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Births for March 01


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772 Po Tjiu-i, Chinese poet/governor of Hang-tsjow
1610 Johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian
1788 Gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician
1810 Fr‚d‚ric Chopin, Poland, composer/pianist (Concert in F Minor)
1811 Robert Christie Buchanan, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1878
1820 George Davis, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1896
1822 Albin Francisco Schoepf, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1822 Charles Champion Gilbert, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1828 James Fleming Fagan, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
1828 Vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright
1831 Hiram Bronson Granbury, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1837 William Dean Howells, US, novelist/critic/editor (Atlantic)
1841 Blanche Kelso Bruce, Virginia, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881)
1848 Augustus Saint-Gaudens, US, sculptor; designed 1907 $20 gold piece
1852 Theophile Delcass‚, French statesman
1856 Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw)
1858 Georg Simmel, German philosopher/sociologist
1860 Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader
1874 Jean de Merode, [Marie-Louise B Courtenay], Princess of Neth
1880 Julian Myrick, promoter of junior tennis
1880 Lytton Strachey, biographer/critic (Benson Medal 1923)
1883 Thomas Shelvin, college footballer great (Yale)
1885 Lionel Atwill, English/US actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum)
1886 Oskar Kokoschka, Russia, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960)
1890 Jan Duiker, architect (Zonnestral)
1892 Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japan, writer (Rashomon in Kappa)
1895 G B "Duke" Keats, hockey hall of famer (elected 1958)
1896 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Athens Greece, conductor
19-- Jed Allan, Bronx NY, actor (Days of our Lives, C.C.-Santa Barbara)
19-- Maurice Benard, actor (Nico Kelly-All My Children)
19-- Richard Shoberg, actor (Tom-All My Children, Edge of Night, Somerset)
19-- Tom Mason, Bkln NY, actor (Jack & Mike, Our Family Honor)
1904 Glenn Miller, bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood)
1904 Paul Hartman, SF Calif, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction)
1905 Pol le Roy, Flemish author/novelist/writer (Stroom)
1907 Lois Moran, Pitts, actress (Mom-Waterfront)
1909 David Niven, Kirriemuir Scotland, actor (Casino Royale)
1909 Terence De Marney, England, actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo)
1917 Dinah Shore, Winchester Tenn, singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet)
1917 Robert Lowell, poet/pacifist (Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean)
1919 Lawrence Ferlinghetti, US, beat poet (Coney Island of the Mind)
1920 Howard Nemerov, US, 3rd US poet laureate/novelist (Blue Swallows)
1921 Richard Wilbur, 2nd US Poet Laureate (Ceremony, Walking to Sleep)
1921 Terrence "Cardinal" Cooke, NY
1922 Yitzak Rabin, premier (Israel)
1923 Duncan White, Ceylon, 400m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1948)
1924 Donald "Deke" K Slayton, Sparta Wisc, Major USAF/astro (Apollo 18)
1925 Al Rosen, Spartanburg SC, 3rd baseman (AL MVP 1953)/NY Yankee pres
1926 Cesare Danova, Rome Italy, actor (Garrison's Gorillas)
1926 Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner (1960-89)
1926 Robert Clary, Paris France, actor (LeBeau-Hogan's Heroes)
1927 Harry Belafonte, Harlem NYC, calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher)
1934 Jim Ed Brown, Sparkman Ark, country singer (Nashville on the Road)
1934 Riet [M J J] Roosen-van Pelt, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
1935 George G‚n‚reux, Canada, trap shooter (Olympic-gold-1952)
1935 Robert Conrad, [Conrad R Falk], Chicago, actor (Wild Wild West)
1938 Michael J[oseph] Kurland, US, sci-fi author (Infernal Device)
1941 Michael L Lampton, Williamsport Pa, astronaut
1942 Joan Hackett, NY, actress (Will Penny, One Stone Pony)
1943 Benjamin W Jipcho, Mt Elgon Kenya, 3K steeplechase (Oly-silver-1972)
1943 Mauro Checcoli, Italy, 3 day equestrian (Olympic-gold-1964)
1943 Piet Veerman, singer (Cats/Sailin' home)
1943 Wolfgang Scheidel, German DR, luge (Olympic-gold-1972)
1944 Dirk Benedict, Helena Mont, actor (A-Team, Battlestar Galactica)
1944 John B Breaux, (Rep-D-LA, 1972-88)
1944 Mike D'Abo, rock vocalist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
1944 Roger Daltrey, English rocker (The Who-Tommy)
1945 Burning Spear, [Winston Rodney], Jamaican reggae singer
1946 Lana Wood, [Svetlana Gurdin], Santa Rosa Calif, (Diamonds are Forever)
1947 Alan Thicke, Ontario, actor/host (Thicke of the Night, Growing Pains)
1949 Sido Martens, guitarist/singer/mandolin player (Fungus)
1953 Ron Howard, Okla, actor/director (American Graffiti, Happy Days)
1954 Catherine Bach, Warren Oh, oh those legs, actress (Dukes of Hazzard)
1956 Timothy Daly, Sufferin NY, actor (Almost Grown, Diner, Made in Heaven)
1957 Jon Carroll, Wash DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight)
1958 Nik Kershaw, singer/songwriter (Wouldn't it be Good)
1961 Mike Rozier, NFLer
1963 Robert James Affuso, Newburgh NY, rock drummer (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
1967 Aron Winter, Surnamese/Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Lazio)
1967 Tawnni Cable, Salem Oregon, playmate (Jun, 1989)
1974 Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor (Zack-Saved by the Bell)
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Passings for March 01


