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What happened in history on this day: March 1?
On March 1 in ...
- 1780 - Pennsylvania becomes first US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only).
- 1781 - The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation, on the ratification by the 13 colonies of North America.
- 1785 - Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized.
- 1803 - Ohio becomes 17th state to join the USA.
- 1809 - Embargo Act of 1807 repealed and Non-Intercourse Act signed.
- 1845 - US President John Tyler signs a resolution of Congress to accept Texas as a state.
- 1847 - Michigan becomes first English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state).
- 1867 - Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later).
- 1871 - J Milton Turner is named US minister to Liberia.
- 1872 - Yellowstone National Park (world's first national park) is established under the act signed into law by President Ulysses Grant.
- 1875 - US Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883.
- 1877 - Death by hanging of convicted murderer Jack "Broken Nose" McCall for the murder of Will Bill Hickok.
- 1893 - Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador.
- 1909 - First US university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota.
- 1910 - An avalanche of snow hits two trains stranded for seven days outside the Cascade Tunnel below Stevens Pass, near Wellington, Washington, USA, killing 96. Deadliest avalanche in US history.
- 1913 - First state law requiring bonding of officers and state employees, North Dakota.
- 1913 - US Federal income tax takes effect (16th Amendment).
- 1917 - First US federal land bank chartered.
- 1927 - Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank.
- 1931 - The USS Arizona is placed back in full commission after a refit.
- 1932 - Charles Lindbergh III, the 20-month-old son of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, is kidnapped from the family's new mansion in Hopewell, New Jersey. A ransom note demanding US$50,000 is left in their son's empty room.
- 1933 - Bank holidays declared in six US states, to prevent run on banks.
- 1937 - First permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut).
- 1937 - US Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day.
- 1940 - 12th Academy Awards: Gone With the Wind, Robert Donat and Vivien Leigh win.
- 1941 - First US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee.
- 1942 - Three day Battle of Java Sea ends, US suffers a major naval defeat.
- 1945 - US President Franklin Roosevelt announces success of Yalta Conference.
- 1945 - US infantry regiment captures Mönchengladbach.
- 1954 - Four Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring five Representatives.
- 1954 - US explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll.
- 1961 - US President John Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
- 1962 - American Airlines 707 plunges nose first into Jamaica Bay, New York, killing 95.
- 1962 - First Kmart store opens.
- 1962 - US/British nuclear test experiment in Nevada.
- 1967 - House of Representatives expels Representative Adam Clayton Powell Junior (307 to 116).
- 1970 - End of US commercial whale hunting.
- 1971 - Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC.
- 1974 - Watergate grand jury indicts seven US Presidential aides.
- 1977 - Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards.
- 1977 - US extends territorial waters to 200 miles.
- 1983 - Tornado tears through Louisiana, USA, injuring 33 people.
- 1984 - NASA launches Landsat-D Prime (Landsat 5) to thematic map the Earth.
- 1985 - Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter.
- 1988 - Courtney Gibbs Eplin, age 21, of Texas, crowned 37th Miss USA.
- 1988 - Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile.
- 1989 - Louis Wade Sullivan starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
- 1989 - James D. Watkins starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Energy.
- 1989 - The Berne Convention, an international treaty on copyrights, is ratified by the United States.
- 1990 - In Texas, near-stock ZR-1 and L-98 Corvettes set a dozen land speed records. Average speed for all runs is 170- to 175-MPH.
- 1990 - Steve Jackson Games is raided by the U.S. Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
- 1991 - The ballistic missile submarine USS-ex-Sam Houston SSBN-609 is deactivated.
- 1991 - Clayton Keith Yeutter ends term as the United States Secretary of Agriculture.
- 1991 - US Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens.
- 1993 - Authorities in Waco, Texas negotiate with Branch Davidians.
- 1994 - US Senate rejects a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
- 1994 - Mary Ellen Withrow begins her term of office as Treasurer of the United States, serving under President Bill Clinton.
- 1995 - Part of Houston begins using new area code 261.
- 1995 - Yahoo! web site is founded in Santa Clara, California.
- 1996 - New toll-free 888 area code introduced in North America.
- 2002 - Space Shuttle Columbia flies the Hubble Space Telescope service mission, its last before STS-107.
- 2003 - The Turkish parliament votes against U.S. troop access to airbases in Turkey in order to attack Iraq from the north. The Bush administration starts working on Plan B, namely attacking Iraq from the south, through the Persian Gulf.
- 2003 - The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the United States Customs Service, and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
- 2005 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules the death penalty unconstitutional for juveniles who committed their crimes before age 18.
- 2008 - The 59-acre Aquatica water park opens at Sea World in Orlando, Florida, USA.
Births on March 1
- 1841 - Birth of Blanche Kelso Bruce in Farmville, Virginia, USA; American politician (Senator-Mississippi, 1875-1881).
