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, 1940
Day of Week 3rd » Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the Left Party (Sweden) named communist newspaper 'Norrskensflamman' in Luleå, Sweden.
Day of Week 5th » Six high-ranking members of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Soviet politburo, including General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execu
Day of Week 12th » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) or Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated.
Day of Week 16th » First person killed in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, James Isbister.
Day of Week 18th » World War II: Axis Powers Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
Day of Week 23rd » The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All India Muslim League.
Day of Week 30th » Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanjing called Nanking capital of a new Reorganized National Government of China e.g Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.