Historical events on this day

01 Mar 1260

Hulagu Khan grandson of Genghis conquers Damascus

01 Mar 1420

Pope Martinus I calls for crusade against the Hussite protestants

01 Mar 1457

The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination.

01 Mar 1562

Blood bath at Vassy Francois de Guises troops open fire on Huguenot congregation first event in Wars of Religion

01 Mar 1565

Portuguese soldier Estcio de S founds the city of Rio de Janeiro Brazil

01 Mar 1587

Puritan English parliamentary leader Sir Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower

01 Mar 1593

The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.

01 Mar 1634

Battle at Smolensk Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians

01 Mar 1642

Georgeana (York) Maine became the 1st incorporated American city

01 Mar 1780

Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for newborns only)

01 Mar 1781

Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state Maryland

01 Mar 1781

Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation

01 Mar 1784

E Kidner opens 1st cooking school in Great Britain

01 Mar 1785

Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized

01 Mar 1809

Embargo Act of 1807 (USA) repealed & Non-Intercourse Act signed

01 Mar 1811

Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500

01 Mar 1811

French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairos Citadel

01 Mar 1815

Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law

01 Mar 1840

Adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister of France.

01 Mar 1843

5th Grand National Tom Olliver aboard Vanguard wins first year race run as a handicap

01 Mar 1847

Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state)

01 Mar 1848

10th Grand National Capt. Josey Little aboard Chandler wins race marred by fatal falls of 3 competitors

01 Mar 1852

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

01 Mar 1854

SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbour with apprpx 480 passengers and crew she was never seen again

01 Mar 1854

German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.

01 Mar 1854

16th Grand National John Tasker aboard race favourite Bourton wins

01 Mar 1859

Present seal of San Francisco adopted (its 2nd)

01 Mar 1864

Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)

01 Mar 1864

Rebecca Lee in the US becomes 1st African American woman to receive a medical degree

01 Mar 1866

Paraguayan canoes sink 2 Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana

01 Mar 1867

Howard University Washington D.C. chartered

01 Mar 1867

Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later)

01 Mar 1869

US Postage stamps showing scenes issued for 1st time. These pictorials showed a post horse and rider a locomotive a shield an eagle and a ship the Adriatic

01 Mar 1872

Yellowstone becomes the worlds first national park

01 Mar 1873

E. Remington and Sons in Ilion New York begins production of the first practical typewriter

01 Mar 1875

US Congress passes Civil Rights Act invalidated by Supreme Ct 1883

01 Mar 1878

First winter ascent of Aneto highest mountain in the Pyrenees

01 Mar 1886

The Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.

01 Mar 1890

1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published

01 Mar 1893

Diplomatic Appropriation Act authorizes the US rank of ambassador

01 Mar 1896

Battle of Adwa 80000 Ethiopians destroy 20000 Italians in Ethopia killing two generals and capturing General Matteo Albertone

01 Mar 1903

Major League Baseball Rules Committee rule that pitchers mound must not be more than 15 inches higher than the baselines or home plate

01 Mar 1909

1st US university school of nursing established University of Minnesota

01 Mar 1910

118 die when three passenger trains buried at Stevens Pass Wa in Cascade Range by the worst snow slide in US history

01 Mar 1910

National Baseball Commission prohibits giving mementos to players on winning World Series teams decision later reversed making way for traditional winners watches rings and stickpins

01 Mar 1912

U.S. Army Captain Albert Berry performs first (attached-type) parachute jump from an airplane

01 Mar 1912

Isabella Goodwin appointed first US woman detective NYC

01 Mar 1913

1First state law requiring bonding of officers & state employees ND

01 Mar 1914

Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum

01 Mar 1914

The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.

01 Mar 1916

Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic

01 Mar 1917

US government releases the plain text of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public

01 Mar 1919

The March 1st or Samil Movement begins in Korea it is a demonstration of resistance to Japanese occupation

01 Mar 1919

Future Hockey Hall of Fame center Newsy Lalonde sets a playoff record with 5 goals in the Canadiens 6-3 win over Ottawa in NHL Championship Game 3 in Montreal

01 Mar 1920

Austria becomes a kingdom again under Admiral Horthy

01 Mar 1920

Nikolaus Horthy is elected Regent of Hungary which had adopted a constitution on 28 February

01 Mar 1921

Spin bowler Arthur Mailey takes 5 for 119 (record 36 wickets for series) to lead Australia to a 9 wicket 5th Test win over England in Sydney first ever 5-0 Ashes cricket series win for Australia

01 Mar 1923

Allies occupy Ruhrgebied killing railroad striker

01 Mar 1924

Germanys prohibition of Communist Party KPD lifted

01 Mar 1927

Bank of Italy (later Bank of America) becomes an American National Bank

01 Mar 1932

12 pro-independence revolutionaries captured in and around Chittagong in Bengal province British India are sentenced to deportation for life two to three-year prison terms with the remaining 32 being acquitted.