- 1882 - Birth of Ida Moore in Altoona, Kansas, USA; actress (Mr Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki).
- 1904 - Birth of Paul Hartman in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Bert - Petticoat Junction).
- 1907 - Birth of Lois Moran in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Mom - Waterfront).
- 1917 - Birth of Dinah Shore in Winchester, Tennessee, USA; singer ("See the USA in a Chevrolet").
- 1924 - Birth of Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton in Sparta, Wisconsin, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut (Apollo 18).
- 1925 - Birth of Al Rosen in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA; third baseman (American League Most Valuable Player 1953), New York Yankees' president.
- 1927 - Birth of Harry Belafonte in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA; calypso singer (Buck and the Preacher).
- 1934 - Birth of Jim "Ed" Brown in Sparkman, Arkansas, USA; country singer (Nashville on the Road).
- 1934 - Birth of Joan Hackett in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Will Penny, One Stone Pony).
- 1935 - Birth of Robert Conrad [Conrad R Falk] in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Wild Wild West, Baa Baa Black Sheep).
- 1937 - Birth of Jed Allan in the Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Days of Our Lives, C C - Santa Barbara).
- 1940 - Birth of Ralph Towner in Chehalis, Washington, USA; rocker (Oregon, Weather Report).
- 1941 - Birth of Michael L Lampton in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA; astronaut (STS-45).
- 1946 - Birth of Lana Wood [Svetlana Gurdin] in Santa Rosa, California, USA; actress (Diamonds are Forever).
- 1952 - Birth of Alice Ritzman in Kalispell, Montana, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 Rochester International-5th).
- 1953 - Birth of Ron Howard in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA; actor/director (American Graffiti, Happy Days, Willow, Backdraft).
- 1954 - Birth of Catherine Bach in Warren, Ohio, USA; actress (Daisy Duke - The Dukes of Hazzard).
- 1954 - Birth of Janis Gill in Torrance, California, USA; singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo - "Midnight Girl").
- 1955 - Birth of Jimmy Fortune in Newport News, Virginia, USA; singer (Statler Brothers - "Class of '57").
- 1956 - Birth of Timothy Daly in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Joe - Wings, Almost Grown, Diner, Made in Heaven).
- 1957 - Birth of Jon Carroll in Washington, DC, USA; vocalist (Starland Vocal Band - "Afternoon Delight").
- 1962 - Birth of Mark Gardner in Los Angeles, California, USA; pitcher (San Francisco Giants).
- 1963 - Birth of Barb[ara] Marois in Auburn, Massachusetts, USA; field hockey defender (Olympics-1996).
- 1963 - Birth of Maurice Bénard [Mauricio Morales] in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Sonny Corinthos - General Hospital, Nico Kelly - All My Children).
- 1963 - Birth of Robert James Affuso in Newburgh, New York, USA; rock drummer (Skid Row - "Psycho Love").
- 1964 - Birth of Jennifer McCarter in Sevierville, Tennessee, USA; singer (McCarter - "The Gift").
- 1966 - Birth of Steve Reed in Los Angeles, California, USA; pitcher (Colorado Rockies).
- 1968 - Birth of Dave Zuniga in Worland, Wyoming, USA; 136.5 pounds/greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Doug Creek in Winchester, Virginia, USA; pitcher (San Francisco Giants).
- 1970 - Birth of Lisa Eagen in Harlan, Iowa, USA; team handball wing/back court (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Allen Johnson in Washington DC; long jumper/110 metre hurdler (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Shepherd Clark in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; figure skater (1994, 1997 Eastern Sr champion).
- 1971 - Birth of Tyler Hamilton in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA; cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1977 - Birth of Rod White in Sharon, Pennsylvania; archer (Olympics-gold-1996).
Deaths on March 1
- 1877 - Death by hanging of convicted murderer Jack "Broken Nose" McCall for the murder of Will Bill Hickok.
- 1979 - Dolores Costello, American actress (Noah's Ark, Expensive Women), dies at age 73 (born 1903).
- 1984 - Jackie Coogan, American actor (Uncle Fester - Addams Family), dies at age 69 (born 1914).
- 1988 - Joe Besser, American comedian, actor (The Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello), dies at age 80 (born 1907).
- 1991 - Edwin H Land, inventor (Polaroid instant camera), dies at age 81 (born 1909).
- 1993 - Luis Kutner, US co-founder (Amnesty International), dies at age 84.
- 1994 - Walter Kent, US composer ("I'll Be Home for Christmas"), dies at age 82.
- 2006 - Death of Harry Browne, American Libertarian Presidential candidate (born 1933).
- 2020 - Death of Jack Welch at age 84 of renal failure; American writer, business executive (chairman and CEO - General Electric).
- 2022 - Death of Conrad Janis at age 91 of organ failure in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor, musician (Mork & Mindy TV show).
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