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, 1993
Day of Week 11th » Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
Day of Week 12th » Several 1993 Mumbai bombings e.g bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
12th » North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
12th » The Blizzard of 1993 Snow begins to fall across the eastern portion of the US with tornadoes, thunder snow storms, high winds and record low temperatures. The storm lasts for 30 hours.
Day of Week 20th » The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb Warrington bomb attacks called kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.
Day of Week 22nd » The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium (brand) known as Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ Instructions per second e.g MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
Day of Week 25th » Warrington Bomb victim Tim Parry dies five days after an Irish Republican Army called IRA bomb detonated in Warrington, Cheshire on 20 March 1993 in the second of the Warrington bomb attacks.
Day of Week 27th » Italian former minister and Christian Democracy (Italy) known as Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
Day of Week 29th » Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.