965 Leo VIII, Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies
1131 Stefanus II, King of Hungary (1116-31), dies
1383 Amadeus VI, (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at 49
1535 Bernardo Accolti, [Unico Aretino], Italian writer (Virginia), dies
1633 George Herbert, English poet, dies at 39
1643 Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer/organist, dies
1773 John Wagenaar, Dutch historian, dies
1777 Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies
1826 YY Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist, dies
1869 Alphonse MLP de Lamartine, French poet (History of Girondins), dies
1870 Francisco S Lopez, Pres of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at 43
1901 Bernhard Erdmannsd”rffer, German historian (Mirabeau), dies
1906 Jos‚ M the Pereda y S nchez the Porr£a, Spanish writer, dies at 73
1906 Moriz Heyne, German germanist (German W”rterbuch), dies
1911 Jacobus H van 't Hoff, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1901), dies
1920 Joseph Trumpeldor, killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack
1921 Nicholas Petrovic Njegos, King of Montenegro (1910-18), dies
1926 Camilod d'Almeida Pessanha, Portugese poet (China), dies
1930 Alo‹s Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor (Peace on Earth), dies
1938 Gabrielle d'Annunzio, Italian poet/fascist politician (Il fuoco), dies
1953 Anton GO Ridder Van Rappard, painter/lithographer/etcher, dies
1958 Giacomo Balla, Italian painter, dies
1962 Roscoe Ates, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass), dies at 70
1968 Georg von der Vring, German painter (Camp Lafayette), dies at 78
1970 Ed[uard] Hoornik, writer/poet (Na jaren), dies at 59
1984 Jackie Coogan, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family), dies at 69
1985 Eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66
1988 Joe Besser, comedian (3's Stooges, Abbott & Costello) dies at 80
1989 Henk van Stipriaan, radio host, dies
1989 Josephine van Gasteren, actress/director (Bluejackets), dies
1990 Clause Spaak, Belgian playwright, dies
1991 Edwin H Land, inventor (Polaroid Camera), dies at 81
1992 Maria D‚a, french actress (Pi‚ges), dies at 73
1993 Luis Kutner, US co-founder of Amnesty International, dies at 84
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Holidays for March 01


[Bayonna Spain] Pinzon Day
[Engadine, Switzerland] Chalanda Marz/Coming of spring
[Lanark, Lanarkshire Scotland] Whuppity Scoorie Day
[Ohio 1803, Nebraska 1867] Admission Day
[Panam ] Constitution Day (1946)
[Paraguay] Heroes' Day/National Defense Day/Memorial Day
[South Korea] Independence Movement Day/Sam Il Chul (1919)
[Guam] Discovery Day (1st Monday in March)
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Interest events for March 01


