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| March 1st |
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| About March 1st is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. T here are 305 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. March 1st is Self Injury Awareness Day. Births 1904 - Glenn Miller, jazz musician, composer, bandleader 1926 - Pete Rozelle, Hall of Fame football commissioner 1944 - Roger Daltrey, singer, songwriter (The Who) 1946 - Elvin Bethea, Hall of Fame defensive end 1947 - Alan Thicke, actor, host (Growing Pains 1954 - Ron Howard, director, producer, actor 1963 - Ron Francis, Hall of Fame hockey player 1967 - George Eads, actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) 1973 - Ryan Peake, guitarist, singer (Nickelback) 1974 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor (Saved by the Bell) 1987 - Ke$ha, singer, songwriter ("Tik Tok") Deaths 1920 - John H. Bankhead, U.S. Senator (Alabama) 2006 - Harry Browne, author, presidential nominee Events 1781 - The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation. 1790 - The the first United States census is authorized by Congress. 1803 - Ohio becomes the 17th state of the United States. 1845 - President John Tyler signs a Congressional resolution annexing the Republic of Texas. 1867 - Nebraska is admitted as the 37th U.S. state. 1872 - Yellowstone is established and becomes the world's first national park. 1932 - The infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped from their home. 1941 - W47NV (now WSM-FM) in Nashville, Tennessee becomes the first FM radio station in the United States. 1953 - Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke, collapsed and would die four days later on March 5th. 1957 - Chuck Berry releases one of his biggest singles, "School Days". 1961 - President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps. 1969 - New York Yankees legend Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from Major League Baseball. 1971 - Weather Underground explode a bomb in a men's room of the U.S. Capitol to protest the Vietnam War. 1991 - The movie The Doors starring Val Kilmer opens in theatres. 1995 - The website Yahoo! is incorporated. |
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