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Here are some fun facts about the month of March: 

·         March is said to “Come in like a lion, and go out like a lamb,” referring to the end of winter and onset of spring in the northern hemisphere. Spring arrives on March 21, and many winter-hibernating animals make their first trips out of their dens in March. 

·         The name March honors the Roman god of war, Mars. 

• Ohio became the 17^th state in 1803 and Nebraska the 37^th in 1867, both on March 1.

·         On March 2, 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico. 

·         On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone. 

·         There are no national holidays in March, so the month is perhaps best known for St. Patrick’s Day – and green beer – on March 17. 

·         An old farmers’ superstition says the first three days of March are unlucky, so if rain falls on these days, they will have poor harvests that year.  

·         Famed baseball player Cy Young was born on March 29, 1867. Other famous births in March: Albert Einstein, Sam Huston, Michelangelo, Andrew Jackson, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Alexander Graham Bell.

Special Points of Interest about January

·         Many U.S. states got their official start in January, including Alaska (January 3, 1959, becoming the 49^th state), Utah (January 4, 1896, becoming the 45^th state), New Mexico (January 6, 1912, becoming the 47^th state) and Kansas (January 29, 1861, becoming the 34^th state)

 ·         On the first of January in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation

 ·         The first American presidential election was held on January 7, 1789

 ·         Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader, was born on January 15, 1929

 ·         The gold rush was kicked off when gold was discovered in California on January 24, 1848

 ·         The world’s largest diamond, known as the Cullinan diamond, was discovered on January 26, 1905, weighing in at 3106.75 carats, or 1.369 pounds

 ·         Inventor Thomas Edison was granted the first patent for his incandescent light bulb on January 27, 1880

 ·         The U.S. Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in space, killing the seven crew members aboard, on January 28, 1986

 ·         Congress authorized the purchase of Thomas Jefferson’s library on January 30, 1815, which birthed the Library of Congress

 ·         Adolf Hitler was named chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, ushering in one of the world’s darkest times

Special points of interest about  December:

· In early Roman calendars, December was the 10th month., until January and February were added.

· The name December comes from the Latin word for 10.

· Until 46 A.D., December  had only 29 days, but that year Julius Caesar added two more to give December  31 days.

· Texas was admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845.

· December is Universal Human Rights Month.

· More than 2,300 Americans were killed at Pearl Harbor’s U.S. Naval Base during this month in 1941 when the U.S. was attacked by Japanese pilots.