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, 1966
Day of Week 4th » A Canadian Pacific Air Lines Douglas DC-8 known as DC-8-43 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402 named explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
Day of Week 5th » BOAC Flight 911 crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124.
Day of Week 10th » Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating Buddhist Uprising named large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
Day of Week 16th » Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned United States or American space flight and first space docking with the Agena Target Vehicle.
Day of Week 17th » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Ship called DSV or Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
Day of Week 19th » University of Texas at El Paso or Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final Four with an all-African-American named black starting lineup.
Day of Week 31st » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
30th » Joey Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Danzig (band) or Danzig, Sugartooth, and Zilch (band) or Zilch)
30th » Efstratios Grivas, Greek chess player and author