What are the important events that happened on March 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 1: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 1 is the 61st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 305 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 17, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,487,520 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexacontahenagon’ day.
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Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 334 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,088 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 1 Historical Events
- 317 –Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares
- 1565 –The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
- 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.
- 1901 –The Australian Army was formed.
- 1919 –March 1st Movement begins in Korea.
- 1941 –World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.
- 1966 –The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
- 1992 –Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 2006 –English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
- 2007 –Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20; eight of the deaths are at a high school in Enterprise, Alabama.
Who were born on March 1?
- 1812 –Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (d. 1852)
- 1852 –Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (d. 1923)
- 1921 –Richard Wilbur, American poet
- 1935 –Robert Conrad, American actor
- 1937 –Jed Allan, American actor
- 1943 –Cha Katō, Japanese comedian and actor
- 1958 –Chosei Komatsu, Japanese conductor
- 1983 –Elan Sara DeFan, Mexican singer-songwriter
- 1985 –Andreas Ottl, German footballer
- 1990 –Harry Eden, English actor
Who died on March 1?
- 1768 –Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (b. 1694)
- 1906 –José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (b. 1833)
- 1933 –Uładzimir Zylka, Belarusian poet (b. 1900)
- 1938 –Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer, war hero, and politician (b. 1863)
- 1942 –George S. Rentz, Navy chaplain (b. 1882)
- 1963 –Irish Meusel, American baseball player (b. 1893)
- 1989 –Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician (b. 1917)
- 1991 –Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor (Polaroid Corporation) (b. 1909)
- 2006 –Johnny Jackson, American musician (b. 1951)
- 2010 –Kristian Digby, British television presenter and director (b. 1977)
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