March 1 in History

Historical Events on March 1

1642 Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.

1796 The Dutch East India Company is nationalized by the Batavian Republic.

1815 Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba, start of the Hundred Days.

1941 World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.

1950 Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.

1953 Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.

1961 United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.

2002 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.

2006 English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.

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Famous Birthdays on March 1

1810 Frédéric Chopin

1959 Nick Griffin

1983 Lupita Nyong'o

1994 Justin Bieber

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Famous Deaths on March 1

1938 Gabriele D'Annunzio

1983 Arthur Koestler

2014 Alain Resnais

2015 Minnie Miñoso

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