Historical Events on March 1, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on March 1st This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Thirty-five people are killed and 143 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China. |
| 2008 | The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections, as a result ten people are killed. |
| 2007 | Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people, including eight at Enterprise High School. |
| 2006 | English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station. |
| 2005 | In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional. |
| 2003 | Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security. |
| 2003 | The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague. |
| 2002 | U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan. |
| 2002 | The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800 km (500 mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m. |
| 1998 | Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide. |
| 1992 | Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. |
| 1991 | Uprisings against Saddam Hussein begin in Iraq, leading to the death of more than 25,000 people mostly civilian. |
| 1990 | Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. |
| 1981 | Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze. |
| 1974 | Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. |
| 1973 | Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages. |
| 1971 | President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan. |
| 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. |
| 1964 | Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe. |
| 1962 | American Airlines Flight 1 crashes into Jamaica Bay in New York, killing 95. |
| 1961 | Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections. |
| 1958 | Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia. |
| 1956 | The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization. |
| 1956 | Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee. |
| 1954 | Nuclear weapons 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 | Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives. |
| 1953 | Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later. |
| 1950 | Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data. |
| 1947 | The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations. |
| 1946 | The Bank of England is nationalised. |
| 1942 | World War II: Japanese forces land on Java, the main island of the Dutch East Indies, at Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang). |
| 1941 | World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers. |
| 1939 | An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94. |
| 1932 | Aviator Charles Lindbergh's 20-month-old son Charles Jr is kidnapped from his home in East Amwell, New Jersey. His body would not be found until May 12. |
| 1921 | The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years. |
| 1921 | Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion begins, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks. |
| 1919 | March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule. |
| 1917 | The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text. |
| 1914 | China joins the Universal Postal Union. |
| 1910 | The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people. |
| 1901 | The Australian Army is formed. |
| 1896 | Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War. |
| 1896 | Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay. |
| 1893 | Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri. |
| 1872 | Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park. |
| 1871 | The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. |
| 1870 | Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War. |
| 1867 | Nebraska is admitted as the 37th U.S. state. |
| 1845 | United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. |
| 1836 | A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico. |
| 1815 | Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba. |
| 1811 | Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali. |
| 1805 | Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate. |
| 1796 | The Dutch East India Company is nationalized by the Batavian Republic. |
| 1781 | The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States. |
| 1692 | Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials. |
| 1633 | Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu. |
| 1628 | Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date. |
| 1562 | Sixty-three Huguenots are massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion. |
| 1476 | Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro. |
| 834 | Emperor Louis the Pious is restored as sole ruler of the Frankish Empire. |
| 509 | Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. |
| 350 | Vetranio proclaims himself Caesar after being encouraged to do so by Constantina, sister of Constantius II. |
| 293 | Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars. This is considered the beginning of the Tetrarchy, known as the Quattuor Principes Mundi ("Four Rulers of the World"). |
Famous People Born on March 1
Here is a random list who born on March 1. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1880 | Lytton Strachey, British writer and critic (d. 1932) |
| 1863 | Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and set designer (d. 1930) |
| 1547 | Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher and lexicographer (d. 1628) |
| 1888 | Fanny Walden, English cricketer and umpire, international footballer (d. 1949) |
| 1993 | Nathan Brown, Australian rugby league player |
| 1852 | Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1923) |
| 1921 | Terence Cooke, American cardinal (d. 1983) |
| 1983 | Anthony Tupou, Australian rugby league player |
| 1940 | Robin Gray, Australian politician, 37th Premier of Tasmania |
| 1941 | Robert Hass, American poet |
Famous People Deaths On March 1
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on March 1. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947) |
| 1131 | Stephen II, king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1101) |
| 1906 | José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833) |
| 1976 | Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (b. 1910) |
| 1889 | William Henry Monk, English organist and composer (b. 1823) |
| 1643 | Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1583) |
| 1984 | Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914) |
| 2013 | Bonnie Franklin, American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1944) |
| 1862 | Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776) |
| 2019 | Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer (b. 1942) |
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