March 1 March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). There are 305 days remaining. Events upto 17th century 29 BC - Horace writes the ode Occidit Daci Cotisonis agmen. 286 - Maximian proclaimed junior Roman emperor. 293 - Constantius Chlorus and Galerius proclaimed junior Roman emperors. 492 - Pope Gelasius I succeeds Pope Felix III 499 - Pope Symmachus makes Antipope Laurentius bishop of Nocera in Campania. 705 - Pope John VII succeeds Pope John VI 965 - Pope Benedict V is put in place of Pope Leo VIII by the people. 1444 - Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg proclaimed commander of the Albanian resistance 1524/5 - Giovanni da Verrazano lands near Cape Fear (approx. date is March 1) 1562 - Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by Catholics in Vassy, France marking the start of the First War of Religion. 1565 - the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded 1628 - writs were 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 America. 1692 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of four women with witchcraft. 18th century 1700 - Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to reform into the Gregorian calendar. 1712 - Sweden reverts to the Julian calendar as March 1 follows on February 30. 1753 - Sweden introduces the Gregorian Calendar as March 1 follows on February 17. 1763 - Charles Townshend becomes President of the Board of Trade in the United Kingdom government 1781 - The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation. 1793 - John Langdon becomes President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate until March 3 1790 - The first United States census is authorized 1799 - Federalist James Rossbecomes President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate. 19th century 1800s-1840s 1803 - Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state, retroactive from August 7, 1953. 1805 - Justice Samuel Chase acquitted of impeachment charges by the U.S. Senate 1811 - Leaders of the Mameluke dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Mohammed Ali. 1815 - Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba. 1819 - USS Columbus launched 1831 - Democrat Samuel Smith becomes President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate until December 4 1836 - Convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos to deliberate independence from Mexico 1836 - Antonio García Gutiérrez's play El Trovador played for the first time 1840 - William Hobson, first governor of New Zealand suffers a stroke 1840 - Adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister of France 1843 - Walter Forward ends his term of office as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, serving under President John Tyler 1843 - Zürich issue stamps, making it the second type of stamp in the world 1845 - President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. 1850s-1880s 1851 - Victor Hugo gives speech at the French national assembly and uses the phrase United States of Europe several times 1852 - Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1854 - German pyschologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears, two years later his remains are found in the canal near Charlottenburg 1864 - Alejandro Mon Menéndez takes office as Prime Minister of Spain 1867 - Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state. 1867 - Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital. 1869 - North German Confederation issues 10gr and 30gr value stamps, printed on goldbeater's skin 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. 1881 - English author James Spedding knocked down by a London cab, dies 8 days later from erysipelas 1890s 1890 - Léon Bourgeois succeeds Ernest Constans as French Minister of the Interior 1892 - Theodoros Deligiannis ends his term as Prime Minister of Greece and Konstantinos Konstantopoulos takes office 1894 - Thomas McGreevy, Canadian politician and contractor, is released from prison after serving time for defrauding the government 1895 - William L. Wilson is appointed United States Postmaster General, serving under President Grover Cleveland 1896 - Battle of Adowa, in which Ethiopia defended its independence against Italy, begins. The Italian invasion with 100 000 troops was defeated. 1896 - Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity. 1899 - in Afghanistan Capt. George Roos-Keppel makes a sudden attack on a predatory band of Chamkannis that have been raiding in the Kurram Valley and captures 100 prisoners with 3,000 head of cattle. 20th century 1900s-1910s 1901 - First soldiers transferred to the new Australian Army. 1905 - Australian Conservative leader Richard Butler takes office as Premier of South Australia 1910 – Avalanche in Cascade Range sweeps two trains into a canyon - 96 dead 1910 - USS South Carolina commissioned 1911 - José Ordóñez is elected President of Uruguay. 