March 1 birthdays & history

Famous people born on March 1

• 1810Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer
• 1994Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1922Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1892Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author and educator
• 1969Javier Bardem, Spanish actor and producer
• 1987Kesha, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1983Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan-Mexican actress
• 1927Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1954Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer
• 1904Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader

What happened on March 1

• 1815Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
• 1836A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
• 1867Nebraska is admitted as the 37th U.S. state.
• 1869The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev finished his design of the first periodic table.
• 1893Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1914China joins the Universal Postal Union.
• 1917The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
• 1921The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years.
• 1936Hoover Dam, straddling the Arizona–Nevada border on the Colorado River, was completed.
• 1946The Bank of England is nationalised.
• 1947The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
• 1973Pink Floyd's critically acclaimed album The Dark Side of the Moon was released.

Also observed on March 1

• Beer Day, marked the end of beer prohibition in 1989 (Iceland)
• Chalandamarz, traditional Alpine spring festival (Switzerland)
• Day of the Balearic Islands (Spain)
• Heroes' Day (Paraguay)
• National Pig Day (United States)
• New Year's Day in the more veneto, the calendric system of the Republic of Venice until 1797