01 Mar 1933

Bank holidays declared in 6 states to prevent run on banks

01 Mar 1934

Henry Pu Yi crowned Emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria

01 Mar 1934

Italian boxer Primo Carnera beats American challenger Tommy Loughran by unanimous points decision at Madison Square Garden NYC for the NYSAC and NBA heavyweight boxing titles

01 Mar 1936

A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California leading to the demise of the International Seamens Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union.

01 Mar 1937

1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct)

01 Mar 1937

Governor Wouters innaugrates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles

01 Mar 1938

Federal Trade Commission orders 8 manufacturers and the PGA of America to end their practice of golf ball price-fixing

01 Mar 1939

Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump exploded at Hirakata Osaka Japan killing 94

01 Mar 1940

Richard Wrights novel Native Son is published

01 Mar 1941

1st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air Nashville Tennessee

01 Mar 1941

Former University of Notre Dame star fullback Elmer Layden is named first Commissioner of the NFL

01 Mar 1941

Rangers goalie Dave Kerr becomes the 5th goaltender in NHL history to record 200 career victories when New York wins 3-1 over the Canadiens at Montreal

01 Mar 1942

3 day Battle of Java Sea ends US suffers a major naval defeat

01 Mar 1942

Major League Baseball owners decide not to allow players in the military to play for their clubs when on furlough

01 Mar 1942

J Milton Cage Jrs Imaginary Landscape No 3 premieres in Chicago

01 Mar 1942

Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java

01 Mar 1942

Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews

01 Mar 1942

Tito establishes 2nd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia

01 Mar 1943

Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided

01 Mar 1945

British 43rd Division under General Hubert Essame occupies Xanten

01 Mar 1945

US infantry regiment captures Mnchengladbach

01 Mar 1946

British government nationalises and takes control of the Bank of England after 252 years

01 Mar 1947

Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck sets up spring training camp In racially tolerant Phoenix AZ in anticipation of signing teams first black players Larry Doby is first acquisition later in the season

01 Mar 1950

Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London)

01 Mar 1952

Helgoland in North Sea returned to West Germany by Britain

01 Mar 1953

KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls TX (CBS) begins broadcasting

01 Mar 1953

KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle WA (IND) begins

01 Mar 1953

WJZ-AM in NYC becomes WABC WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission

01 Mar 1953

WFBG TV (later WTAJ) channel 10 in Altoona PA (CBS) begins broadcasting

01 Mar 1954

4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring 5 members

01 Mar 1954

Rebellion in Egypt during visit of president Naguib to Khartoum Sudan 30 die

01 Mar 1954

US explodes Castle Bravo 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll - most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the US

01 Mar 1955

KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks AK (ABCNBC) 1st broadcast

01 Mar 1955

Pakistan and India play out a draw in the 5th cricket Test at the National Stadium in Karachi 5 Test series drawn 0-0

01 Mar 1956

The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.

01 Mar 1956

Crazy Arms single released by Ray Price - his 1st no.1 (Billboard Song of the Year )

01 Mar 1957

Ziegfeld Follies of opens at Winter Garden NYC for 123 performances

01 Mar 1957

KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper WY (NBCABCCBS) begins broadcasting

01 Mar 1957

Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor

01 Mar 1958

21 year old West Indian cricket all-rounder Gary Sobers turns his maiden Test century into a world record 365no in the Windies 3rd Test win over Pakistan in Kingston Jamaica Sobers and Conrad Hunte (260) 446 run partnership for 2nd wicket

01 Mar 1958

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

01 Mar 1959

Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years

01 Mar 1961

Cellist Jacqueline du Prs debut in Wigmore Hall

01 Mar 1962

American Airlines 707 plunges nose first into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95

01 Mar 1962

Kresge Corporation openes the first Kmart store in Garden City Michigan

01 Mar 1962

US and British nuclear test experiment in Nevada

01 Mar 1965

Australian swimming authorities suspend triple Olympic gold medal winning sprinter Dawn Fraser for 10 years for misconduct at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

01 Mar 1965

Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex in La Salle Quebec

01 Mar 1965

WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield PA (PBS) begins broadcasting

01 Mar 1966

Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)

01 Mar 1967

MLB Commissioner William Eckert approves the Baseball Writers Association of Americas plan to name a Cy Young Award recipient from both the National and American Leagues

01 Mar 1967

Dominica & St Lucia gain independence from Britain

01 Mar 1967

US House of Representatives expels Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116)

01 Mar 1967

Queen Elizabeth Hall in Londons South Bank Centre opens

01 Mar 1967

WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore MD (IND) 1st broadcast

01 Mar 1968

NBCs unprecedented on-air announcement Star Trek will return

01 Mar 1968

Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting

01 Mar 1968

Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands

01 Mar 1968

Vatican Citys Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect

01 Mar 1968

High winds blow-off the Philadelphia Spectrums roof forcing the Flyers to play their final month of the NHL season on the road with home games moved to Toronto NYC and Quebec City

