March 1 in history
Events on March 1
Notable events that happened on March 1 in past years.
- 2014
Thirty-five people are killed and 143 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.
Wikipedia article: 2014 Kunming attack - 2003
Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service moves to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Wikipedia article: United States Customs Service - 1998
Titanic becomes the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
Wikipedia article: Titanic (1997 film) - 1974
Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Wikipedia article: Watergate scandal - 1964
Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
Wikipedia article: Villarrica (volcano) - 1956
The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Wikipedia article: International Air Transport Association - 1953
Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
Wikipedia article: Joseph Stalin - 1941
World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1919
March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
Wikipedia article: March First Movement - 1901
The Australian Army is formed.
Wikipedia article: Australian Army - 1871
The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
Wikipedia article: Prussian Army - 1815
Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
Wikipedia article: Napoleon - 1692
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.
Wikipedia article: Sarah Good - 1476
Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro.
- 509 BC
Publius Valerius Publicola 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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