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, 474,792 hours 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.
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
- 1565 –The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
- 1700 –Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian Calendar on this date in 1753.
- 1886 –The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
- 1896 –Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.
- 1941 –W47NV (now known as WSM-FM) begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S.
- 1961 –Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
- 1962 –American Airlines Flight 1 crashes on take off in New York.
- 1971 –A bomb explodes in a men’s room in the United States Capitol: the Weather Underground claims responsibility.
- 1989 –The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
- 2006 –English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
Who were born on March 1?
- 1445 –Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (d. 1510)
- 1474 –Saint Angela Merici, Italian religious leader and saint (d. 1540)
- 1871 –Ben Harney, American composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938)
- 1928 –Seymour Papert, South African mathematician
- 1933 –Gerry Bron, British record producer
- 1934 –Jean-Michel Folon, Belgian artist (d. 2005)
- 1939 –Leo Brouwer, Cuban composer and guitarist
- 1975 –Francesco Mazzariol, Italian rugby player
- 1983 –Elan Sara DeFan, Mexican singer-songwriter
- 1988 –Katija Pevec, American actress
Who died on March 1?
- 1536 –Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet (b. 1465)
- 1768 –Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (b. 1694)
- 1792 –Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747)
- 1841 –Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno, French marshal (b. 1764)
- 1895 –Pauline Musters, shortest woman ever (b. 1876)
- 1920 –John H. Bankhead, U.S. Senator (b. 1842)
- 1929 –Royal H. Weller, American politician (b. 1881)
- 1952 –Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (b. 1873)
- 1984 –Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2006 –Johnny Jackson, American musician (b. 1951)
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