About March 1

March 1, 2025 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.

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Pisces is the sun 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.

What Happened On March 1

  • 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.
  • 1565 –
    The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
  • 1633 –
    Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
  • 1692 –
    Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
  • 1781 –
    The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
  • 1803 –
    Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state.
  • 1815 –
    Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
  • 1886 –
    The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
  • 1912 –
    Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
  • 1919 –
    March 1st Movement begins in Korea.
  • 1946 –
    The Bank of England is nationalised.
  • 1956 –
    The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
  • 1958 –
    Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia.
  • 1966 –
    The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
  • 1972 –
    The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province.
  • 1973 –
    Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
  • 1974 –
    Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
  • 1981 –
    Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
  • 1992 –
    Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • 2000 –
    Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC.

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