1912 - Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane. 1912 - Georg Ritter von Trapp, head of the famous Austrian singing family memorialized in the musical The Sound of Music marries Agathe 1916 - Liberal British Columbia Premier Harlan Carey Brewster term in office ends 1917 - U.S. government releases the plaintext of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public 1917 - Japanese city Omuta, Fukuoka is founded 1918 - German submarine Unterseeboot 19 (U-19) sinks HMS Calgarian off Rathlin Island 1919 - March 1st Movement against Japanese colonial rule in Korea. 1920s-1930s 1920 - Hungarian Admiral and statesman Miklós Horthy becomes the Regent of Hungary 1921 - the city Kiryu, located in Gunma, Japan, is founded. 1923 - USS Connecticut decommissioned 1924 - Diana Vreeland, fashion editor and columnist, marries Thomas Reed Vreeland at St. Thomas's church in New York 1925 - Earthquake in Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada 1925 - Edgar Varèse's Intégrales is premiered in New York City 1931 - Henry Pu Yi, former Emperor of China, is proclaimed Emperor of the puppet state of Manchukuo by Japan. 1931 - USS Arizona (BB-39) placed back in full commission after a refit 1932 - The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped. 1933 - Kyriakos Varvaressos becomes Deputy Governor to the Bank of Greece 1934 - John H. Russell, Jr is appointed Commandant of the United States Marine Corps 1935 - Jamil al-Midfai becomes Prime minister of Iraq for the second time 1936 - Hoover Dam is completed. 1940s 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. 1941 - Arthur L. Bristol becomes Rear Admiral for the U.S. Navy's Support Force, Atlantic Fleet 1943 - "Panzer General" Heinz Guderian becomes the Inspector-General of the Armoured Troops for the German Army durinng World War II 1944 - USS Tarawa and USS Kearsarge laid down 1945 - Jesse Holman Jones starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Commerce, serving under President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1946 - The Bank of England passes into private ownership. 1947 - The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations. 1947 - Wernher von Braun marries his first cousin, 18-year-old Maria von Quirstorp. 1947 - Japanese city Tsushima, Aichi is founded 1949 - World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis announces his retirement from boxing. 1949 - Indonesia seizes Yogyakarta from the Dutch 1950s 1950 - West South Baptist Church in Bestridge, Nebraska blows up. 1950 - Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by giving them top secrete atomic bomb data. 1950 - acting Chinese President Li Tsung-jen ends his term in office 1950 - Chiang Kai-shek resumes his duties as Chinese President after moving his government to Taipei, Taiwan 1951 - the city Yaizu, located in Shizuoka, Japan, is founded 1953 - Joseph Stalin collapses, having suffered a stroke. He dies four days later 1953 - Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg made the deputy constable and lieutenant governor of Windsor Castle 1954 - Nuclear testing: Officials announce that an American hydrogen bomb test had been conducted on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. 1954 - Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives. 1954 - the city Namerikawa, located in Toyama, Japan is founded 1956 - the International Air Transport Association finalises a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization 1957 - U Nu becomes Prime Minister of Burma 1957 - Arturo Lezama becomes President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay 1957 - Sud Aviation forms from a merger between SNCASE and SNCASO 1958 - Dr Arturo Frondizi becomes President of Argentina 1958 - Samuel Alphonsus Stritch, appointed Pro-Perfect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia 1959 - Japanese cities Uji, Kyoto and Muroto, Kocki are founded 1960s 1960-1967 1960 - USS Gato struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1961 - President of the United States John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps. 1961 - first elections held in Uganda and it becomes self-governing 1962 - an American Airlines Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff at John F. Kennedy International Airport after its rudder separates from the tail, with loss of all life on board 1963 - Yoko Ono's marriage to American Christian fundamentalist filmmaker Tony Cox is annulled 1963 - first appearance of John Rockerduck (a character in the Scrooge McDuck Universe) in Italian story Zio Paperone e il kiwi volante ("Uncle Scrooge and the flying kiwi") by Giampaolo Barosso and Giorgio Bordini 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. 