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, 2013
Day of Week 3rd » A March 2013 Karachi bombing called bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 45 people and injured 180 others in a predominately Shia Muslim area.
Day of Week 13th » Pope Francis is elected, in the 2013 papal conclave called papal conclave, as the List of popes named 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
Day of Week 17th » The largest meteorite (since NASA started observing the moon in 2005) hit the moon.
Day of Week 22nd » At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a 2013 Thailand refugee camp fire called fire destroys a camp containing Burma e.g Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.
Day of Week 29th » At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor 2013 Dar es Salaam building collapse or building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Famous Deaths for March 2013
1st » Magic (rapper) or Magic, American rapper (Body Head Bangerz) (b. 1975)
1st » Jewel Akens, American singer and producer (b. 1933)
1st » Campbell Armstrong, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1944)
1st » Bonnie Franklin, American actress (b. 1944)
1st » D. V. J. Harischandra, Sri Lankan psychiatrist and scholar (b. 1938)
1st » Naw Kham, Burmese drug lord (b. 1969)
1st » Ric Menello, American director and screenwriter (b. 1952)
1st » Don Scott (boxer) called Don Scott, English boxer (b. 1928)
1st » Alan Smith (RAF officer) known as Alan Smith, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1917)
2nd » Tom Borland, American baseball player (b. 1933)
2nd » Peter Harvey, Australian journalist (b. 1944)
2nd » Jimmy Jackson (footballer born 1931) e.g Jimmy Jackson, Scottish footballer (b. 1931)
2nd » Eriya Kategaya, Ugandan lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
2nd » Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player (b. 1945)
2nd » Bryce Rope, New Zealand rugby player and coach (b. 1923)
2nd » Hans Schnitger, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1915)
2nd » Shabnam Shakeel, Pakistani poet and author (b. 1942)
2nd » Bjørn Skau, Norwegian politician (b. 1929)
3rd » Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1940)
11th » Martin Adolf Bormann, German theologian (b. 1930)
11th » Ignatius Anthony Catanello, American bishop (b. 1938)
11th » Doug Christie (lawyer) called Doug Christie, Canadian lawyer and activist (b. 1946)
11th » Simón Alberto Consalvi, Venezuelan journalist and politician, List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela e.g Minister of Foreign Affairs for Venezuela (b. 1927)
11th » Tony Gubba, English journalist (b. 1943)
11th » Mitchell Melton, American politician (b. 1943)
11th » Ramankutty Nair, Indian actor (b. 1925)
11th » Sripada Pinakapani, Indian singer and physician (b. 1913)
11th » Florian Siwicki, Polish general and politician (b. 1925)
12th » George Burditt (lawyer) e.g George Burditt, American lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
12th » Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (Iron Maiden, Samson (band) known as Samson, and Trust (band) called Trust) (b. 1957)
12th » Robert Castel, French sociologist and academic (b. 1933)
12th » Stanley Cole (architect) named Stanley Cole, American architect (b. 1924)
12th » Michael Grigsby, English director and producer (b. 1936)
12th » Ganesh Pyne, Indian painter and illustrator (b. 1937)
13th » Richard Davey, Australian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1938)
13th » Cartha DeLoach, American FBI agent and author (b. 1920)
13th » Ducky Detweiler, American baseball player and manager (b. 1919)
13th » Tore Lokoloko, Papua New Guinean politician, 2nd Governor-General of Papua New Guinea (b. 1930)
16th » José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentinian economist and politician, Minister of Economy of Argentina (b. 1925)
16th » Jason Molina, American singer-songwriter (b. 1973)
16th » Yadier Pedroso, Cuban baseball player (b. 1986)
16th » Bobby Smith (rhythm and blues singer) or Bobby Smith, American singer (The Spinners (American R&B group) called The Spinners) (b. 1936)
16th » Marina Solodkin, Russian-Israeli academic and politician (b. 1952)
16th » Frank Thornton, English actor (b. 1921)
17th » Rudolf Battěk, Czech sociologist and politician (b. 1924)
17th » William B. Caldwell, III, American general (b. 1925)
17th » Steve Davis (quarterback) called Steve Davis, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1952)
17th » André Fontaine, French historian and journalist (b. 1921)
17th » Olivier Metzner, French lawyer (b. 1949)
17th » Jan van Houwelingen (politician) named Jan van Houwelingen, Dutch politician (b. 1939)
18th » Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani general (b. 1935)
18th » Mindy Baha El Din, American-Egyptian environmentalist (b. 1958)
18th » Henry Bromell, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947)
18th » Clay Ford, American lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
18th » Earl Hersh, American baseball player (b. 1932)
18th » Robin M. Williams, New Zealand mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
19th » Khalid Ahmad, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1943)
19th » Holger Juul Hansen, Danish actor (b. 1924)
19th » Lester Lewis, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1966)
19th » Fergus Montgomery, English politician (b. 1927)
19th » David Parland, Swedish guitarist (Dark Funeral, War (Swedish band) or War, Necrophobic, and Infernal (Swedish band) known as Infernal) (b. 1970)
19th » Irina Petrescu, Romanian actress (b. 1941)
19th » Harry Reems, American porn actor (b. 1947)
20th » Eddie Bond, American singer and guitarist (b. 1933)
20th » Nasser El Sonbaty, German-Egyptian bodybuilder (b. 1965)
20th » James Herbert, English author (b. 1943)
20th » George Lowe (mountaineer) e.g George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1924)
20th » Nicholas C. Petris, American lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
20th » Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 19th President of Bangladesh (b. 1929)
23rd » Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
23rd » Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness and 'Muscle & Fitness e.g Muscle & Fitness Magazine' (b. 1919)