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01 Mar 1986
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Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus ending the Siege of Athens and Piraeus. |
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01 Mar 0293
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Roman Emperor Maximianus introduces tetrarchy
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01 Mar 0293
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Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars. This is considered the beginning of the Tetrarchy, known as the Quattuor Principes Mundi ("Four Rulers of the World"). |
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01 Mar 0317
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Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares |
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01 Mar 0350
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Vetranio is asked by Constantina, sister of Constantius II, to proclaim himself Caesar. |
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01 Mar 0492
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St. Felix III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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01 Mar 0492
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St. Gelasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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01 Mar 0509
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Publius Valerius Publicola, Roman consul, celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. |
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01 Mar 0705
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John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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01 Mar 0743
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Slave export by Christians to heathen areas prohibited
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01 Mar 0752
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Romulus, legendary first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following The Rape of the Sabine Women. |
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01 Mar 0918
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Balderik becomes Bishop of Utrecht
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01 Mar 1260
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Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis, conquerors Damascus
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01 Mar 1382
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French Maillotin uprises against taxes
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01 Mar 1420
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Pope Martinus I calls for crusade against the hussieten
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01 Mar 1434
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Jacoba of Bavaria marries Frank van Borselen
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01 Mar 1457
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The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination. |
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01 Mar 1476
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Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro. |
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01 Mar 1562
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Blood bath at Vassy: General de Guise allows 1200 huguenots murder
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01 Mar 1562
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Twenty-three Huguenots are massacred by Catholics in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion. |
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01 Mar 1565
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The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded. |
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01 Mar 1591
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Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French King Henri IV
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01 Mar 1593
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The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. |
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01 Mar 1628
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Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date. |
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01 Mar 1633
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Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu. |
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01 Mar 1634
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Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians
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01 Mar 1642
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Georgeana (York) Maine became the 1st incorporated American city
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01 Mar 1642
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Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States. |
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01 Mar 1692
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Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem, Massachusetts)
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01 Mar 1692
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Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials. |
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01 Mar 1700
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Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian calendar on this date in 1753. |
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01 Mar 1711
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"The Spectator" begins publishing (London)
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01 Mar 1713
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The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization. |
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01 Mar 1780
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Penn becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only)
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01 Mar 1781
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The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation. |
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01 Mar 1784
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E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain
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01 Mar 1785
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Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized
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01 Mar 1790
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1st US census authorized
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01 Mar 1790
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The first United States census is authorized. |
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01 Mar 1792
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US Presidential Succession Act passed
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01 Mar 1796
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1st National Meeting in the Hague
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01 Mar 1803
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Ohio becomes 17th state
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01 Mar 1803
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Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state. |
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01 Mar 1805
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Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate. |
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01 Mar 1809
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Embargo Act of 1807 repealed and Non-Intercourse Act signed
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01 Mar 1811
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Egyptian King Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500
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01 Mar 1811
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Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali. |
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01 Mar 1815
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Sunday observance in the Netherlands regulated by law
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01 Mar 1815
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Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba, start of the Hundred Days. |
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01 Mar 1836
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A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico. |
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01 Mar 1845
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President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas
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01 Mar 1845
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United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. |
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01 Mar 1847
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Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state)
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01 Mar 1847
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The state of Michigan formally abolishes capital punishment. |
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01 Mar 1852
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Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. |
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01 Mar 1854
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SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen again
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01 Mar 1854
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German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg. |
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01 Mar 1859
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Present seal of SF adopted (its 2nd)
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01 Mar 1864
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Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
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01 Mar 1864
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Rebecca Lee (US) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree
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01 Mar 1866
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Paraguayan canoes sink 2 Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana
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01 Mar 1867
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Howard University, Washington DC, chartered
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01 Mar 1867
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Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later)
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01 Mar 1867
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Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital. |
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01 Mar 1868
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The Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia. |
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01 Mar 1869
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Postage stamps showing scenes are issued for 1st time
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01 Mar 1870
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Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War. |
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01 Mar 1871
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J Milton Turner named Minister to Liberia
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01 Mar 1872
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Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park. |
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01 Mar 1873
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E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter. |
