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, 1933
Day of Week 4th » Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
4th » The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure Chancellor of Austria called Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an Austrofascism or authoritarian rule by decree.
Day of Week 5th » Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "Emergency Banking Act called bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
Day of Week 9th » Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
Day of Week 10th » An 1933 Long Beach earthquake known as earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million in damage.
Day of Week 12th » Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".
Day of Week 13th » Great Depression: Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after President of the United States or President Franklin D. Roosevelt mandates a "bank holiday".
Day of Week 15th » Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council of Austria e.g National Council from convening, starting the austrofascism called austrofascist dictatorship.
Day of Week 20th » Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau Concentration Camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
Day of Week 21st » Construction of Dachau concentration camp named Dachau, the first Nazi Germany e.g Nazi concentration camp, is completed.
Day of Week 23rd » The 'Reichstag (Weimar Republic) named Reichstag' passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
Day of Week 28th » The Imperial Airways biplane 'City of Liverpool' is believed to be the first airline lost to sabotage when a passenger 1933 Imperial Airways Dixmude crash or sets a fire on board.
Day of Week 31st » The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1933
1st » Gerry Bron, English record producer and manager (d. 2012)