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Daily Calendar for Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Born

  • Frederic Chopin (composer) –
  • Glenn Miller (musician) –
  • David Niven (actor) –
  • Yitzhak Rabin (Israeli politician) –
  • Harry Belafonte (singer, actor, and activist) –
  • Robert Conrad (actor) –
  • Roger Daltrey (lead singer for The Who) –
  • Alan Thicke (actor) –
  • Ron Howard (actor & director) –
  • Tim Daly (actor) –
  • George Eads (actor) –
  • Chris Webber (basketball player) –
  • Mark-Paul Gosselaar (actor) –
  • Lupita Nyong'o (actress) –

Died

  • Peter Barlow (mathematician) –
  • The Earl of Minto (Canadian Governor General 1898-1904) –
  • Gabriele d'Annunzio (Italian poet and novelist) –
  • Jackie Coogan (actor) –
  • Edwin Land (inventor) –
  • Jack Wild (actor & singer) –
  • Bonnie Franklin (actress) –

Events

  • Salem Witch Trials began in Massachusetts with the conviction of West Indian slave, Tituba, for witchcraft–
  • First U.S. Census authorized by Congress–
  • Ohio became the 17th state of the union–
  • Georgetown College (now University) chartered; had been established in 1789 as first Catholic college in the U.S.–
  • Nebraska became the 37th state of the union–
  • Congress created Yellowstone National Park, the nation’s first national park–
  • The son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped–
  • Canned goods rationed–
  • Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! made its television debut–
  • Joe Louis announced his first retirement–
  • Klaus E.J. Fuchs, a British atomic scientist, found guilty of communicating information to the Soviets concerning atomic research–
  • Several Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire in the U.S. House of Representatives, injuring five people–
  • President Kennedy created Peace Corps–
  • Ticker-tape parade in New York City for John Glenn and fellow astronauts–
  • Russian spacecraft Venus 3, launched November 16, 1965, crashed on Venus, the first man-made object to reach another planet–
  • Johnny Cash and June Carter were married–
  • Mickey Mantle announced retirement–
  • Seven former White House and Nixon campaign officials were indicted by a grand jury investigating the Watergate Incident–

Weather

  • Bridge between Hanover, New Hampshire, and Norwich, Vermont, collapsed from heavy snow weight–
  • Avalanche hit trains in Wellington, WA. 96 people died–
  • Heavy, wet snow fell in a New York and New Jersey blizzard–
  • Thirty-two degrees below zero F in Minneapolis, Minnesota–
  • Norfolk, Virginia, received 13.7 inches of snow–

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