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What happened in history on this day: March 1?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On March 1 in ...
- 1976 - Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs finish work on a computer circuit board, that they call the Apple I computer, which uses a standard keyboard for input, and standard television for output.
- 1991 - The Federal Trade Commission investigation of Microsoft becomes public knowledge.
- 1999 - Compaq Computer begins shipping the Aero 2100 handheld computer. It features 256-color display, 8 MB RAM, integrated microphone and speaker, Windows CE. A lithium-ion battery powers the unit for about ten hours. Price is US$449.
- 1999 - Oracle begins shipping the Oracle 8i database software, for a variety of operating systems. Price starts at US$1475 for a 5-user license.
- 2006 - Azerbaijan issues a postage stamp depicting a man at a personal computer.
- 2007 - The Dominican Republic issues a 25-peso postage stamp depicting a computer and keyboard.
- 2007 - Great Britain issues two postage stamps depicting a man at a personal computer.
- 2008 - Time Warner AOL ceases support, development, and security fixes for Navigator. Last released version is 9.0.0.6.
- 1924 - M.J. Winkler Productions debuts the Alice Comedy series, in a number of theaters on the east coast of the US. The film Alice's Day at Sea is shown.
- 1928 - In New York, Walt Disney approaches Fred Quimby at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer looking for an offer to distribute the Oswald films, but Quimby is not interested.
- 1928 - Walt Disney sees Charles Mintz, who offers only $1400 per film, and 50 percent of profits.
- 1928 - In New York, Walt Disney send a telegram to Roy saying "break with Charlie looing" and "don't be alarmed everything ok".
- 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled The Legend of Two Gypsy Dogs.
- 1970 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Menace on the Mountain, part one.
- 1985 - Disney releases the film Country to theaters in the UK.
- 1986 - The Safari Outpost shop opens in Adventureland at Disneyland.
- 1989 - The CBS TV network airs the first episode of the Disney TV show Hard Times on Planet Earth.
- 1989 - Buena Vista Pictures premieres the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film New York Stories in New York City.
- 1989 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film New York Stories to theaters in the US.
- 1991 - Buena Vista releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Shipwrecked to theaters in the US.
- 1994 - Ghana issues ten postage stamps marking the 65th anniverary of Mickey Mouse.
- 1996 - Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort opens in South Carolina. It is the first Disney vacation resort built outside California and Florida. It is part of the Disney Vacation Club Resorts.
- 1996 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Up Close and Personal to theaters in the US.
- 1997 - Mali releases ten postage stamps depicting Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, and Huey/Dewey/Louie.
- 1997 - The #5 locomotive, the Ward Kimball, begins operation at the Magic Kingdom park at Walt Disney World.
- 1998 - The Disney Channel premieres the Bug Juice TV show.
- 1999 - Guyana issues 21 postage stamps for the 70th anniversary of Mickey Mouse. Characters depicted are Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, and Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
- 1999 - Guyana issues 26 postage stamps depicting Disney characters on trains. Characters are depicted from the films 101 Dalmatians, Robin Hood, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and The Little Mermaid.
- 2005 - Touchstone releases Bambi as Platinum Edition on DVD in the USA.
- 2005 - Disney premieres the live-action feature film The Pacifier at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California.
- 2011 - Disney releases the Pirates of the Caribbean film series on Blu-Ray in the US.
- 2012 - At the Manhattan Cruise Terminal in New York, singer Mariah Carey christens the Disney Fantasy cruise ship.
- 1990 - Over two days at the Firestone Test Center near Fort Stockton, Texas, a team of drivers break or set a dozen land speed records with a 1989 Corvette ZR-1 and a Corvette L-98. Cars are in near stock condition, minus mufflers and catalytic converters. Distance record set are for 100-, 500-, 1000-, and 5000-mile, and 100-, 500-, 1000-, and 5000-kilometre. Time records set are for 1-, 6-, 12-, and 24-hours. Average speed for all record runs are 170-175 MPH. The ZR-1 sets the 24-hour record, driving over 4200 miles at an average 175-mph. Drivers are: John Heinricy (Corvette Development and Validation Manager), Jim Minneker (Powertrain Manager), Scott Allman (Chassis Development Engineer), racers Tommy Morrison, Don Knowles, Stuart Hayner, Scott Lagasse, and Kim Baker.
- 1992 - The ZR-1 Registry is formally founded as a club.
