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, 1913
Day of Week 3rd » Thousands of women march in a Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913 called suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.
Day of Week 4th » First Balkan War: The Greek army Battle of Bizani or engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
4th » The United States Department of Labor is formed
Day of Week 12th » Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remains temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital is still under construction.)
Day of Week 18th » King George I of Greece is assassination called assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
Day of Week 20th » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Kuomintang named Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
Day of Week 21st » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
Day of Week 26th » Balkan War: Bulgarian forces Battle of Adrianople (1913) called capture Adrianople.
Day of Week 28th » Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention known as Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Day of Week 31st » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonz
Famous Birthdays on March in 1913
2nd » Godfried Bomans, Flemish television host and author (d. 1971)
2nd » Mort Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1958)
2nd » Celedonio Romero, Spanish guitarist and songwriter (The Romeros) (d. 1996)
3rd » Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
3rd » Harold J. Stone, American actor (d. 2005)
4th » Taos Amrouche, Algerian singer and author (d. 1976)
4th » John H. Fremlin, English physicist (d. 1995)