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, 1920
Day of Week 8th » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
Day of Week 13th » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
Day of Week 19th » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
Day of Week 22nd » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs Shushi Massacres known as attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
Day of Week 28th » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1920
1st » Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
2nd » Heinz-Ludwig Schmidt, German footballer and manager (d. 2008)