March 1, 2005 The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18
March 1, 1998 "Art," opens at Royale Theater New York City
March 1, 1998 Australian Ladies Masters Golf
March 1, 1997 "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City
March 1, 1997 5th annual ESPY Awards shown on TV
March 1, 1996 Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory
March 1, 1996 New toll-free 888 area code introduced
March 1, 1995 Julio Maria Sanguinetti sworn in as president of Uruguay
March 1, 1995 Part of Houston begins using new area code 261
March 1, 1995 Ukraine premier Vitaly Massol, resigns
March 1, 1994 36th Grammy Awards: I Will Always Love You, Toni Braxton wins
March 1, 1992 "Little Hotel on the Side" closes at Belasco New York City after 41 performances
March 1, 1992 "Visit" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances
March 1, 1992 Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record (1:01.40)
March 1, 1992 Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle U.S. record (54.48 secs)
March 1, 1991 U.S. Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens
March 1, 1990 Benin nullifies its constitution
March 1, 1990 Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as president of Uruguay
March 1, 1989 Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981
March 1, 1989 Comet du Toit at perihelion
March 1, 1989 Julianne Philips and Bruce Springsteen divorce
March 1, 1988 Courtney Gibbs Eplin, 21, (Texas), crowned 37th Miss USA
March 1, 1987 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
March 1, 1985 Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center
March 1, 1985 Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks
March 1, 1985 Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter
March 1, 1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. #3931 Batten, #4529 Webern, #4530 Smoluchowski, #4818 Elgar, #5502 Brashear and #5943 Lovi
March 1, 1983 Tamara McKinney becomes 1st U.S. woman skier to win the World Cup
March 1, 1983 Tornado tears through LA, injuring 33 people
March 1, 1982 5 dies as ski lift malfunctions a Luz-Ardiden in Pyrenees
March 1, 1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data
March 1, 1981 "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 767 performances
March 1, 1981 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
March 1, 1980 CTUC, Commonwealth Trade Union Council, established
March 1, 1980 Snow falls in Florida
March 1, 1979 "Sweeney Todd" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 557 performances
March 1, 1978 Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery
March 1, 1977 Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards
March 1, 1977 U.S. extends territorial waters to 200 miles
March 1, 1975 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win
March 1, 1975 Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1
March 1, 1974 George Harrison announces his concert tour of U.S. in November
March 1, 1974 Ian and Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs. NZ cricket at Wellington
March 1, 1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides
March 1, 1973 Robert Joffrey Dance Company opens
March 1, 1973 Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race
March 1, 1972 KHMA TV channel 11 in Houma, LA (IND) begins broadcasting
March 1, 1972 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points
March 1, 1971 Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington D.C.
March 1, 1970 Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round ladies skater
March 1, 1970 Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released
March 1, 1970 Kreisky's soc-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election
March 1, 1970 White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain
March 1, 1969 "Red, White, and Maddox" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 41 performances
March 1, 1969 New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires
March 1, 1968 NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return
March 1, 1967 Dominica and St. Lucia gain independence from Britain
March 1, 1966 Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria
March 1, 1966 Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)
March 1, 1965 WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting
March 1, 1963 200,000 French mine workers strike
March 1, 1962 American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay New York killing 95
March 1, 1962 K-Mart opens
March 1, 1962 U.S. / British nuclear test experiment in Nevada
March 1, 1962 Uganda became a self-governing country
March 1, 1961 Cellist Jacqueline du President debut in Wigmore Hall
March 1, 1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp
March 1, 1959 Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years
March 1, 1959 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament
March 1, 1958 Gary Sobers 365* vs. Pak, 614 min, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara
March 1, 1958 Sobers completes 446 stand for 2nd wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260
March 1, 1958 West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 decl vs. Pakistan
March 1, 1957 Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor
March 1, 1955 Pakistan vs. India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw
March 1, 1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in U.S. House of Representatives injuring 5 representatives
March 1, 1954 In spring training, Ted Williams breaks his collarbone
March 1, 1953 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
March 1, 1953 WJZ-AM in New York City becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission
March 1, 1953 WTAJ TV channel 10 in Altoona, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting
March 1, 1952 Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns
March 1, 1952 Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain
March 1, 1950 U.S.S.R. issues golden rubles
March 1, 1949 Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ
March 1, 1949 The Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Cardinals
March 1, 1947 International Monetary Fund begins operation
March 1, 1946 British Government takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years
March 1, 1946 Panama accepts its new constitution
March 1, 1945 British 43rd Division under Gen Essame occupies Xanten
March 1, 1945 U.S. infantry regiment captures Monchengladbach
March 1, 1944 Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns
March 1, 1944 U-358 sinks in Atlantic
March 1, 1943 Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided
March 1, 1942 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat
March 1, 1942 Baseball decides that players in milt can't play when on furlough
March 1, 1941 Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp
March 1, 1940 12th Academy Awards - "Gone with the Wind," R Donat and V Leigh win
March 1, 1940 Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" is published
March 1, 1937 U.S. Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day
March 1, 1934 Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria
March 1, 1933 Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks
March 1, 1932 Charles Lindbergh, Jr. (20 months), kidnapped in New Jersey; found dead May 12
March 1, 1928 Paul Whiteman and orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records
March 1, 1927 Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank
March 1, 1924 Germany's prohibition of Communist Party KPD lifted
March 1, 1923 Allies occupy Ruhrgebied: killing railroad striker
March 1, 1921 Australia Cricket team complete 5-0 drubbing of England
March 1, 1921 Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia
March 1, 1920 Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Adm Horthy
March 1, 1919 Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin
March 1, 1917 1st federal land bank chartered
March 1, 1916 Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic
March 1, 1914 Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum
March 1, 1913 1st state law requiring bonding of officers and state employees, ND
March 1, 1913 Federal income tax takes effect, 16th amendment
March 1, 1912 Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane
March 1, 1912 Isabella Goodwin, 1st U.S. woman detective, appointed, New York City
March 1, 1910 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in U.S. history
March 1, 1909 1st U.S. university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota
March 1, 1904 England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead vs. Australia