1967 - USS Tarawa struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1967 - USS Albany decommissioned in order to go undergo extensive modifications 1967 - the city Hatogaya, located in Saitama, Japan is founded 1968-1969 1968 - Clark Clifford starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Defense, serving under President Lyndon B. Johnson 1968 - Alexander Buel Trowbridge ends his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Commerce, serving under President Lyndon B. Johnson 1968 - United States Navy George Washington class fleet ballistic missile submarine USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) completes her 22nd patrol at Holy Loch. 1968 - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat first presented as a cantata at the Colet Court School in London 1969 - Major league baseballer Mickey Mantle announces his retirement. 1969 - Dad's Army episode Operation Kilt is first broadcast 1969 - During a performance at Miami's Dinner Key Auditorium, Jim Morrison of the Doors is arrested for exposing himself during the show. Morrison is officially charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, indecent behavior, open profanity and public drunkenness. 1969 - John Kerry officially leaves active duty in Vietnam 1970s 1971 - Bomb explodes in men's room in the White House - Weather Underground claims responsibility. 1971 - Pakistani President Yahya Khan indefinitely postponed the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan. 1971 - Canadian John Robarts ends his term of office as 17th premier of Ontario 1972 - Thai province of Yasothon created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province 1973 - The New York Joffrey Ballet's Deuce Coupe Ballet opens. The ballet is set entirely around music by The Beach Boys. 1974 - Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. 1974 - Pierre Messmer finishes his first office as Prime Minister of France 1975 - Colour television transmissions begin in Australia 1976 - Merlyn Rees ends Special Category Status for those sentenced for crimes relating to the civil violence in Northern Island 1977 - Sara Lowndes Dylan files for divorce from her husband of 11 years, Bob Dylan. 1978 - Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery. 1978 - Timbuktu Broadway production opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre 1978 - USSR selects astronauts for the 1978 Intercosmos Group. 1980s 1980 - Voyager 1 probe confirms that Janus (moon of Saturn) exists 1980 - Patti Smith marries former MC5 member Fred Sonic Smith 1981 - Final IRA Hunger Strike begins in Northern Ireland. 1982 - Jimmy Page's soundtrack album Death Wish II is released by Swan Song Records 1983 - Balearic Islands and Madrid become autonomous communities of Spain 1983 - Swatch introduce their first timepieces 1983 - Duran Duran's album Rio goes gold 1988 - Anthony M. Frank is appointed United States Postmaster General 1989 - Louis Wade Sullivan starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Commerce, serving under President George H. W. Bush 1989 - James D. Watkins starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Energy, serving under President George H. W. Bush 1989 - The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. 1989 - The Politieke Partij Radicalen, Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij, Communistische Partij Nederland and the Evangelische Volks Partij amalgamate to form Netherlands political party the GroenLinks (GL, GreenLeft) 1990s 1990-1994 1990 - A fire at the Sheraton Hotel in Cairo kills 16. 1990 - Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. 1991 - Ballistic Missile Submarine USS-Lafayette (now ex-Lafayette) starts to be deactivated 1991 - Ethan-Allen-class submarine USS-Sam Houston (now ex-Sam Houston SSBN-609) starts to be deactivated 1991 - Clayton Keith Yeutter finishes as the United States Secretary of Agriculture, under the George H. W. Bush administration 1992 - After a majority of Muslim and Croatian communities vote for Bosnian independence, Bosnian Serb snipers fire on civilians. 