Important
celebrations / observances
March 1st Movement Remembrance Day or Samiljeol; (South Korea)
Martenitsa (Bulgaria)
Mărțișor (Romania and Moldova)
National Pig Day, a minor observance (United States)
Roman New Year observances
March
1 World Civil Defence Day
Events
1565 – The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
1700 – 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.
1790 – The first United States census is authorized.
1873 – E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production
of the first practical typewriter.
1893 – Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of
radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
1896 – Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.
1901 – The Australian Army was formed.
1910 – The worst avalanche in United States history buries a
Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington,
killing 96 people.
1912 – Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving
airplane.
1919 – March 1st Movement begins in Korea.
1941 – W47NV (now known as WSM-FM) begins operations in Nashville,
Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S..
1947 – The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
1961 – President of the United States John F. Kennedy establishes
the Peace Corps.
1961 – Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
1962 – American Airlines Flight 1 crashes on take off in New
York.
1992 – Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1995 – Yahoo! is incorporated.
2000 – The Constitution of Finland is rewritten.
2002 – The peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain
and is replaced by the euro (€).
2005 – US Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles
found guilty of murder is unconstitutional marking a change
in "national standards,".
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