On This Very Day
March 1st
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- 752
Romulus, first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph over the Caeninenses.
- 1803
Ohio becomes the 17th state of the Union.
- 1864
Louis Ducos du Hauron patents an early movie machine concept.
- 1942
MLB decides not to allow military players to play for clubs while on furlough.
- 1954
US detonates Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll.
- 1968
High winds blow off the Philadelphia Spectrum's roof, affecting Flyers' NHL season.
- 1977
Bank of America renames its credit cards to VISA.
- 1977
US extends territorial waters to 200 miles.
- 1978
Charlie Chaplin's coffin and remains stolen in Switzerland for extortion.
- 1985
Herb Kohl buys NBA's Milwaukee Bucks for $18 million.
- 1993
New NHL team in Anaheim, owned by Disney, named 'The Mighty Ducks'.
- 2002
Envisat satellite reaches orbit with heaviest payload at 8500 kg.
- 2002
Spain replaces peseta with the euro (€) as its official currency.
- 2006
'Ice Age: The Meltdown' premieres in Belgium; Wikipedia reaches 1 million articles.
- 2011
700-year-old female mummy discovered by road workers in Taizhou, Jiangsu, China.
- 2016
Forbes releases Richest List; Bill Gates tops with $75 billion.
- 2020
First known COVID-19 case identified in New York.
- 2022
Cargo ship with 4,000 luxury cars sinks off Portuguese Azores.
- 1998
'Titanic' becomes first film to gross $1 billion.
- 1994
Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter, is born.
- 1869
First postage stamps with scenes issued.
- 1879
Library of Hawaii established.
- 1995
Yahoo! is incorporated.
- 1932
Lindbergh baby kidnapped.
- 1970
End of US commercial whale hunting. View Post →
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