March 1

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March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). There are 305 days remaining.

Events

• 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters in Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus.
• 1457 - The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination.
• 1562 - Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by Catholics in Wassy, France marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
• 1565 - The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
• 1628 - Writs are issued in February by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
• 1633 - Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
• 1642 - Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine) becomes the first incorporated city in the USA.
• 1692 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts.
• 1700 - Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to reform into the Gregorian calendar, then reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and then introduces the Gregorian Calendar on this date in 1753.
• 1781 - The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
• 1790 - The first United States census is authorized.
• 1803 - Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state.
• 1805 - Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.
• 1811 - Leaders of the Mameluke dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
• 1815 - Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
• 1836 - A Convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
• 1840 - Adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister of France.
• 1845 - President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
• 1852 - Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
• 1854 - German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in the canal near Charlottenburg.
• 1867 - Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
• 1872 - Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• 1873 - E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York, start production of the first practical typewriter.
• 1873 - Henry Comstock discovers the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada.
• 1886 - Anglo-Chinese School,Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
• 1896 - Battle of Adowa, an Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Abyssinian War.
• 1896 - Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.
• 1912 - Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
• 1914 - The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
• 1917 - U.S. government releases the plaintext of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public.
• 1918 - German submarine U-19 sinks HMS Calgarian off Rathlin Island.
• 1919 - March 1st Movement begins in Korea.
• 1932 - The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped.
• 1936 - Hoover Dam is completed.
• 1941 - World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact thus joining the Axis powers.
• 1941 - W47NV (now known as WSM-FM) begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S..
• 1946 - The Bank of England is nationalised.
• 1947 - The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
• 1949 - Indonesia seizes Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
• 1950 - Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by giving them top secret atomic bomb data.
• 1953 - Joseph Stalin collapses, having suffered a stroke. He dies four days later.
• 1954 - Nuclear testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
• 1954 - Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives. (See U.S. Capitol shooting incident (1954).)
• 1955 - Allen Fieldhouse at the University of Kansas hosts its first college basketball game.
• 1956 - The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
• 1958 - Samuel Alphonsus Stritch, is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia.
• 1961 - President of the United States John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
• 1961 - Uganda becomes self-governing as its first elections held.
• 1962 - American Airlines Flight 1 crashes on take off in New York.
• 1966 - Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
• 1966 - The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
• 1969 - During a performance at Miami's Dinner Key Auditorium, Jim Morrison of the Doors is arrested for exposing himself during the show.
• 1971 - A bomb explodes in a men's room in the United States Capitol: the Weather Underground claims responsibility.
• 1971 - Pakistani President Yahya Khan indefinitely postponed the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
• 1972 - The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province.
• 1973 - Black September terrorists stormed the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan resulting in the Khartoum diplomatic assassinations.
• 1974 - Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
• 1975 - Colour television transmissions begin in Australia.
• 1978 - Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery.
• 1980 - Voyager 1 probe confirms that Janus (moon of Saturn) exists.
• 1983 - Swatch introduces their first timepieces.
• 1989 - The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
• 1990 - Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
• 1994 - Seattle grunge band Nirvana play their last show in Munich, Germany.
• 1995 - Polish Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak resigns from parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Józef Oleksy.
• 2000 - The Constitution of Finland is rewritten.
• 2000 - Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC.
• 2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
• 2002 - The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 miles) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (9.5 tons).
• 2002 - The Peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced with the euro (€).
• 2002 - Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off for mission STS-109, its final successful mission.
• 2003 - Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
• 2004 - Terry Nichols is convicted of state murder charges and being an accomplice to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
• 2004 - Punycode adopted by the national registrars of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
• 2004 - Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq.
• 2006 - Tarja Halonen is inaugurated as president of Finland for the second and last time.
• 2005- British heavy metal band Judas Priest releases the album Angel Of Retribution
• 2006 - Queen Elizabeth II officially opens the new debating chamber for the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff, a milestone in devolution.
• 2006 - The first confirmed case of H5N1 bird flu virus in Switzerland, a dead swan on Lake Geneva, near the city of Geneva.
• 2006 - English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article.

