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, 1962
Day of Week 1st » American Airlines Flight 1 crashes on take off in New York.
Day of Week 4th » A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 Caledonian Airways Flight 153 named crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
Day of Week 6th » Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 begins on the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States.
Day of Week 13th » Lyman Lemnitzer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers a proposal, called Operation Northwoods, regarding performing terrorist attacks upon Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. The proposal is scrapped and Presiden
Day of Week 16th » A Flying Tiger Line Lockheed Constellation e.g Super Constellation Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 e.g disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
Day of Week 18th » The Evian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
Day of Week 19th » Highly influential artist, Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan (album) e.g Bob Dylan, on Columbia Records label.
19th » The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1962
1st » Mark Gardner (baseball) e.g Mark Gardner, American baseball player
1st » Bill Leen, American bass player (Gin Blossoms)
1st » Melanie Moore (pornographic actress) or Melanie Moore, American porn actress and model
1st » Russell Coutts, New Zealand sailor
2nd » Jon Bon Jovi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Bon Jovi)
2nd » Paul Farrelly, English politician
2nd » Scott La Rock, American DJ and producer (Boogie Down Productions) (d. 1987)
2nd » Hiroyuki Morioka, Japanese author
2nd » Tom Nordlie, Norwegian footballer and coach
2nd » Michael Salinger, American poet
2nd » Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach