MONTH OF MARCH IN HISTORY

Introduction

March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, and one of the seven months which have 31 days.

Origin of the Month March

The name of March comes from ancient Rome. When March was the first month of the year it was named Martius after Mars, the Roman god of war. In Rome, where the climate is Mediterranean, March is the first month of spring, a logical point for the beginning of the year as well as the start of the military campaign season.

History of Month ‘MARCH’

March 03, 1847
Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the first practical telephone born.

March 06, 1475
Birth of Italian renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo. He was famous for work of art in the Sistine Chapel, Rome, and his sculptures of David and the Pieta.

March 09, 1959
Barbic makes her debut at the Americian Toy Fair, New York City.

March 12, 1945
Anne Frank at 15 year old Jewish girl who gained international fame posthumously following the publication of her diary documenting her experiences hiding from the Nazis in World War II. She died in a concentration camp.


March 14, 1879
Birth of Physicist Albert Einstein. He was famous for his theory that mass and energy were equivalent (E = mc2).

March 23, 1839
The Initial ‘O.K’ first published in the Boston Morning Post. The abbreviation is O- Oll, K- Korrect, a popular misspelling of all correct at the time.

March 24, 1874
Birth of Harry Houdini a Hungarian-American Magician and escapologist

March 31, 1889
The Eiffel Tower inaugurated in Paris.



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