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, 1977
Day of Week 4th » The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in the seriously damaged city of Bucharest, Romania.
Day of Week 9th » The 1977 Hanafi Siege named Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage.
Day of Week 10th » Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover planetary rings named rings around Uranus.
Day of Week 11th » The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege: more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
Day of Week 16th » Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
Day of Week 27th » Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history.
4th » William Paul (attorney) or William Paul, American lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
4th » Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany) e.g Minister for Foreign Affairs for Germany (b. 1887)