- 2003 - At the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Miami, Florida, the Nextel Grand Prix of Miami race is held, round two of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 2nd in GTS class and 4th overall is the Diman Racing #35 Corvette, driven by Mandy Gonzalez and Wally Castro.
- Finishing 4th in GTS class and 11th overall is the Morgan Dollar Motorsports #46 Corvette, driven by Lance Norick and Rob Morgan.
- Finishing 5th in GTS class and 13th overall is the ICY / SL Motorsports #76 Corvette, driven by Paul Alderman, Steven Lisa, and David Rosenblum.
- 2005 - Ed Welburn becomes 6th General Motors Global Design Vice President.
- 1940 - Adolf Hitler issues a Directive for "Case Weser exercise". He orders preparations be made for the occupation of Denmark and Norway, to secure iron ore from Sweden, and provide naval and air bases for operations against England. The objective is to occupy by peaceful means, designed to protect the arms of the neutrality of the Northern countries. General Nickolaus von Falkenhorst is to be Commander of Group XXI in charge of the operation. The crossings into Denmark and Norway are to be simultaneous.
- 1941 - US Under-Secretary of State Sumner Welles gives full details of a likely attack of Germany on the Soviet Union to the Soviet Ambassador. The information had been first learned in August 1940, then checked carefully.
- 1941 - Bulgaria formally agrees to adhere to the Tripartite Pact of the Axis powers.
- 1942 - (0045 hours) US cruiser Houston sinks in Sunda Strait, surrounded by numerous ships of the Japanese task force.
- 1942 - (about 0930 hours) Japanese ships locate and sink Exeter, Encounter, and Pope.
- 1942 - German commander in the West von Witzleben is replaced by Gerd von Rundstedt.
- 1943 - (evening) 16 British Halifax and Stirling bombers with H2S navigation control lead about 300 bombers on Berlin. Much damage is done, but 17 planes are shot down.
- 1944 - A joint British-American-Canadian board overseeing the Habbakuk ice ship project is dissolved.
- 1945 - (0715 hours) In Germany, Canadian forces lead an assault on the northern end of the Schlieffen line, in Hochwald Forest.
- 1945 - American President Franklin Roosevelt presents Yalta Conference details to members of Congress, seeking their approval of the agreement.
- 1945 - British Bomber Command makes an area air raid on Manheim, Germany.
- 1946 - In Budapest, Hungary, former Premier Ferenc Szalasi and six other cabinet ministers are convicted of war crimes, to be hanged March 4.
- 1967 - Malta issues three postage stamps marking the 25th anniversary of the awarding of the George Cross to Malta for its war effort.
- 1991 - Antigua & Barbuda issues eleven postage stamps depicting World War II milestones.
- 2010 - The Central Bank of Russia issues three 3-ruble 0.925 fine silver coins marking the 65th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War.
- 1985 - In Chicago, Illinois, the Amusement Showcase International show is held, over three days.
- 1995 - Sega releases the Knuckles' Chaotix video game for the Sega 32X in the US.
- 1997 - Sony announces price cuts on the PlayStation by 25 to 35 percent in Australia, Great Britain, France, and Germany.
- 2000 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Stadium video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2005 - Capcom releases the Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2005 - Ubisoft releases the Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 video game for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2005 - LucasArts releases the Star Wars: Republic Commando video game for the Xbox in the US.
- 2011 - EA Sports releases the Fight Night Champion video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2011 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Character Kit video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
- 2012 - Hudson Group of Japan ceases to exist, as Hudson company is folded into parent Konami.
- 1997 - Sweden Post first issues stamps for domestic use with no value indicated.
- 2004 - A & W Restaurants first uses an image with text "WISCONSIN FRESH CHEESE CURDS LEGENDARY TASTE!".
- 1975 - Charlton International Publishing releases the 1975 Charlton Coin Guide, 15th edition, by J.E. Charlton. Price is 75 cents.
- 1979 - Charlton International Publishing releases the 28th edition of Charlton's Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, by J.E. Charlton. This issue incorporates the American Numismatic Association's numeric system of grading. Price is $2.75.
- 2010 - The Royal Canadian Mint issues sets of six 2010 circulating coins in four new holders, with themes polar bear, canoe on lake, RCMP, and maple leaves.
- 1793 - Mint Chief Coiner Henry Voight delivers first copper cents (11,178 of them) to Mint Treasurer Tristam Dalton.
- 1803 - The House of Representatives passes a bill to continue the Mint, as previously passed by the Senate.