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01 Mar 1875
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Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Ct, 1883
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01 Mar 1876
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Guernsey Cattle Club forms (Farmington Conn)
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01 Mar 1879
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Library of Hawaii founded
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01 Mar 1880
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Pennsylvania is 1st American state to abolish slavery
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01 Mar 1886
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The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham. |
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01 Mar 1890
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1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published
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01 Mar 1893
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Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador
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01 Mar 1893
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Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla demonstrates Wireless power in St. Louis, Missouri. |
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01 Mar 1896
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Battle of Adua: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians
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01 Mar 1896
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Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity. |
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01 Mar 1896
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Battle of Adwa: an Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War. |
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01 Mar 1901
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The Australian Army is formed. |
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01 Mar 1909
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1st US university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota
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01 Mar 1910
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The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people. |
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01 Mar 1912
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Isabella Goodwin, 1st US woman detective, appointed, New York City
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01 Mar 1912
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Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane. |
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01 Mar 1913
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1st state law requiring bonding of officers and state employees, North Dakota
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01 Mar 1913
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Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment)
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01 Mar 1914
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Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named Director of British Petroleum
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01 Mar 1914
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The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union. |
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01 Mar 1916
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Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic
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01 Mar 1917
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1st federal land bank chartered
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01 Mar 1917
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The U.S. government releases the unencrypted text of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public. |
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01 Mar 1919
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Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin
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01 Mar 1919
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March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule. |
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01 Mar 1920
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Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Admiral Horthy
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01 Mar 1920
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Buriat ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted
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01 Mar 1921
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Rwanda ceded to England
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01 Mar 1921
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Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia
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01 Mar 1921
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The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years. |
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01 Mar 1923
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Allies occupy Ruhrgebied: killing railroad striker
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01 Mar 1927
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Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank
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01 Mar 1932
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Charles Lindbergh Jr (20 months), kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12
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01 Mar 1932
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Declaration of the founding of Manchukuo. |
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01 Mar 1932
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Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped. |
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01 Mar 1933
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Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks
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01 Mar 1934
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Henry Pu Yi crowned Emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria
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01 Mar 1934
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Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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01 Mar 1936
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A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen's Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union. |
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01 Mar 1936
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The Hoover Dam is completed. |
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01 Mar 1937
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1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct)
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01 Mar 1937
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Gov Wouters innaugrates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles
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01 Mar 1939
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An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94. |
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01 Mar 1940
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12th Academy Awards - "Gone with the Wind, " R Donat and V Leigh win
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01 Mar 1941
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"Captain America" appears in a comic book
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01 Mar 1941
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1st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee
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01 Mar 1941
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Elmer Layden becomes 1st NFL commissioner
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01 Mar 1941
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German troops invade Bulgaria
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01 Mar 1941
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Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp
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01 Mar 1941
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W47NV begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S.. |
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01 Mar 1941
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World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers. |
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01 Mar 1942
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3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, US suffers a major naval defeat
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01 Mar 1942
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Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java
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01 Mar 1942
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Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews
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01 Mar 1942
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Tito establishes 2nd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia
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01 Mar 1943
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Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided
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01 Mar 1944
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Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns
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01 Mar 1944
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U-358 sinks in Atlantic
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01 Mar 1945
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British 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten
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01 Mar 1945
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Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi
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01 Mar 1945
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FDR announces success of Yalta Conference
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01 Mar 1945
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Field Marshal Kesselring succeeds von Rundstedt as commander
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01 Mar 1946
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British Government takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years
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01 Mar 1946
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The Bank of England is nationalised. |
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01 Mar 1947
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The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations. |
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01 Mar 1949
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Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ
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01 Mar 1950
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Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of National China on Formosa
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01 Mar 1950
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Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London)
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01 Mar 1950
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USSR issues golden rubles
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01 Mar 1950
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Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data. |
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01 Mar 1952
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Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns
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01 Mar 1952
