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, 1915
Day of Week 3rd » National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics called NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded.
Day of Week 14th » World War I: Cornered off the coast of Chile by the Royal Navy after fleeing the Battle of the Falkland Islands, the German light cruiser Ship SMS Dresden 1907 6 is abandoned and scuttled by her crew.
Day of Week 18th » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign known as naval attack on the Dardanelles.
Day of Week 26th » Ice Hockey: The Vancouver Millionaires sweep the Ottawa Senators (original) named Ottawa Senators three-games-to-none to win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey As
Day of Week 27th » Typhoid Mary, the first Asymptomatic carrier named healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1915
1st » Malak Karsh, Canadian photographer (d. 2001)
4th » László Csizsik-Csatáry, Hungarian criminal (d. 2013)
4th » Charles Johnston, Baron Johnston of Rockport, English businessman and politician (d. 2002)
4th » Frank Sleeman, Australian politician, List of mayors and lord mayors of Brisbane e.g Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2000)
4th » Carlos Surinach, Spanish-Catalan composer and conductor (d. 1997)
4th » Robert Thom (illustrator) known as Robert Thom, American illustrator (d. 1979)
5th » Henry Hicks (Nova Scotia politician) named Henry Hicks, Canadian academic and politician, 16th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 1990)
5th » Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician (d. 2002)
7th » Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2000)
8th » Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish javelin thrower, actor, and singer (d. 1979)
9th » Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer) e.g Johnnie Johnson, English pilot (d. 2001)
10th » Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor (d. 1978)
10th » Charles Groves, English conductor (d. 1992)