This day in #history 01/03
MARCH 1ST
1781 – Continental Congress adopts Articles of
Confederation
1864 – Rebecca Lee (US ) becomes 1 st black
woman to receive a medical degree
1864 – Rebecca Lee (US ) becomes 1 st black
woman to receive a medical degree
1896 – Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.
1919 – Demonstrations for Korean independence
from Japan begin
1919 – March 1 st Movement begins in Korea.
1920 – Austria becomes a kingdom again , under
Adm Horthy
1921 – Rwanda ceded to Great Britain
1936 – The Hoover Dam is completed.
1946 – Panama accepts its new
constitution
1946 – The Bank of England is nationalised .
1947 – International Monetary Fund begins
operation
1961 – President Kennedy establishes the Peace
Corp
1966 – Ba ‘ath -party takes power in Syria
1967 – Dominica & St Lucia gain independence
from Britain
1970 – White government of Rhodesia declares
independence from Britain
1985 – Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war
would cause a nuclear winter
1990 – Benin nullifies its constitution
2002 – The peseta is discontinued as official
currency of Spain and is replaced with the euro
(€ ).
2013 – Tweet Yoruba, a program which is aim at encouraging people of Yoruba descent to interact on Twitter in their indigenous language
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
1935 – Robert Conrad , [Conrad R Falk] , Chicago , actor (Wild Wild West )
1980 – Djimi Traoré , Malian footballer
1994 – Justin Bieber, London Ontario, Canadian pop singer (Baby , One Time) @justinbieber
FAMOUS DEATHS
1993 – Luis Kutner, US co- founder (Amnesty
International) , dies at 84
FAMOUS WEDDING
2003 – ” The Silence of the Lambs” actor Anthony
Hopkins ( 65) weds actress-producer Stella
Arroyave (47) in Malibu , California
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