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Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain
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01 Mar 1953
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
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01 Mar 1953
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KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Mar 1953
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KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins
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01 Mar 1953
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WJZ-AM in NYC becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission
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01 Mar 1953
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WTAJ TV channel 10 in Altoona, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Mar 1953
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Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later. |
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01 Mar 1954
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4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US house of reps injuring 5 reps
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01 Mar 1954
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In spring training, Ted Williams breaks his collarbone
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01 Mar 1954
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Rebellion during visit of President Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die
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01 Mar 1954
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Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War
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01 Mar 1954
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US explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll
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01 Mar 1954
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Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives. |
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01 Mar 1954
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Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States. |
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01 Mar 1955
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Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48
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01 Mar 1955
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KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC / NBC) 1st broadcast
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01 Mar 1956
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Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee |
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01 Mar 1956
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The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization. |
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01 Mar 1957
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"Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 123 performances
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01 Mar 1957
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Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor
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01 Mar 1957
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KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC / ABC / CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Mar 1958
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Sobers completes 446 stand for 2nd wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260
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01 Mar 1958
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Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia. |
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01 Mar 1959
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Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years
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01 Mar 1959
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Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament
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01 Mar 1961
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President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp
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01 Mar 1961
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Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections. |
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01 Mar 1961
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United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps. |
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01 Mar 1962
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American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay New York killing 95
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01 Mar 1962
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K-Mart opens
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01 Mar 1962
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Uganda became a self-governing country
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01 Mar 1962
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US / British nuclear test experiment in Nevada
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01 Mar 1962
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American Airlines Flight 1 crashes on take off in New York. |
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01 Mar 1963
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200,000 French mine workers strike
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01 Mar 1964
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Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe. |
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01 Mar 1965
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Australia suspends champ swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-yrs for misconduct
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01 Mar 1965
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Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec)
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01 Mar 1965
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WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Mar 1966
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Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)
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01 Mar 1966
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The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria. |
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01 Mar 1966
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Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface. |
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01 Mar 1967
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Dominica and St. Lucia gain independence from Britain
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01 Mar 1967
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House of Reps expels Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116)
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01 Mar 1967
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Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London
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01 Mar 1967
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WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, Maryland (IND) 1st broadcast
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01 Mar 1968
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Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting
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01 Mar 1968
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Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in the Netherlands
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01 Mar 1968
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Singers Johnny Cash (36) and June Carter (38) wed
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01 Mar 1969
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"Red, White, and Maddox" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 41 performances
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01 Mar 1969
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After 88 weeks Sgt Pepper drops off the charts
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01 Mar 1969
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Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium
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01 Mar 1969
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Pirate Radio 259 begins operation off the French coast
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01 Mar 1970
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Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round ladies skater
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01 Mar 1970
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End of US coml whale hunting
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01 Mar 1970
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White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain
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01 Mar 1971
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Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC
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01 Mar 1971
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Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM
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01 Mar 1971
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President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan. |
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01 Mar 1971
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A bomb explodes in a men's room in the United States Capitol: the Weather Underground claims responsibility. |
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01 Mar 1972
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Club of Rome publishes report "Boundaries on the Growth"
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01 Mar 1972
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KHMA TV channel 11 in Houma, LA (IND) begins broadcasting
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01 Mar 1972
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Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points
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01 Mar 1972
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The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province. |
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01 Mar 1973
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Robert Joffrey Dance Company opens
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01 Mar 1973
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Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race
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01 Mar 1973
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Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages. |
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01 Mar 1974
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George Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November
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01 Mar 1974
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Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides
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01 Mar 1974
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Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. |
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01 Mar 1975
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17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win
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01 Mar 1977
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Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards
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01 Mar 1977
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US extends territorial waters to 200 miles
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01 Mar 1978
