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Birthday March 01, 1810 Frederic Chopin, composer |
Birthday March 01, 1837 William Dean Howells, novelist |
Birthday March 01, 1848 Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor, designed 1907 $20 gold piece |
Birthday March 01, 1880 Lytton Strachey, critic |
Birthday March 01, 1892 Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japan, writer (Rashomon in Kappa) |
Birthday March 01, 1910 David Niven, Britian (Around the World in 80 Days) |
Birthday March 01, 1917 Dinah Shore, Winchester,Tenn, singer |
Birthday March 01, 1917 Robert Lowell, poet, pacifist (Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean) |
Birthday March 01, 1921 Terrence 'Cardinal' Cooke, NY |
Birthday March 01, 1921 Richard Wilbur, poet (Ceremony, Walking to Sleep) |
Birthday March 01, 1924 Donald (Deke) Slayton, astronaut |
Birthday March 01, 1926 Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner |
Birthday March 01, 1927 Harry Belafonte, singer, Actor |
Birthday March 01, 1942 Joan Hackett, NY |
Birthday March 01, 1946 Lana Wood, Santa Monica Cal |
Birthday March 01, 1954 Catherine Bach, Warren, Oh, oh those legs |
Birthday March 01, 1954 Ron Howard, Actor (American Graffiti, Happy Days) |
History March 01, 1692 Salem Witch Hunt begins |
History March 01, 1753 St. David's Day |
History March 01, 1781 Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation |
History March 01, 1781 Articles of Confederation are ratified |
History March 01, 1790 1st US census began |
History March 01, 1803 Ohio becomes 17th state |
History March 01, 1859 Present seal of SF adopted (its 2nd) |
History March 01, 1864 Rebecca Lee becomes 1st black woman MD in US |
History March 01, 1864 Grant nominated for lieutenant general |
History March 01, 1864 Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built) |
History March 01, 1867 Nebraska becomes 37th state |
History March 01, 1872 Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park |
History March 01, 1872 Yellowstone Park established |
History March 01, 1879 Library of Hawaii founded |
History March 01, 1910 Trains buried by avalanche |
History March 01, 1917 Zimmermann Telegram published in United States |
History March 01, 1919 Korean independence Demonstrations from Japan begin |
History March 01, 1921 E.M. Forster takes a passage to India |
History March 01, 1927 Bank of Italy becomes a Natl Bank |
History March 01, 1932 Charles Lindbergh Jr. kidnapped |
History March 01, 1932 Charles Lindbergh Jr. kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12 |
History March 01, 1937 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct) |
History March 01, 1941 Bulgaria joins the Axis |
History March 01, 1947 Intl Monetary Fund began operations |
History March 01, 1951 22nd amendment limits president to 2 terms |
History March 01, 1954 Puerto Rican nationalists wound five representatives |
History March 01, 1961 Peace Corps established |
History March 01, 1961 Kennedy establishes Peace Corps |
History March 01, 1961 Pres Kennedy establishes Peace Corps |
History March 01, 1965 U.S. informs South Vietnam of intent to send Marines |
History March 01, 1966 Venera 3 becomes 1st manmade object to impact on a planet (Venus) |
History March 01, 1966 Soviet probe crashes into Venus |
History March 01, 1968 Clifford replaces McNamara |
History March 01, 1969 Mickey Mantle announces retirement |
History March 01, 1969 Mickey Mantle retires |
History March 01, 1970 End of coml whale hunting in the US |
History March 01, 1970 White govt of Rhodesia declares ind from Britain |
History March 01, 1971 Bomb explodes in Capitol building |
History March 01, 1971 James Taylor makes the cover of Time magazine |
History March 01, 1971 Richard Zanuck and David Brown join Warner Brothers |
History March 01, 1982 Soviet Venus 13 soft lands on Venus |
History March 01, 2005 Honda unveils new Civic |