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, 2014
Day of Week 1st » At least 29 people are killed and 130 injured in a 2014 Kunming attack or mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.
Day of Week 7th » The 2014 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony called opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Paralympics named Winter Paralympics take place in Sochi, Russia.
Day of Week 8th » Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears over the Gulf of Thailand en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft is believed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Australia with all 239 people on board dead.
Day of Week 11th » The Republic of Crimea declares its Declaration of Independence of Crimea e.g independence.
Day of Week 12th » An 2014 East Harlem apartment buildings explosion named explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills 8 and injures 70 others.
Day of Week 16th » Crimea votes in a controversial Crimean referendum, 2014 or referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
Day of Week 18th » The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an Treaty on the Adoption of the Republic of Crimea to Russia or accession treaty.
Day of Week 20th » Four suspected Taliban members 2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack e.g attack the luxurious Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least 9 people.
Day of Week 22nd » At least 35 people die in Balochistan, Pakistan, in a Hub bus-tanker crash known as collision between a petrol tanker and two buses.
22nd » Forty-three people are killed in a 2014 Oso mudslide named mudflow near Oso, Washington.
22nd » Turtle Canyon is opened in Newport, Kentucky.
Day of Week 29th » The first Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom named same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.
Famous Deaths for March 2014
1st » Nancy Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1959)
1st » Andy Gilpin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
1st » Alan Heyman, American-South Korean musicologist and composer (b. 1931)
1st » Bangaru Laxman, Indian politician (b. 1939)
1st » Les Layton, American baseball player (b. 1921)
1st » Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
1st » Alejandro Zaffaroni, Uruguayan-American chemist and businessman (b. 1923)
23rd » Jaroslav Šerých, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1928)
23rd » Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1932)
23rd » Oderus Urungus, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player (Gwar, Death Piggy, X-Cops (band) known as X-Cops, and Dave Brockie Experience) (b. 1963)