Births

• 1445 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (d. 1510)
• 1456 - King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (d. 1516)
• 1474 - Angela Merici, Italian nun (d. 1540)
• 1547 - Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628)
• 1597 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652)
• 1610 - John Pell, English mathematician (d. 1685)
• 1657 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (d. 1740)
• 1683 - Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II of Great Britain (d. 1737)
• 1760 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (suicide) (d. 1794)
• 1769 - François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (d. 1796)
• 1807 - Wilford Woodruff, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1898)
• 1810 - Frédéric Chopin, Polish-French composer and pianist (d. 1849)
• 1812 - Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (d. 1852)
• 1821 - Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (d. 1896)
• 1837 - William Dean Howells, American writer, historian, editor, and politician (d. 1920)
• 1852 - Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (d. 1923)
• 1858 - Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1918)
• 1865 - Abe Iso, Japanese politician (d. 1949)
• 1871 - Ben Harney, American composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938)
• 1876 - Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian International Olympic Committee president (d. 1942)
• 1880 - Giles Lytton Strachey British writer (d. 1932)
• 1886 - Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, graphic artist, and poet (d. 1980)
• 1888 - Ewart Astill, English cricketer (d. 1948)
• 1889 - Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese ethicist and philosopher (d. 1960)
• 1892 - Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (d. 1927)
• 1893 - Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (d. 1968)
• 1896 - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor, pianist, and composer (d. 1960)
• 1896 - Moriz Seeler, German writer, poet, film producer, and man of the theatre (d. 1942)
• 1899 - Erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (d. 1972)
• 1901 - Pietro Spiggia, Italian poet
• 1904 - Glenn Miller, American bandleader (d. 1944)
• 1910 - Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
• 1910 - David Niven, English actor (d. 1983)
• 1914 - Ralph Ellison, American writer (d. 1994)
• 1917 - Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977)
• 1918 - Roger Delgado, British actor (d. 1973)
• 1918 - João Goulart, President of Brazil (d. 1976)
• 1920 - Howard Nemerov, American poet (d. 1991)
• 1921 - Terence Cardinal Cooke, American Catholic archbishop (d. 1983)
• 1921 - Richard Wilbur, American poet
• 1922 - William Gaines, American publisher (d. 1992)
• 1922 - Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1995)
• 1923 - Kuczka Péter, Hungarian writer, poet, and editor (d. 1999)
• 1924 - Deke Slayton, astronaut (d. 1993)
• 1926 - Robert Clary, French actor
• 1926 - Alvin "Pete" Rozelle, commissioner of American football (d. 1996)
• 1927 - Harry Belafonte, American musician and actor
• 1928 - Dr. Seymour Papert, South African mathematician and artificial intelligence researcher
• 1928 - Jacques Rivette, French film director
• 1929 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident, (d. 1978)
• 1935 - Robert Conrad, American actor
• 1937 - Jed Allan, American actor
• 1939 - Leo Brouwer, Cuban composer and guitarist
• 1942 - Richard Bowman Myers, U.S. general and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• 1943 - Gil Amelio, American businessman and venture capitalist
• 1943 - Rashid Sunyaev, Russian physicist
• 1944 - John Breaux, U.S. Senator from Louisiana
• 1944 - Mike d'Abo, British singer (Manfred Mann)
• 1944 - Roger Daltrey, English musician (The Who)
• 1945 - Dirk Benedict, American film and television actor
• 1946 - Lana Wood, American actress
• 1947 - Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter
• 1948 - Burning Spear, Jamaican singer and musician
• 1952 - Steven Barnes, American writer
• 1952 - Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
• 1953 - Richard Bruton, Irish politician and economist
• 1954 - Catherine Bach, American actress
• 1954 - Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 - Timothy Daly, American actor
• 1958 - Bertrand Piccard, Swiss balloonist and psychiatrist
• 1963 - Dan Michaels, musician and record producer
• 1963 - Thomas Anders, German singer (Modern Talking)
• 1963 - Ron Francis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 - Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
• 1965 - Booker Huffman, Professional wrestler
• 1967 - Aron Winter, Dutch soccer player
• 1969 - Javier Bardem, Spanish actor
• 1969 - Dafydd Ieuan, Welsh drummer (Super Furry Animals)
• 1970 - Jason Brock, American writer
• 1970 - Shaun Pollock, South African cricketer
• 1971 - Tyler Hamilton, American cyclist
• 1973 - Chris Webber, American basketball player
• 1973 - Ryan Peake, Canadian guitarist (Nickelback)
• 1974 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor
• 1977 - Rens Blom, Dutch athlete
• 1978 - Jensen Ackles, American actor
• 1980 - Djimi Traore, Malian footballer
• 1980 - Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
• 1981 - Adam LaVorgna, American actor
• 1983 - Daniel Carvalho, Brazillian soccer player
• 1984 - Naima Mora, American model