[Ancient Rome] Matronalia (Feast of Juno); Kalend Mar
[Bah '¡] leap day (in Gregorian leap years) (Ayy m-i-H  5)
303 [Bhutan] Buddhist New Years
544 [Ang, RC-NZ] Commemoration of St David, patron Wales
1633 [Lutheran] Commemoration of George Herbert, priest
1995 [Christian] Ash Wednesday
1996 [Ang, RC] Ember Day
1998 [Christian] 1st Sunday in Lent
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Special events for March 01
International Day of the Seal
[Algonquin] Sap Moon
[Ancient Egyptian] Tobi
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Martius; Kalend Mar
[Cheyenne] Light Snow Moon
[Hawaii] Malaki
Save Your Vision Week, begins
[Vermont] Town Meeting Day
320 Astrological sign: Pisces
1847 Abolition (of the death penalty) Day
1988 Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month begins (1988 only)
1 -BC- Start of revised Julian calendar in Rome
492 St Felix III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
492 St Gelasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
705 John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1260 Hoelagoe Khan, grandson of Genghis, conquerors Damascus
1382 French uprising against taxes
1642 York, Maine becomes 1st American city to incorporate
1692 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, & Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem, MA)
1780 Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery
1781 Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation
1784 E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain
1785 Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized
1790 1st US census authorized
1792 US Presidential Succession Act passed
1803 Ohio becomes 17th state
1809 Embargo act of 1807 is reappealed
1811 Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha body in Citadel of Cairo found
1854 A Marth discovers asteroid #29 Amphitrite
1854 R Luther discovers asteroid #28 Bellona
1854 SS City of Glasgow sinks in Liverpool harbor; 373 die
1859 Present seal of SF adopted (its 2nd)
1864 Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
1864 Rebecca Lee becomes 1st black woman MD in US
1867 Howard University, Washington DC, chartered
1867 Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later)
1871 J Milton Turner named minister to Liberia
1872 Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park
1875 Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Ct, 1883
1876 Guernsey cattle club formed, Farmington, Conn
1878 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #185 Eunike
1879 Library of Hawaii founded
1890 1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published
1891 E Millosevich discovers asteroid #306 Unitas
1894 M Wolf discovers asteroids #385 Ilmatar & #386 Siegena
1896 Battle of Aduwa: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians
1909 1st US university school of nursing established, Univ of Minn
1911 J Palisa discovers asteroid #711 Marmulla
1912 Isabella Goodwin, 1st US woman detective, appointed, NYC
1913 1st state law requiring bonding of officers & state employees, ND
1913 F Kaiser discovers asteroids #745 Mauritia & #746 Marlu
1913 Federal income tax takes effect, as per 16th amendment
1914 Minister of war H Col˜n named director of British Petroleum
1916 Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic
1917 1st federal land bank chartered
1919 Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin
1919 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #910 Anneliese
1920 Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Adm Horthy
1920 Buriat ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted
1921 Ruanda ceded to England
1921 Sailors revolt in Kronstadt
1923 Allies occupy Ruhrgebied: killing railroad striker
1924 Germany: prohibits KPD party
1927 Bank of Italy becomes a Natl Bank
1932 Charles Lindbergh Jr kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12
1934 HW champ Primo Carnera KOs Tommy Loughran
1934 Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria
1937 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct)
1941 1st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tenn
1941 Elmer Layden becomes 1st NFL commisioner
1941 German troops take Bulgaria
1941 Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp
1943 Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided
1943 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2988
1945 Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi
1945 US infantry regiment captures M”nchengladbach
1946 Panam  accepts its new constitution
1947 Intl Monetary Fund began operations
1949 Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ
1950 Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London)
1950 USSR issues golden rubles
1952 Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns
1952 Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain
1953 KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins
1953 WJZ-AM in NYC becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission
1953 WTAJ TV channel 10 in Altonna, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US house of reps injuring 5 reps
1955 Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48
1955 KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast
1957 KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor
1959 Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years
1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp
1962 American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95
1962 US/British nuclear experiment in Nevada
1963 200,000 French mine workers strike
1965 Australia suspends champ swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-yrs for misconduct
1965 Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec)
1965 WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)
1967 Dominica & St Lucia gain independence from Britain
1967 House of Reps expelles Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116)
1967 Rep Adam Clayton Powell (D-NY) denied seat in Congress
1967 WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast
1968 NBC's unprecident on-air announcement, Star Trek will return
1968 Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting
1968 Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect
1969 After 88 weeks Sgt Pepper drops off the charts
1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium
1969 Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball
1969 Pirate Radio 259 begins operation off the French coast
1970 Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released
1970 End of US coml whale hunting
1970 White govt of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain
1971 Bomb attack on the Capitol in Wash DC
1971 Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM
1972 KHMA TV channel 11 in Houma, LA (IND) begins broadcasting
1972 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points
1973 Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race
1974 George Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November
1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides
1977 US extends territorial waters to 200 miles
1980 Patti Smith & MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit
1980 Snow falls in Florida
1981 H Debehogne discovers asteroids #2788, #3016, #3308 Ferreri & #3740
1981 Irish Rep Army Bobby Sand begins hunger strike in Maze Prison
1982 5 dies as ski lift malfunctions a L£z-Ardiden in Pyrenees
1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data
1982 The NY Times raises it's price from 25› to 30›
1983 Tamara McKinney becomes 1st US woman skier to win the World Cup
1984 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3066 McFadden & #3420 Standish
1984 Landsat 5 & ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit
1984 NASA launches Landsat-D Prime (Landsat 5) to thematic map the Earth
1985 It is reported that Liza Minnelli entered Betty Ford Drug Center
1985 Liza Minelli enters a drug-alcohol treatment center
1985 Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks
1988 Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile
1988 Wayne Gretsky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist
1989 Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981
1989 Comet du Toit at perihelion
1989 Julianne Philips & Bruce Springsteen divorce
1990 Benin nullifies its constitution
1993 George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of NY Yankees
1994 Grammy Awards in NYC
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Facts for March 01


60th day of the year with 305 days left (Numerology = 4)
1869 4øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
1972 73øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
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Songs released on March 01


03/01/45 --- I Wanna Get Married --- Nielsen, Gertude
03/01/75 --- Chevy Van --- Johns, Sammy
03/01/75 --- Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Son --- Thomas, B.J.
03/01/80 --- Ride Like The Wind --- Cross, Christopher
03/01/80 --- I Can't Tell You Why --- Eagles
03/01/80 --- Fire Lake --- Seger, Bob
03/01/80 --- With You I'm Born Again --- Preston, Billy
03/01/86 --- Tender Love --- Force M.D.'s

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