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, 1921
Day of Week 1st » The Australia national cricket team called Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash (sport) called whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
Day of Week 6th » Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Comintern e.g Communist International.
Day of Week 8th » Spain Spanish Prime Minister of Spain Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the Cortes Generales parliament building in Madrid.
Day of Week 12th » İstiklal Marşı was adopted in TBMM(Turkish grand national assembly).
Day of Week 13th » Mongolia is proclaimed an independent monarchy, ruled by Russian military officer Roman von Ungern-Sternberg as a dictator.
Day of Week 17th » The Second Republic of Poland adopts the March Constitution.
Day of Week 18th » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
Day of Week 19th » Irish War of Independence: One of Crossbarry Ambush known as the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
Day of Week 21st » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of War Communism.