About March 1
March 1, 2023 is the 60th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 305 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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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 346 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On March 1
- 509 BC –Publius Valerius Publicola, Roman consul, celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
- 293 –Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus as Caesar to Maximian.
- 1565 –The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
- 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.
- 1781 –The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
- 1805 –Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.
- 1852 –Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
- 1893 –Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
- 1932 –The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped.
- 1939 –A Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
- 1941 –World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.
- 1950 –Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
- 1953 –Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.
- 1958 –Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia.
- 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.
- 1972 –The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province.
- 1990 –Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
- 2002 –The peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced by the euro (€).
- 2002 –U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
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