March 01

Monday 01, 2004:

Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq.

Saturday 01, 2003:

Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.

Friday 01, 2002:

The Peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced with the euro (€).

Wednesday 01, 2000:

Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC.

Wednesday 01, 1995:

Polish Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak resigns from parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Józef Oleksy.

Tuesday 01, 1994:

Seattle grunge band Nirvana play their last show in Munich, Germany.

Thursday 01, 1990:

Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Wednesday 01, 1989:

The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Saturday 01, 1980:

1983 - Swatch introduces their first timepieces.

Wednesday 01, 1978:

Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery.

Saturday 01, 1975:

Colour television transmissions begin in Australia.

Friday 01, 1974:

Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Wednesday 01, 1972:

The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province.

Monday 01, 1971:

Pakistani President Yahya Khan indefinitely postponed the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.

Tuesday 01, 1966:

John Kerry officially leaves active duty in Vietnam.

Thursday 01, 1962:

American Airlines Flight 1 crashes on take off in New York.

Wednesday 01, 1961:

1961 - Uganda becomes self-governing as its first elections held.

Thursday 01, 1956:

Samuel Alphonsus Stritch, is appointed Pro-Perfect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia.

Tuesday 01, 1955:

Allen Fieldhouse at the University of Kansas hosts its first college basketball game.

Monday 01, 1954:

Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.

Sunday 01, 1953:

Joseph Stalin collapses, having suffered a stroke. He dies four days later.

Wednesday 01, 1950:

Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by giving them top secret atomic bomb data.

Tuesday 01, 1949:

Indonesia seizes Yogyakarta from the Dutch.

Saturday 01, 1947:

The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.

Friday 01, 1946:

The Bank of England is nationalised.

Saturday 01, 1941:

W47NV (now known as WSM-FM) begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S..

Sunday 01, 1936:

Hoover Dam is completed.

Tuesday 01, 1932:

The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped.

Saturday 01, 1919:

March 1st Movement begins in Korea.

Friday 01, 1918:

German submarine Unterseeboot 19 (U-19) sinks HMS Calgarian off Rathlin Island.

Thursday 01, 1917:

U.S. government releases the plaintext of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public.

Sunday 01, 1914:

The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.

Friday 01, 1912:

Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.

Sunday 01, 1896:

Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.

Monday 01, 1886:

Anglo-Chinese School,Singapore was founded by Bishop William Oldham.

Saturday 01, 1873:

Henry Comstock discovers the Comstock Lode in Virgina City, Nevada.

Friday 01, 1872:

Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.

Friday 01, 1867:

Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.

Wednesday 01, 1854:

German pyschologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in the canal near Charlottenburg.

Monday 01, 1852:

Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Saturday 01, 1845:

President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.

Sunday 01, 1840:

Adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister of France.

Tuesday 01, 1836:

A Convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.

Wednesday 01, 1815:

Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.

Friday 01, 1811:

Leaders of the Mameluke dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.

Friday 01, 1805:

Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.

Tuesday 01, 1803:

Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state.

Monday 01, 1790:

The first United States census is authorized.

Thursday 01, 1781:

The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.

Monday 01, 1700:

Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to reform into the Gregorian calendar, then reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and then introduces the Gregorian Calendar on this date in 1753.

Saturday 01, 1692:

The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts.

Saturday 01, 1642:

Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine) becomes the first incorporated city in America.

Tuesday 01, 1633:

Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.

Wednesday 01, 1628:

Writs are issued in February by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.

Monday 01, 1565:

The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.

Thursday 01, 1562:

Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by Catholics in Wassy, France marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.

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