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, 1930
Day of Week 6th » International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern
Day of Week 12th » Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march, known as the 'Salt Satyagraha Salt March', to the sea in defiance of United Kingdom British opposition, to protest the British Empire British monopoly on salt
Day of Week 13th » The news of the discovery of Pluto is telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory.
Day of Week 28th » Constantinople and Ankara named Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
Day of Week 29th » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Chancellor of Germany (German Reich) named Reichskanzler.
Day of Week 31st » The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1930
1st » R. P. Goenka, Indian businessman, founded RPG Group (d. 2013)