1992 - boxer Kostya Tszyu beats Darrell Hiles by a knockout in one round 1993 - Pet Lamb releases EP Paranoid from the Neck Down 1994 - South Africa cedes Walvis Bay to Nambia 1994 - Mary Ellen Withrow begins term of office as Treasurer of the United States, serving under President Bill Clinton 1994 - Beck releases the album Mellow Gold 1995-1999 1995 - Attack Submarine USS-Seahorse (now ex-Seahorse (SSN-669))) starts to be deactivated 1995 - Polish Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak resigns from parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Jozef Oleksy 1995 - Daniel Sleator announces his intentions to commercialize the Internet Chess Server (ICS) himself, renames it the Internet Chess Club, or ICC, and charges a yearly membership fee of $49 to howls of protest 1995 - R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry leaves the stage during a Switzerland concert after suffering a brain aneurysm, which requires immediate surgery 1995 - Muntinlupa City, Philippines officially becomes a city 1997 - The band Phish record Slip Stitch and Pass live at Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany 1997 - Northern Ireland band Ash release the single Barbie 1998 - Attack Submarine USS-Sea Devil (now ex-Sea Devil (SSN-664)) starts to be deactivated 1999 - One of four bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, destroys the Angolan Embassy. 1999 - Hutu rebels kill eight tourists in Uganda. 1999 - The Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines comes into force. 1999 - Sony Music Distribution raises wholesale prices on audio Compact Discs by 8 cents/ 21st century 2000-2002 2000 - the Constitution of Finland is rewritten 2000 - Collin Raye is awarded the Artist Humanitarian Award from Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. 2000 - Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC. 2001 - an Israeli killed in a suicide bombing in a service taxi. 2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: In eastern Afghanistan, Operation Anaconda begins. 2002 - Vladimir Putin meets with Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze in Kazakhstan and pledges his support for the American military initiative against the War on Terrorism 2002 - 28 people die in continuing violence in Ahmedabad. Police shoot and kill five while attempting to control rioters. 2002 - the Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800km above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500kg. 2002 - Space Shuttle Columbia flies Hubble Space Telescope service mission (STS-109) 2002 - Peseta discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced with the euro (€) 2003 2003 - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of September 11 attacks, is detained by Pakistani authorities in Rawalpindi 2003 - Iraq disarmament crisis: The United Arab Emirates calls for Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to step down to avoid war. The sentiment is later echoed by Bahrain and Kuwait. 2003 - Iraq disarmament crisis: the Turkish speaker of Parliament voids the vote accepting U.S. troops involved in the planned invasion of Iraq into Turkey on constitutional grounds. 264 votes for and 250 against accepting 62,000 US military personnel do not constitute the necessary majority under the Turkish constitution, due to 19 abstentions. 2003 - Attack Submarine USS-Lapon (now ex-Lapon SSN-661) starts to be deactivated 2003 - the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the United States Customs Service, and the United States Secret Service moves to the United States Department of Homeland Security 2003 - boxer Roy Jones Jr. beats John Ruiz to become WBA champion 2003 - America's Cup race postponed after yachts wait two hours for better weather 2003 - Nicoleta Alexandru wins the Eurovision Song Contest at Riga for her song "Don't Break My Heart" 2004 2004 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, former President of Haiti, announces that his resignation of February 29 was forced, and that he was forced to leave the country by American soldiers. 2004 - Terry Nichols convicted of state murder charges and accomplice to the Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh has his trial started in McAlester, Oklahoma 2004 - Britney Spears releasesIn The Zone single, "Toxic" 2004 - The Price is Right airs its 6,000 episode 2004 - Vladimir Putin nominates Mikhail Fradkov for the position as prime minister of Russia. 2004 - the Bush Administration officially admits to the implementation of a Continuity of Operations plan following the September 11, 2001 attacks 2004 - notorious convicted criminal Marc Dutroux starts trial in Belgium 2004 - Tauranga, New Zealand officially becomes a city, for the second time 2004 - Gerry Doherty begins office as General Secretary for the trade union the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland 2004 - Yahoo! announces that it will practice paid inclusion for its search service. 