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"Timbuktu!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 243 performances
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01 Mar 1979
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"Sweeney Todd" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 557 performances
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01 Mar 1980
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CTUC, Commonwealth Trade Union Council, established
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01 Mar 1980
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Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater
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01 Mar 1980
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Patti Smith and MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit
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01 Mar 1980
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Snow falls in Florida
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01 Mar 1981
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"Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 767 performances
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01 Mar 1981
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Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike (he dies)
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01 Mar 1981
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Irish Republican Army Bobby Sand begins hunger strike in Maze Prison
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01 Mar 1981
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Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
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01 Mar 1981
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Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze. |
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01 Mar 1982
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5th Emmy Sports Award presentation
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01 Mar 1983
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Tamara McKinney becomes 1st US woman skier to win the World Cup
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01 Mar 1983
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Tornado tears through LA, injuring 33 people
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01 Mar 1984
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Landsat 5 and ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit
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01 Mar 1985
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Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center
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01 Mar 1985
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Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks
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01 Mar 1985
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Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter
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01 Mar 1988
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Courtney Gibbs Eplin, 21, (Texas), crowned 37th Miss USA
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01 Mar 1988
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Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran
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01 Mar 1988
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Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile
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01 Mar 1988
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Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist
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01 Mar 1989
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Comet du Toit at perihelion
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01 Mar 1989
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Julianne Philips and Bruce Springsteen divorce
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01 Mar 1989
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The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. |
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01 Mar 1990
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Benin nullifies its constitution
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01 Mar 1990
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Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as President of Uruguay
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01 Mar 1990
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Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. |
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01 Mar 1991
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US Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens
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01 Mar 1992
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"Little Hotel on the Side" closes at Belasco NYC after 41 performances
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01 Mar 1992
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"Visit" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
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01 Mar 1992
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Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record (1:01.40)
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01 Mar 1992
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Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle US record (54.48 seconds)
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01 Mar 1992
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Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. |
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01 Mar 1993
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Authorities in Waco, Texas negotiate with Branch Davidians
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01 Mar 1993
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George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of New York Yankees
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01 Mar 1993
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New expansion NHL team, owned by Disney, is named the Mighty Ducks
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01 Mar 1994
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36th Grammy Awards: I Will Always Love You, Toni Braxton wins
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01 Mar 1994
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Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated as President of Finland
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01 Mar 1994
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Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution
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01 Mar 1995
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37th Grammy Awards: All I Want to Do, Streets of Philadelphia, Sheryl Crow
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01 Mar 1995
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Belgium ends military conscript
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01 Mar 1995
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Jozef Oleksy succeeds Waldemar Pawlak on as Premier of Poland
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01 Mar 1995
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Part of Houston begins using new area code 261
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01 Mar 1995
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Ukraine Premier Vitaly Massol, resigns
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01 Mar 1995
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Yahoo! is incorporated. |
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01 Mar 1995
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Prime Minister of Poland Waldemar Pawlak resigns from parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Józef Oleksy. |
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01 Mar 1996
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Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory
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01 Mar 1996
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New toll-free 888 area code introduced
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01 Mar 1996
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Plans approved allowing traffic cameras High Harrington and Shap England
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01 Mar 1997
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"Mandy Patinkin in Concert, " opens at Lyceum Theater, New York City
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01 Mar 1997
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5th annual ESPY Awards shown on TV
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01 Mar 1998
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"Art, " opens at Royale Theater, New York City
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01 Mar 1998
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Australian Ladies Masters Golf
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01 Mar 1998
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Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide. |
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01 Mar 1999
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Ottawa Treaty enters into force. |
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01 Mar 2000
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Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC. |
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01 Mar 2000
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The Constitution of Finland is rewritten. |
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01 Mar 2002
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The peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced by the euro (€). |
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01 Mar 2002
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The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 mi) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (8.5 tons). |
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01 Mar 2002
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U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan. |
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01 Mar 2003
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The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague. |
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01 Mar 2003
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Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security. |
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01 Mar 2004
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Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum becomes President of Iraq. |
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01 Mar 2005
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U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional marking a change in "national standards,". |
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01 Mar 2006
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English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station. |
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01 Mar 2007
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"Squatters" are evicted from Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, provoking the March 2007 Denmark riots. |
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01 Mar 2007
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Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20; eight of the deaths are at Enterprise High School (Alabama). |
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01 Mar 2008
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The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections 2008, as a result ten people are killed. |
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01 Mar 2014
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At least 29 people are killed and 130 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China. |
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