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, 2007
Day of Week 1st » Tornadoes February–March 2007 Tornado Outbreak break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20; eight of the deaths are at Enterprise High School (Alabama) a high school in Enterprise, Alabama Enterprise, Alabama.
1st » Squatting e.g "Squatters" are Eviction e.g evicted from Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, provoking the March 2007 Denmark Riots.
Day of Week 7th » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom or British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
Day of Week 11th » Georgia (country) e.g Georgia claims Russian helicopters 2007 Georgia helicopter attack called attacked the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denies later.
Day of Week 14th » The Left Front (India) e.g Left Front government of West Bengal sends at least 3,000 police to Nandigram in an attempt to break Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee resistance there; the Nandigram violence known as resulting clash leaves 14 dead.
14th » The first World Maths Day was celebrated
Famous Deaths for March 2007
2nd » Thomas S. Kleppe, American politician (b. 1919)
2nd » Clem Labine, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2nd » Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
2nd » Henri Troyat, French historian and author (b. 1911)
3rd » Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (b. 1920)