2004 - SCO Group announces it has reached a license agreement with EV1Servers.net, which allows EV1Servers to use some of SCO's "intellectual property". See also SCO v. IBM 2004 - Punycode adopted by the national registrars of Germany, Austria and Switzerland 2004 - Canadian Jean Pelletier fired as head of VIA Rail 2004 - Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq 2004 - the 6 towns on the Japanese island of Tsushima are unified to create Tsushima city See also Afghanistan 2003 and Afghanistan 2004 (part of the Timeline of Afghan history) Births up to 18th century 1104/5 - Alfonso VII, king of Castile (d. 1157) 1445 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (d. 1510) 1456 - Wadysaw Jagielloczyk, king of Bohemia and Hungary, († 1516) 1474 - Angela Merici, founder of the Ursulines, († 1540) 1528 - Albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria 1610 - Johann Schup (Schuppius), poet and historian 1630 - Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere, Flemish painter 1683 - Caroline of Brandenburg-Amsbach, († 1737), wife of George II 1709 - Josef Gurecky, composer 1711 - Peregrinus Pogl, composer 1760 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French Revolutionary leader († 1794 suicide) 1769 - François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French General († 1796) 1771 - Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer 19th century 1807 - Wilford Woodruff, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1898) 1810 - Frédéric Chopin, composer and pianist, (d. 1849) 1817 - Giovanni Dupre, sculptor 1821 - Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (d. 1896) 1828 - Vittorio Bersezio, Italian playwright 1837 - William Dean Howells, writer, historian, editor, politician, (d. 1920) 1852 - Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (d. 1923) 1858 - Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1918) 1860 - Joe Natus, musician 1865 - Abe Iso, Japanese politician (d. 1949) 1871 - Ben Harney, US composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938) 1876 - Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian IOC president, (d. 1942) 1879 - Alexandur Stamboliyski, Bulgarian politician (d. 1923) 1880 - Lytton Strachey, English critic (d. 1932) 1880 - Giles Lytton Strachey British writer and biographer (d. 1932) 1886 - Oskar Kokoschka, painter, graphic artist and poet, (d. 1980) 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) 20th century 1900s-1910s 1901 - Pietro Spiggia, Italian poet 1904 - Glenn Miller, bandleader, († 1944) 1906 - Phạm Văn Ðồng, Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1954 through 1976, and was Prime Minister of reunified Vietnam from 1976 until he retired in 1986 († 2000) 1909 - David Niven, actor, († 1983) 1911 - Harry Golombek, English chess grandmaster († 1995) 1914 - Ralph Ellison, writer, († 1994) 1917 - Robert Lowell, poet, († 1977) 1917 - Harry Caray, TV and radio broadcaster for three Major League Baseball teams († 1998) 1918 - Joao Goulart, president of Brazil (1961-March 31, 1964) († 1976) 1918 - Roger Delgado, British actor († 1973) 1920s 1920 - William Dean Howells, writer († 1920) 1921 - Jack Clayton, film director 1921 - Richard Wilbur, American poet 1921 - Terence Cardinal Cooke, tenth bishop (seventh archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York († 1983) 1922 - Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize († 1995) 1922 - William Gaines, publisher, founder of MAD Magazine, († 1992) 1923 - Kuczka Péter, Hungarian writer, poet and Science Fiction editor († 1999) 1924 - Deke Slayton, astronaut († 1993) 1926 - Alvin "Pete" Rozelle, commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) from January 1960 to November 1989 († 1996) 1926 - Alvin "Pete" Rozelle, commissioner of the National Football League († 1996) 1927 - Harry Belafonte, musician and actor 1927 - Robert Bork, law professor 1928 - Jacques Rivette, director 1928 - Dr. Seymour Papert, MIT mathematician, educator, inventor of LOGO programming language, Artificial Intelligence researcher 1929 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident, († 1978) 1930s-1950s 1933 - Jakob Maria Mierscheid, fictitious politician in the German Bundestag since 1983 1935 - Robert Conrad, actor 1935 - Judith Rossner, writer 1937 - Jed Allan, actor 1939 - Warren Davis, The Monotones 1942 - Richard Bowman Myers, General of the United States Air Force, current Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff 1942 - Gabriel Hudon, FLQ terrorist 1943 - Gil Amelio, former CEO of National Semiconductor and Apple Computer, now a venture capitalist 1944 - Roger Daltrey, musician (The Who) 1944 - Mike D'Abo, rock vocalist of band Mannfred Mann 1944 - John Breaux, United States Senator from Louisiana 1945 - Dirk Benedict, movie and television actor, perhaps best known for playing the character of "Face" in the television series The A-Team 1946 - Tony Ashton, British rock musician 1948 - Winston Rodney, aka Burning Spear, Jamaican roots rock reggae singer and musician 1952 - Steven Barnes, science fiction writer 1953 - Richard Bruton, Irish Fine Gael politician and economist 1954 - Ron Howard, actor, director, producer 1954 - Catherine Bach, actress 1960s-1970s 1963 - Dan Michaels, producer, saxophonist, member of the rock band The Choir and also The Swirling Eddies, owner of Galaxy21 Music. 