What happened on March 1st?
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| 1562 | Over 1,000 Huguenots massacred in Wassy-sur-Blaise starting the First War of Religion in France. Learn more.. |
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| 1628 | Writs issued by Charles I that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date Learn more.. |
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| 1790 | First U.S. census authorised Learn more.. |
| 1793 | The U.S. Mint produced its first circulating coins, pennies made from pure copper Learn more.. |
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| 1810 | Frédéric Chopin, a Polish French composer and pianist of the Romantic period is born Learn more.. |
| 1815 | Napoleon escapes Elba and arrives in France Learn more.. |
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| 1867 | Nebraska is admitted to the United States as the 37th state Learn more.. |
| 1872 | Yellowstone National Park is established by the U.S. Congress as the country's, and the world's, first national park Learn more.. |
| 1875 | Republicans in the U.S. Congress pass the last of the Force Acts, which protects the constitutional rights of Blacks during Reconstruction Learn more.. |
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| 1894 | Blackpool Tower opens Learn more.. |
| 1896 | The Ethiopian army of Emperor Menilek II wins a decisive victory against the Italian army at Adwa, Ethiopia Learn more.. |
| French physicist Henri Becquerel accidentally discovered radioactivity while investigating X-rays and uranium salts Learn more.. | |
| 1904 | American band leader Glenn Miller was born in Carilinda, Iowa. Learn more.. |
| 1912 | Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane in the USA Learn more.. |
| 1919 | Protesters in Seoul launch the March First Movement, a series of demonstrations for Korean national independence from Japan Learn more.. |
| 1927 | Harry Belafonte, American singer, actor, and activist, is born Learn more.. |
| 1932 | The infant son of American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh is abducted from his home by Bruno Hauptmann, later convicted of the baby's kidnapping and murder Learn more.. |
| 1936 | After five years of construction, the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River at the Arizona - Nevada border is completed Learn more.. |
| 1941 | German military authorities fine the city of Amsterdam 15,000,000 guilders as a penalty for disorders against occupation Learn more.. |
| Bulgaria signs the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Pact, permitting German troops to march into Sofia Learn more.. | |
| 1944 | Roger Harry Daltrey, lead singer of the rock band the Who, is born Learn more.. |
| 1946 | The Bank of England is nationalised Learn more.. |
| 1947 | 13 people are killed in bombing of British officers club at Jerusalem Learn more.. |
| The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations Learn more.. | |
| 1948 | United Kingdom draws the last $100,000,000 of $3,750,000,000 U.S. loan authorised 2 years earlier Learn more.. |
| 1950 | Nuclear scientist Klaus Fuchs is sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for espionage at the Old Bailey Learn more.. |
| 1954 | Five members of the U.S. House of Representatives are shot on the house floor by Puerto Rican nationalists - all survived Learn more.. |
| The biggest explosion ever made by man is witnessed in the Pacific when US scientists explode their second H-bomb at Bikini Atoll Learn more.. | |
| 1956 | Radiotelephony spelling alphabet introduced using A for Alpha, B for Bravo, etc Learn more.. |
| 1961 | The Peace Corps was established in the U.S. by means of the Peace Corps Act Learn more.. |
| 1966 | Chancellor of the Exchequer James Callaghan confirms the 'historic and momentous' decision to change over to decimal coinage Learn more.. |
| 1973 | Pop music: Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon released by Harvest Records in the UK Learn more.. |
| 1974 | Seven former high-ranking officials were indicted for conspiring to obstruct the investigation into the Watergate break-in. Learn more.. |
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| 1994 | Canadian singer Justin Bieber is born Learn more.. |
| Fred West is eventually charged with 12 murders Learn more.. | |
| 1995 | Internet giant Yahoo! is incorporated Learn more.. |
| 1997 | Some 5,000 skinheads in Munich, Germany, protest an art exhibit that links the German army with atrocities during World War II Learn more.. |
| 1998 | Titanic becomes the first film to gross $1 billion Learn more.. |
| 2000 | The collapse of the illegal Sierra Leone Koidu diamond mine claims the lives of some 150 persons Learn more.. |
| The U.S. turns over to Turkey 133 artefacts that had been looted from archaeological sites Learn more.. | |
| 2003 | Iraqi workers begin destroying the illegal al-Samoud 2 missiles under the supervision of UN weapons inspectors Learn more.. |
| 2004 | Vladimir Putin confounds commentators when he names a low-profile man, Mikhail Fradkov, the new prime minister Learn more.. |
| 2005 | The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to execute convicts who were under age 18 at the time of their crimes Learn more.. |
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