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, 1979
Day of Week 5th » Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the American solar satellite Helios probes named Helios II all are hit by Gamma-ray burst called "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
Day of Week 8th » Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc publicly for the first time.
Day of Week 14th » In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200.
Day of Week 17th » The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
Day of Week 19th » The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
Day of Week 25th » The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, 'Space Shuttle Columbia known as Columbia', is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
Day of Week 26th » Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C..
Day of Week 30th » Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament United Kingdom called Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
Day of Week 31st » The last British soldier leaves the Malta known as Maltese Islands. Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien).
Famous Birthdays on March in 1979
1st » Éowyn (band) known as Éowyn, American singer-songwriter
1st » Mikkel Kessler, Danish boxer
1st » Bruno Langlois, Canadian cyclist
2nd » Sergei Davydov (figure skater) known as Sergei Davydov, Belarusian figure skater