01 Mar 1969

Red White & Maddox closes at Cort Theater NYC after 41 performances

01 Mar 1969

After 88 weeks the Beatles album Sgt Peppers Lonly Hearts Club Band drops off the charts

01 Mar 1969

Pirate Radio 259 begins operation off the French coast

01 Mar 1969

Tuesdee Testa becomes the first female jockey to win a race at a major American Thoroughbred track when she takes out the 3rd race at Santa Anita Park aboard Buz On

01 Mar 1970

Kreiskys social democrats win Austrian parliamentary election

01 Mar 1970

Minnesota coach Charlie Burns becomes the final playercoach in NHL history when he plays in the North Stars 8-0 win over Toronto Maple Leafs remains in role for final month of the season

01 Mar 1970

Bostons Bobby Orr becomes the first defenseman in NHL history to score 25 goals in a season during a 3-1 Bruins win over the visiting St. Louis Blues

01 Mar 1971

Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington D.C.

01 Mar 1971

Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM

01 Mar 1972

Club of Rome publishes report Boundaries on the Growth

01 Mar 1972

David Rabes Sticks & Bones premieres in NYC

01 Mar 1972

KHMA TV channel 11 in Houma LA (IND) begins broadcasting

01 Mar 1972

Two Catholic teenagers shot dead by the Royal Ulster Constabulary while joy riding in a stolen car in Belfast

01 Mar 1973

Robyn Smith rides North Sea to victory in the Paumanok Handicap at Aqueduct Race Track in NYC to become the first American female jockey to win a stakes race

01 Mar 1974

Australian cricketing brothers Ian (145) and Greg Chappell (162no) record 264 partnership in 1st Test draw vs New Zealand at Wellington Ian (121) and Greg (133) double up with centuries in 2nd innings

01 Mar 1642

Georgeana (York) in Maine becomes the 1st incorporated American city

01 Mar 1784

Edward Kidder a London pie-maker opens the 1st formal cooking school in London Great Britain

01 Mar 1843

5th Grand National Tom Olliver aboard 121 Vanguard wins first year race run as a handicap

01 Mar 1848

10th Grand National Capt. Josey Little aboard 121 Chandler wins race marred by fatal falls of 3 competitors

01 Mar 1854

SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbour with approximately 480 passengers and crew she was never seen again

01 Mar 1854

16th Grand National John Tasker wins aboard race favourite Bourton at 41

01 Mar 1869

US Postage stamps showing scenes issued for 1st time. These pictorials showed a post horse and rider a locomotive a shield an eagle and a ship the Adriatic.

01 Mar 1872

Yellowstone becomes the worlds 1st national park

01 Mar 1934

Italian boxer Primo Carnera beats American challenger Tommy Loughran by unanimous points decision at Madison Square Garden NYC for the NYSAC and NBA heavyweight titles

01 Mar 1969

After 88 weeks the Beatles album Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band drops off the charts

01 Mar 1969

After 88 weeks the Beatles album Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band drops off the charts

01 Mar 1974

Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides

01 Mar 1914

Dutch Minister of War Hendrikus Colijn named director of British Petroleum

01 Mar 1970

Dutch speed skater Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes Womens Allround World Champion at West Allis Wisconsin US winning her first of four titles

01 Mar 1920

Mikls Horthy is elected Regent of Hungary which had adopted a constitution on 28 February

01 Mar 1642

Georgeana (York) in Maine becomes the first incorporated American city

01 Mar 1780

Pennsylvania becomes first US state to abolish slavery (for newborns only)

01 Mar 1847

Michigan becomes the first English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state)

01 Mar 1854

SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbour with approximately 480 passengers and crew she is never seen again

01 Mar 1869

US postage stamps featuring scenes are issued for the first time depicting a post horse and rider a locomotive a shield an eagle and a ship the Adriatic

01 Mar 1910

Wall of snow collapse in Cascade Mountain Range buries three passenger trains killing 96 near Stevens Pass Washington 23 people survive the worst avalanche in US history [1]

01 Mar 1917

US government releases the plain text of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public Germany proposed reward to Mexico if they joined war against the US

01 Mar 1956

East Germany establishes the National Peoples Army (NVA) to serve as its armed forces

01 Mar 1975

17th Grammy Awards I Honestly Love You Marvin Hamlisch win

01 Mar 1975

Colour television transmission begins in Australia

01 Mar 1977

Bank of America adopts the name VISA for its credit cards

01 Mar 1670

Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I orders expulsion of Jews from Vienna

01 Mar 1864

Rebecca Lee in the US becomes the first African American woman to receive a medical degree

01 Mar 1913

First state law requires bonding of officers and state employees in North Dakota

01 Mar 1937

First permanent automobile license plates are issued in Connecticut

01 Mar 1974

George Harrison announces his concert tour of US to begin in November

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