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, 2012
Day of Week 2nd » A March 2–3, 2012 tornado outbreak known as tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.
Day of Week 3rd » Two trains Szczekociny rail crash e.g crash in the small Poland e.g Polish town of Szczekociny near Zawiercie, with 16 people killed and up to 58 people injured.
Day of Week 5th » Invisible Children, Inc. known as Invisible Children launches the Stop Kony campaign with the release of Kony 2012.
5th » At least 2 people are killed and 6 injured after a 2012 Bucharest hair salon shooting named shooting in a hair salon in Bucharest, Romania.
Day of Week 11th » A U.S. soldier Kandahar massacre e.g kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.
Day of Week 13th » At least 28 people are killed in a Sierre coach crash called bus crash in a motorway tunnel near the town of Sierre in the Switzerland e.g Swiss canton of Valais.
Day of Week 18th » Tupou VI becomes List of monarchs of Tonga e.g King of Tonga.
Day of Week 20th » At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a 20 March 2012 Iraq attacks e.g wave of terror attacks across 10 cities in Iraq.