Month March 1931 Calendar

About Month of March Calendar

• 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, 1931

• Day of Week 3rd » The United States adopts 'The Star-Spangled Banner' as its national anthem.
• Day of Week 5th » The British Viceroy of British Raj called India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) Gandhi–Irwin Pact or sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing salt to be freely used b
• Day of Week 11th » 'Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR', abbreviated as 'GTO', is introduced in the Soviet Union.
• Day of Week 15th » SS called Viking explodes off Newfoundland and Labrador named Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• Day of Week 19th » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• Day of Week 23rd » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for murder during the Indian struggle for independence.
• Day of Week 25th » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
• Day of Week 26th » SwissAir is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• 26th » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• Day of Week 31st » An 1931 Nicaragua earthquake named earthquake destroys Managua, Nicaragua, killing 2,000.
• 31st » TWA Flight 599 crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1931

• 2nd » Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet lawyer and politician, President of the Soviet Union, Nobel Peace Prize named Nobel Prize laureate
• 2nd » Tom Wolfe, American journalist and author
• 4th » Wally Bruner, American journalist and television host (d. 1997)
• 4th » Bill Guttridge, English footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 4th » Bob Johnson (ice hockey born 1931) named Bob Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1991)
• 4th » William Henry Keeler, American cardinal
• 4th » Larry Keith, American actor (d. 2010)
• 4th » Alice Rivlin, American economist
• 5th » Fred (comics) or Fred, French illustrator (d. 2013)
• 5th » Anthony Hedges, English composer and academic
• 5th » Jean-Paul Roussillon, French actor (d. 2009)
• 5th » Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player
• 6th » Hal Needham, American actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 8th » Neil Adcock, South African cricketer (d. 2013)
• 8th » John McPhee, American author and educator
• 8th » Gerald Potterton, English-Canadian animator, director, and producer
• 8th » Neil Postman, American author and critic (d. 2003)
• 9th » Thore Skogman, Swedish actor and singer (d. 2007)
• 9th » Sam Williams (defensive lineman) e.g Sam Williams, American football player (d. 2013)
• 10th » Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, and composer (d. 2001)
• 11th » Janosch, Polish-German author and illustrator
• 11th » Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American businessman, founded News Corporation
• 12th » Herb Kelleher, American businessman, co-founded Southwest Airlines
• 12th » Billie Thomas, American actor (d. 1980)
• 13th » Gordon Borrie, Baron Borrie, English lawyer and politician
• 15th » James Ellis (actor) e.g James Ellis, Irish-English actor (d. 2014)
• 15th » D. J. Fontana, American drummer (The Blue Moon Boys)
• 15th » David Hayes (sculptor) e.g David Hayes, American sculptor (d. 2013)
• 15th » Richard Wirthlin, American religious leader (d. 2011)
• 16th » Alan Heyman, American-South Korean musicologist and composer (d. 2014)
• 16th » Anthony Kenny, English philosopher and academic
• 16th » John Munro (Canadian politician) known as John Munro, Canadian politician (d. 2003)
• 17th » David Peakall, English-American toxicologist (d. 2001)
• 18th » Howard Coble, American captain and politician
• 18th » John Fraser (actor) or John Fraser, Scottish actor
• 18th » John Mollo, English costume designer and author
• 19th » Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (d. 2013)
• 19th » Maurice Peston, Baron Peston, English economist and politician
• 20th » Hal Linden, American actor, singer, and director
• 20th » Rein Raamat, Estonian director and screenwriter
• 21st » Toyonobori, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1998)
• 21st » Clark L. Brundin, American academic
• 21st » Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (d. 2013)
• 21st » Al Williamson, American illustrator (d. 2010)
• 22nd » Burton Richter, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate
• 22nd » William Shatner, Canadian-American actor, singer, director, and producer
• 22nd » Leslie Thomas, Welsh author (d. 2014)
• 23rd » Yevgeny Grishin (speed skater) named Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (d. 2005)
• 23rd » Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player and author
• 23rd » Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Russian skier (d. 2013)
• 24th » Hanno Drechsler, German politician, List of mayors of Marburg or Mayor of Marburg (d. 2003)
• 24th » Connie Hines, American actress (d. 2009)
• 25th » Humphrey Burton, English television and radio host
• 25th » Paul Motian, American drummer and composer (d. 2011)
• 25th » Tom Wilson (record producer) called Tom Wilson, American record producer (d. 1978)
• 26th » Leonard Nimoy, American actor, singer, and director
• 27th » Walter Hooper, American author and scholar
• 27th » David Janssen, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980)
• 28th » Vaino Väljas, Estonian politician
• 29th » Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania) e.g Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2014)
• 29th » Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (d. 2002)
• 29th » Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
• 29th » Norman Tebbit, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 31st » Miller Barber, American golfer (d. 2013)

Famous Deaths for March 1931

• 5th » Arthur Tooth, English priest (b. 1839)
• 11th » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 20th » Hermann Müller (politician) called Hermann Müller, German politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (German Reich) e.g Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 23rd » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 23rd » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 23rd » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 25th » Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
• 25th » Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (b. 1862)
• 27th » Arnold Bennett, English author (b. 1867)
• 31st » Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (b. 1888)

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