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, 1957
Day of Week 4th » The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
Day of Week 6th » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan Africa called Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British
Day of Week 8th » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
8th » The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the United States Congress known as U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
8th » Ghana joins the United Nations.
Day of Week 9th » A Moment magnitude scale or magnitude 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake called 8.3 earthquake in the Andreanof Islands, Alaska triggers a Pacific-wide tsunami causing extensive damage to Hawaii and Oahu.
Day of Week 13th » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the Museum of the Revolution (Cuba) named presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of List of Presidents of Cuba named President Fulgencio Batista.
Day of Week 17th » A 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash or plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills President of the Philippines known as Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
Day of Week 25th » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
Day of Week 29th » The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
Day of Week 31st » Upper Volta Territorial Assembly election, 1957 Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony French Upper Volta Upper Volta are held. After the elections Unified Democratic Party PDU and Voltaic Democratic Movement MDV form a government.