Deaths

• 1131 - King Stephen II of Hungary (b. 1101)
• 1233 - Count Thomas I of Savoy (b. 1178)
• 1244 - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200)
• 1383 - Amadeus VI of Savoy (b. 1334)
• 1510 - Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese soldier and explorer
• 1536 - Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet (b. 1465)
• 1546 - George Wishart, Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (b 1513)
• 1620 - Thomas Campion, English poet and composer (b. 1567)
• 1633 - George Herbert, English poet and orator (b. 1593)
• 1643 - Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer (b. 1583)
• 1661 - Richard Zouch, English jurist (b. 1590)
• 1697 - Francesco Redi, Italian physician (b. 1626)
• 1706 - Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin (b. 1632)
• 1734 - Roger North, English biographer (b. 1653)
• 1757 - Edward Moore, English writer (b. 1712)
• 1768 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (b. 1694)
• 1773 - Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (b. 1700)
• 1777 - Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (b. 1715)
• 1792 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747)
• 1841 - Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno, French marshal (b. 1764)
• 1862 - Peter Barlow, English mathematician (b. 1776)
• 1875 - Tristan Corbière, French poet (b. 1845)
• 1879 - Joachim Heer, Swiss politician (b. 1825)
• 1884 - Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician (b. 1820)
• 1898 - George Bruce Malleson, English officer in India, author (b. 1825)
• 1911 - Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1912 - George Grossmith, English actor and comic writer (b. 1847)
• 1914 - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (b. 1845)
• 1920 - John H. Bankhead, U.S. Senator (b. 1842)
• 1920 - Joseph Trumpeldor, Russian Zionist (b. 1880)
• 1922 - Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
• 1932 - Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinettist (b. 1906)
• 1936 - Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (b. 1871)
• 1938 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer, war hero, and politician (b. 1863)
• 1940 - Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 1943 - Alexandre Yersin, Swiss physician (b. 1863)
• 1952 - Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (b. 1873)
• 1966 - Fritz Houtermans, German physicist (b. 1903)
• 1970 - Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (b. 1894)
• 1974 - Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (b. 1935)
• 1979 - Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish politician (b. 1903)
• 1980 - Wilhelmina, high-fashion model and owner of model agency (b. 1940)
• 1984 - Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1988 - Joe Besser, American comedian and actor (b. 1907)
• 1991 - Edwin H. Land, American inventor (b. 1909)
• 1995 - Vladislav Listyev, Russian television journalist (b. 1956)
• 1995 - Georges J.F. Kohler, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1946)
• 2000 - Dennis Danell, American guitarist (Social Distortion) (b. 1961)
• 2006 - Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947)
• 2006 - Jack Wild, English actor (b. 1952)
• 2006 - Harry Browne, American politician and author (b. 1933)
• 2006 - Johnny Jackson, American musician (b. 1951)

Holidays and observances

• Independence Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Korea - Independence Movement Day (Samiljeol; 삼일절).
• Roman Empire - Matronalia in honor of Juno.
• Roman Empire - Feriae Marti in honor of Mars.
• Roman Empire - New Year.
• Roman Empire - The sacred fire of Rome was renewed (See Vesta).
• World Day of Prayer.
• Bahá'í Faith - Last Day (4 or 5) of Ayyám-i-Há (Intercalary Days) - days in the Bahá'í calendar devoted to service and gift giving.
• Labour day - Western Australia.
• Eight Hours Day - Tasmania, Australia.
• Baba Marta - a Bulgarian custom when the Martenitsa is worn for good health and luck symbolizing the beginning of the spring season in Bulgaria.
• Martisor - a seasonal holiday in Romania.
• Iceland - This day is called the Beer Day, but this day in 1989 beer was allowed again.
• World Civil Defense Day - This Day commemorates the entry into force in 1972 of the ICDO Constitution as an inter-governmental organisation. [1]
• Self Injury Awareness Day

Liturgical feasts

• Saint David's Day (National Holiday of Wales).
• Saint Albin
• Saint Monan, largely legendary Scottish saint.
• Saint Swidbert
• Saint Eudoxia

Seasons beginning March 1

In Denmark, spring begins on March 1, while in Australia autumn begins on March 1. Meterological spring in the Northern Hemisphere, also begins on March 1, as meterological autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, also begins on March 1.

Year Beginning March 1

• Historically, March 1st was considered to be the beginning of the Roman 'work year' as January (the official first month) and February were unfit for warfare. The numerical Latin names of some months reflect this. (September = Seventh, October = Eighth, November = Ninth, December = Tenth). (see New Year).

If one begins each year on March 1, till the next March 1, then each date will have the same day number in this year, regardless of whether it is a leap year or not (e.g. December 25 is always day 300), unlike counting from January 1. This is due to the fact that the Gregorian and Julian calendars are based on the old Roman Calendar, which had March 1 as the first day of the year. The addition of the leap day of February 29 (which is what causes the days of leap years to fall on different day numbers) is a continuation of the February placement of the old Roman calendar's Mensis Intercalaris (a shortened extra month inserted to bring the 355 day long calendar into rough alignment with the seasons).

Also the months follow a regular 5-month cycle of 153 days, till the end of February. This can be seen by listing the number of days in the months thus:

Mar 31   Aug 31   Jan 31
Apr 30   Sep 30   Feb 28/29
May 31   Oct 31
Jun 30   Nov 30
Jul 31   Dec 31

This regularity is sometimes used in calendar calculations.

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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