1964 - Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, suspected military head of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda (his birth date is also reported to be April 14, 1965) 1965 - Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey 1967 - Stuart Conquest, English chess player 1967 - Aron Winter, Dutch soccer player 1969 - Javier Bardem, actor 1969 - Rob Janssen, baseball player 1969 - Dafydd Ieuan, drummer with the band Super Furry Animals 1971 - Tyler Hamilton, American cyclist 1973 - Ryan Peake, guitarist with the band Nickelback 1974 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor Deaths upto 19th century 1244 - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, eldest, illegitimate son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200) 1383 - Amadeus VI of Savoy, Count of Savoy (b. 1334) 1546 - George Wishart, Scottish religious reformer (b 1513) 1620 - Thomas Campion, poet and composer (b. 1567) 1633 - George Herbert, English poet and orator (b. 1593) 1643 - Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian keyboard composer. (b. 1583) 1661 - Richard Zouch, English jurist (b. 1590) 1697 - Francesco Redi, physician, refuted abiogenesis (b. 1626) 1734 - Roger North, biographer (b. 1653) 1768 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (b. 1694) 1792 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747) 1862 - Peter Barlow, mathematician (b. 1776) 1879 - Joachim Heer, Swiss politician (b. 1825) 1884 - Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician (b. 1820) 1898 - George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer and author (b. 1825) 20th century 1911 - J. H. van 't Hoff, Dutch physical and organic chemist, the winner of the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1852) 1912 - George Grossmith, English actor and comic writer, best remembered for his work with Gilbert & Sullivan. (b. 1847) 1914 - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (b. 1845) 1920 - John H. Bankhead, United States Senator (b. 1842) 1920 - Joseph Trumpeldor, early Zionist activist (b. 1880) 1922 - Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish football player (b. 1892) 1924 - Louise-Marie Amélie, daughter of Leopold II of Belgium, wife of Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1858) 1932 - Frank Teschemacher, jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist 1938 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian poet, dramatist, daredevil, war hero and politician (b. 1863) 1945 - Umenosuke Bessho, Japanese writer (b. 1871) 1966 - Fritz Houtermans, physicist (b. 1903) 1970 - Lucille Hegamin, U.S. singer and entertainer (b. 1894) 1974 - Bobby Timmons, jazz pianist (b. 1935) 1979 - Mustafa Barzani, leader of Kurdistan Democratic Party (b. 1903) 1984 - Jackie Coogan, actor (b. 1914) 1988 - Joe Besser, member of the Three Stooges (b. 1907) 1991 - Edwin Herbert Land, inventor (b. 1909) 1995 - Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist, anchor, and director of ORTV (b. 1956) 21st century 2000 - Dennis Danell guitarist of band Social Distortion 2002 - Doreen Waddell, vocalist of bands Soul II Soul and KLF 2003 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, former president of El Salvador (1967-1972) (b. 1917) Holidays and observances 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) Saint David's Day (National Holiday of Wales) Historically, March 1st was considered to be the beginning of the year. The names of some months reflect this. (September = Seventh, October = Eighth, November = Ninth, December = Tenth). (see New Year) If the days of the year were counted from March 1, till the next March 1, each date of the year would have the same number every year, unlike counting from January 1. 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 Feast of Saint David - United Kingdom (in Wales) Seasons beginning March 1 In Denmark, spring begins on March 1, while in Australia autumn begins on March 1. Year Beginning March 1 If one begins each year on 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). 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. February 28 - February 29 - (February 30) - March 2 - February 1 - April 1 -- listing of all days FAVORITE ARTICLES: History of the World    History of the United States    History of Europe    Ancient History    History    Military History    World War I    Bombing of Dresden    California    US Constitution    Frank Sinatra    Boston    Marbury v. Madison This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. You must provide a link to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html To view or edit this article at Wikipedia go to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1