March 1

Today's Events

  • 1753
    St. David's Day
  • 1781
    Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation
  • 1790
    1st US census began
  • 1803
    Ohio becomes 17th state
  • 1859
    Present seal of SF adopted (its 2nd)
  • 1864
    Rebecca Lee becomes 1st black woman MD in US
  • 1864
    Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
  • 1867
    Nebraska becomes 37th state
  • 1872
    Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park
  • 1879
    Library of Hawaii founded
  • 1919
    Korean independence Demonstrations from Japan begin
  • 1927
    Bank of Italy becomes a Natl Bank
  • 1932
    Charles Lindbergh Jr. kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12
  • 1937
    1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct)
  • 1947
    Intl Monetary Fund began operations
  • 1951
    22nd amendment limits president to 2 terms
  • 1961
    Pres Kennedy establishes Peace Corps
  • 1966
    Venera 3 becomes 1st manmade object to impact on a planet (Venus)
  • 1969
    Mickey Mantle announces retirement
  • 1970
    End of coml whale hunting in the US
  • 1970
    White govt of Rhodesia declares ind from Britain
  • 1982
    Soviet Venus 13 soft lands on Venus
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