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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 60th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 305 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 16, 2021 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 26,909,280 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 ‘hexacontagon’ 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 337 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 2,992 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 1 Historical Events
- 752 BC –Romulus, legendary first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following The Rape of the Sabine Women.
- 1790 –The first United States census is authorized.
- 1815 –Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
- 1971 –President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
- 1981 –Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
Who were born on March 1?
- 1893 –Mercedes de Acosta, American socialite (d. 1968)
- 1918 –Gladys Noon Spellman, American politician (d. 1988)
- 1954 –Catherine Bach, American actress
- 1963 –Dan Michaels, American musician and record producer
- 1994 –Justin Bieber, Canadian pop star
Who died on March 1?
- 1510 –Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese soldier and explorer
- 1920 –Joseph Trumpeldor, Russian Zionist (b. 1880)
- 1963 –Irish Meusel, American baseball player (b. 1893)
- 1979 –Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish politician (b. 1903)
- 1984 –Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914)
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