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, 1953
Day of Week 1st » Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
Day of Week 3rd » A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
Day of Week 6th » Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and General secretary named First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Day of Week 18th » An 1953 Yenice-Gönen earthquake e.g earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.