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Friday, March 1, 2013

This was 60th day of the year and 305 days remained in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 19 Adar 5773
Chinese calendar — the 20th day of the 1st month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

March 1 Birthdays

Ralph Ellison
1914–1994, American author.

Frederic Chopin
composer (1810)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens
sculptor (1848)

Glenn Miller
bandleader, and composer (1904)

David Niven
actor (1910)

Robert Lowell
poet (1917)

Yitzhak Rabin
Israeli Prime Minister (1922)

Harry Belafonte
singer, actor (1927)

March 2013

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3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
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March 1 in History

1790

The U.S. Congress authorized the first census.

1803

Ohio became the 17th state in the United States.

1864

Rebecca Lee was the first black woman awarded a medical degree.

1867

Nebraska became the 37th state in the United States.

1872

Yellowstone became the world's first National Park.

1932

The 20-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped.

1961

President John F. Kennedy signed a signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.

1981

IRA member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike in Maze Prison; he would die 65 days later.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.