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, 1945
Day of Week 3rd » World War II: American and Filipino troops Battle of Manila (1945) e.g recapture Manila in the Philippines.
3rd » World War II: A former Armia Krajowa unit Pawłokoma massacre known as massacres at least 150 Ukraine e.g Ukrainian civilians in Pawłokoma, Poland.
3rd » World War II: The Royal Air Force known as RAF Bombing of the Bezuidenhout called accidentally bombs the Bezuidenhout neighbourhood in The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
Day of Week 4th » Lapland War: Finland declares war on Nazi Germany.
Day of Week 6th » World War II: Cologne is captured by American Troops.
Day of Week 7th » World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen.
Day of Week 9th » The Bombing of Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces begin, one of the most destructive bombing raids in history.
Day of Week 10th » The United States Army Air Forces known as U.S. Army Air Force Bombing of Tokyo in World War II named firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
Day of Week 11th » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the United States Pacific Fleet or U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
11th » World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established with Bảo Đại as its ruler.
Day of Week 15th » World War II: Soviet forces begin an Upper Silesian Offensive named offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
Day of Week 16th » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.
16th » Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by United Kingdom or British bombers. 5,000 are killed.
Day of Week 17th » The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
Day of Week 18th » World War II: 1,250 American bombers attack Berlin.
Day of Week 19th » World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin CV-13 6, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.
19th » World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Nazi Germany e.g Germany to be destroyed.
Day of Week 21st » World War II: United Kingdom or British troops liberate Mandalay, Myanmar named Burma.
21st » World War II: Operation Carthage: Royal Air Force planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also hit a school and 125 civilians are killed.
21st » World War II: Kingdom of Bulgaria known as Bulgaria and the Soviet Union successfully complete their defense of the north bank of the Drava River as the Battle of the Transdanubian Hills concludes.
Day of Week 22nd » The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of Week 26th » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
Day of Week 29th » World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
29th » World War II: The German 4th Army (Wehrmacht) known as 4th Army is Heiligenbeil Pocket called almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
Day of Week 30th » World War II: Soviet Union Soviet Red Army forces invade Austria and capture Vienna; Armia Ludowa Polish and Soviet forces liberate Gdańsk Danzig.
29th » Walt Frazier, American basketball player and sportscaster
29th » Speedy Keen, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Thunderclap Newman) (d. 2002)
29th » Willem Ruis, Dutch game show host (d. 1986)
30th » Eric Clapton, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Yardbirds, Cream (band) called Cream, The Dirty Mac, Blind Faith, and Free Creek (band) e.g Free Creek)
30th » Ron Garvin, Canadian-American wrestler
30th » S.D. Jones, Antiguan wrestler (d. 2008)
30th » Johnnie Walker (DJ) named Johnnie Walker, English radio host