Tukuk-OS📅 March 1
14 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on March 1? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 1992 — A Bosnian-Serb wedding procession was attacked in Sarajevo, resulting in what is widely considered the first casualty of the Bosnian War.
Serbs of Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo wedding attackSarajevo
- 1973 — Pink Floyd's critically acclaimed album The Dark Side of the Moon was released.
- 1950 — In a trial lasting less than 90 minutes, German–British physicist Klaus Fuchs was convicted of violating the Official Secrets Act by supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union.
- 1944 — World War II: American and Australian troops won the Battle of Sio against Japanese forces as part of the New Guinea campaign.
- 1936 — Hoover Dam, straddling the Arizona–Nevada border on the Colorado River, was completed.
- 1921 — The Kronstadt rebellion began following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in Russia with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
- 1921 — The 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.
Australia national cricket teamWarwick ArmstrongWhitewash (sport)
- 1896 — Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
- 1896 — French physicist Henri Becquerel discovered the principle of radioactive decay when he exposed photographic plates to uranium salts.
- 1872 — Yellowstone National Park (bison pictured), located mostly in the present-day U.S. state of Wyoming, was established by President Ulysses S. Grant.
- 1870 — Paraguayan War: Marshal Francisco Solano López died at the Battle of Cerro Corá.
- 1869 — The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (pictured) finished his design of the first periodic table.
- 1805 — Samuel Chase, the only Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to be impeached, was acquitted by the Senate.
- 1562 — An attempt by François, Duke of Guise, to disperse a church service by Huguenots in Wassy, France, turned into a massacre, resulting in 50 dead, and starting the French Wars of Religion.
Births
- 2001 — Wander Franco, Dominican baseball player
- 2001 — Sapnap, American YouTuber
- 2000 — Ja'Marr Chase, American football player
- 1999 — Oswaldo Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1999 — Brogan Hay, Scottish footballer
- 1994 — Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1994 — Asanoyama Hiroki, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1994 — Tyreek Hill, American football player
- 1994 — Maximilian Philipp, German footballer
- 1993 — Juan Bernat, Spanish footballer
- 1993 — Michael Conforto, American baseball player
- 1993 — Josh McEachran, English footballer
Deaths
- 2025 — Pat Ingoldsby, Irish poet and television presenter (born 1942)
- 2025 — Joey Molland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)
- 2025 — Angie Stone, American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1961)
- 2024 — Iris Apfel, American businesswoman, interior designer, and philanthropist (born 1921)
- 2024 — Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist (born 1955)
- 2023 — Just Fontaine, French footballer (born 1933)
- 2020 — Jack Welch, American business executive (born 1935)
- 2019 — Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer (born 1942)
- 2018 — María Rubio, Mexican television, film and stage actress (born 1934)
- 2016 — Carole Achache, French writer, photographer and actress (born 1952)
- 2015 — Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (born 1922)
- 2014 — Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
Observances & holidays
- Beer Day, marked the end of beer prohibition in 1989 (Iceland)
- Chalandamarz, traditional Alpine spring festival (Switzerland)
- Christian feast day: Agnes Tsao Kou Ying (one of the Martyr Saints of China)
- Christian feast day: Albin
- Christian feast day: Eudokia of Heliopolis
- Christian feast day: Pope Felix III
- Christian feast day: Leoluca
- Christian feast day: Luperculus
- Christian feast day: Monan
- Christian feast day: Rudesind
- Christian feast day: Saint David's Day or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi (Wales and Welsh communities)
- Christian feast day: Suitbert
- Christian feast day: March 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Commemoration of Mustafa Barzani's Death (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- Day of the Balearic Islands (Spain)
- Disability Day of Mourning
- Heroes' Day (Paraguay)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992.
Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Bosnia and HerzegovinaSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- National "Cursed Soldiers" Remembrance Day (Poland)
- National Pig Day (United States)
- New Year's Day in the more veneto, the calendric system of the Republic of Venice until 1797
- Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands)
- Samiljeol (South Korea)
- Self-injury Awareness Day (international)
- Southeastern Europe celebration of the beginning of spring: Baba Marta Day (Bulgaria)
- Southeastern Europe celebration of the beginning of spring: Mărțișor (Romania and Moldova)
- The final day (fourth or fifth) of Ayyám-i-Há (Baháʼí Faith)
- World Seagrass Day
- Yap Day (Yap State)
- Zero Discrimination Day
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