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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 305 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 16, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,740,787,200 seconds 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 353 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 4,453 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 1 Historical Events
- 1628 –Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
- 1836 –A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
- 1852 –Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
- 1873 –E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
- 1901 –The Australian Army was formed.
- 1912 –Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
- 1917 –The U.S. government releases the unencrypted text of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public.
- 1941 –W47NV (now known as WSM-FM) begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S.
- 1964 –Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
- 1995 –Yahoo! is incorporated.
Who were born on March 1?
- 1918 –João Goulart, President of Brazil (d. 1976)
- 1921 –Terence Cooke, American cardinal archbishop (d. 1983)
- 1926 –Cesare Danova, Italian-born American actor (d. 1992)
- 1937 –Jed Allan, American actor
- 1944 –Mike d'Abo, English singer (Manfred Mann)
- 1947 –Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter
- 1963 –Maurice Benard, American actor
- 1969 –Dafydd Ieuan, Welsh drummer (Super Furry Animals)
- 1974 –Stephen Davis, American football player
- 1982 –Juan Manuel Ortiz, Spanish footballer
Who died on March 1?
- 589 –Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales (b. 500)
- 1697 –Francesco Redi, Italian physician (b. 1626)
- 1882 –Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, teacher (b. 1818)
- 1898 –George Bruce Malleson, English officer in India, author (b. 1825)
- 1911 –Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
- 1929 –Royal H. Weller, American politician (b. 1881)
- 1933 –Uładzimir Zylka, Belarusian poet (b. 1900)
- 1963 –Irish Meusel, American baseball player (b. 1893)
- 1982 –Frank Sargeson, New Zealand writer (b. 1903)
- 1989 –Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician (b. 1917)
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