) known as Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
Day of Week 3rd » Rockefeller Foundation: J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
Day of Week 9th » The Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–1911 or Westmoreland County coal strike, involving 15,000 coal mining or coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers, begins.
Day of Week 12th » Greek cruiser Georgios Averof is launched at Livorno.
Day of Week 14th » Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil gusher or oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vents to atmosphere.
Day of Week 27th » A fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, kills 312.
Day of Week 28th » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
Day of Week 30th » The Mississippi Legislature founds The University of Southern Mississippi.
Day of Week 31st » Six North Staffordshire Pottery towns federate to form modern Stoke-on-Trent.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1910
1st » Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)