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
- 86 BC –Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus.
- 317 –Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares
- 1781 –The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
- 1815 –Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
- 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.
- 1947 –The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
- 1974 –Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
- 2003 –The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
- 2007 –“Squatters” are evicted from Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, provoking the March 2007 Denmark Riots.
Who were born on March 1?
- 1918 –Gladys Noon Spellman, American politician (d. 1988)
- 1921 –Terence Cooke, American cardinal archbishop (d. 1983)
- 1951 –Sergei Kourdakov, former KGB agent
- 1952 –Jerri Nielsen, American physician (d. 2009)
- 1963 –Thomas Anders, German singer (Modern Talking)
- 1964 –Clinton Gregory, American musician
- 1966 –Zack Snyder, American film-maker
- 1980 –Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
- 1985 –Andreas Ottl, German footballer
- 1988 –Katija Pevec, American actress
Who died on March 1?
- 986 –King Lothair of France (b. 941)
- 1661 –Richard Zouch, English jurist (b. 1590)
- 1777 –Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (b. 1715)
- 1920 –Joseph Trumpeldor, Russian Zionist (b. 1880)
- 1943 –Alexandre Yersin, Swiss physician (b. 1863)
- 1980 –Dixie Dean, English footballer (b. 1907)
- 1982 –Frank Sargeson, New Zealand writer (b. 1903)
- 1984 –Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1988 –Joe Besser, American comedian and actor (b. 1907)
- 2006 –Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947)
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