752 BC – Romulus, first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following the Rape of the Sabine Women
293 – Roman emperor Maximianus introduces tetrarchy (rule of four people) elevating Galerius and Constantius Chlorus to Caesar
1562 – In Vassy, France, Catholics massacred over 1,000 Huguenots. The event started the First War of Religion.
1587 – Puritan English parliamentary leader Sir Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower
1692 – In Salem Village, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Salem witch trials began. Four women were the first to be charged.
1780 – Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for newborns only)
1781 – In America, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation.
1790 – The U.S. Congress authorized the first U.S. census.
1803 – Ohio became the 17th U.S. state.
1845 – U.S. President Tyler signed the congressional resolution to annex the Republic of Texas.
1867 – Nebraska became the 37th U.S. state.
1872 – The U.S. Congress authorized the creation of Yellowstone National Park. It was the world’s first national park.
1875 – US Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Ct, 1883
1896 – Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity
1919 – The March 1st, or Samil Movement, begins in Korea: it is a demonstration of resistance to Japanese occupation
1932 – The 22-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped. The child was found dead in May.
1947 – The International Monetary Fund began operations.
1950 – Klaus Fuchs was convicted of giving U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
1953 – After an all-night movie and dinner session with his top advisers, Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.
1954 – US explodes Castle Bravo, a 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll, which accidentally became the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the US
1954 – Five U.S. congressmen were wounded when four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives.
1961 – The Peace Corps was established by U.S. President Kennedy.
1968 – High winds blow-off the Philadelphia Spectrum’s roof, forcing the Flyers to play their final month of the NHL season on the road, with home games moved to Toronto, NYC and Quebec City
1971 – A bomb exploded in a restroom in the Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol. There were no injuries. A U.S. group protesting the Vietnam War claimed responsibility.
1978 – Charlie Chaplin’s coffin and remains are stolen from a Swiss cemetery in an extortion plot
1980 – The US enacts the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act as part of a compromise between the Carter Administration and the Congress over the decontrol of crude oil prices
1981 – IRA member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike in Maze Prison; he would die 65 days later.
1993 – The U.S. government announced that the number of food stamp recipients had reached a record number of 26.6 million.
1994 – Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution
1994 – Israel released about 500 Arab prisoners in an effort to placate Palestinians over the Hebron massacre.
2002 – Operation Anaconda began in eastern Afghanistan. Allied forces were fighting against Taliban and Al Quaida fighters.
2004 – Terry Nichols is convicted of state murder charges and being an accomplice to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh
2014 – 29 people are killed & 130 are injured by a group of knife-wielding terrorists at Kunming Railway Station, China
2014 – US President Barack Obama warns Russian President Vladimir Putin over involvement in Ukraine
2016 – South Korean opposition MPs set a world record for longest filibuster – 9 days (192 hours) trying to block anti-terror bill
2018 – US President Donald Trump says he will impose 25% steel, 10% aluminium import tariffs, raising fears of a trade war
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