- 1870 - The Carson City Mint begins striking gold half eagles for circulation, striking 400 pieces.
- 1933 - Philadelphia Mint's cashier's window makes last release of 1933 gold $10 coins.
- 1979 - ANACS begins offering coin grading, issuing a numbered certificate declaring authenticity with photographs of obverse and reverse of the coin, with separate grades for both.
- 2010 - The Denver Mint begins production of the 2010 Franklin Pearse Presidential dollar coin for circulation.
- 1904 - England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead versus Australia.
- 1921 - Australia Cricket team completes 5-0 drubbing of England.
- 1934 - Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1941 - Elmer Layden becomes first NFL commisioner.
- 1942 - Major League Baseball decides that players in military can't play when on furlough.
- 1949 - Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champion.
- 1949 - The Saint Louis Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Saint Louis Cardinals.
- 1953 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open.
- 1954 - Ted Williams fractures collarbone in first game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War.
- 1955 - Pakistan versus India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw.
- 1958 - Gary Sobers 365 versus Pakistan, 614 minutes, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara.
- 1958 - Sobers completes 446 stand for second wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260.
- 1958 - West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 declare versus Pakistan.
- 1959 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament.
- 1965 - Australia suspends champion swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10 years for misconduct.
- 1969 - New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball.
- 1970 - Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round ladies skater.
- 1972 - Wilt Chamberlain is first NBA player to score 30,000 points.
- 1973 - Robyn Smith becomes first female jockey to win a major race.
- 1974 - Ian and Greg Chappell make 264 partnership versus New Zealand cricket at Wellington.
- 1980 - Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater.
- 1981 - Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic.
- 1983 - Tamara McKinney becomes first US woman skier to win the World Cup.
- 1985 - Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks.
- 1987 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1988 - Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist.
- 1989 - Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981.
- 1992 - Jenny Thompson swims 100 metre freestyle world record (1:01.40).
- 1992 - Nelson Diebel swims 100 metre freestyle US record (54.48 seconds).
- 1993 - George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of New York Yankees.
- 1993 - New expansion NHL team, owned by Disney, is named the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
- 1994 - Former banker Leonard Coleman is elected National League president replacing Bill White.
- 1996 - Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory.
- 2005 - Tim Hudson agrees to a four-year, $47-million contract extension with the Atlanta Braves.
- 2009 - In Victoria, British Columbia, Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg wins her third Canadian women's curling Tournament of Hearts title with an 8-5 victory over Marla Mallett of B.C.
- 2010 - At the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, the Canadian men's hockey team defeats the USA team 3-2 in overtime winning its 13th gold medal, a new record for any country at any Olympic Winter Games.
- 2022 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Anaheim Ducks beats Boston Bruins by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, NHL regular season game: Vegas Golden Knights beats San Jose Sharks by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats New York Islanders by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, NHL regular season game: Winnipeg Jets beats Montreal Canadiens by score 8-4.
- 2022 - At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Calgary Flames beats Minnesota Wild by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA, NHL regular season game: Detroit Red Wings beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA, NHL regular season game: Columbus Blue Jackets beats New Jersey Devils by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Edmonton Oilers beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Ottawa Senators by score 5-2.
- 2022 - Major League Baseball cancels the first two series of its 2022 season, due to failure to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement.
- 1966 - Venera 3 becomes first man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus).
- 1980 - The Voyager 1 probe confirms the existence of Janus, a moon of Saturn.
- 1984 - NASA launches Landsat-D Prime (Landsat 5) to thematic map the Earth.
- 1989 - Comet du Toit at perihelion.
- 2002 - The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 km above the Earth using an Ariane 5 on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500kg.
- 2002 - Space Shuttle Columbia flies the Hubble Space Telescope service mission, its last before STS-107.
- 2009 - Chinese lunar probe Chang'e 1 crashes into the moon in a controlled collision at the end of a 16-month moon-mapping mission.
- 1910 - An avalanche of snow hits two trains stranded for seven days outside the Cascade Tunnel below Stevens Pass, near Wellington, Washington, USA, killing 96. Deadliest avalanche in US history.
- 1983 - Tornado tears through Louisiana, USA, injuring 33 people.
- 1780 - Pennsylvania becomes first US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only).
- 1781 - The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation, on the ratification by the 13 colonies of North America.
- 1785 - Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized.
- 1803 - Ohio becomes 17th state to join the USA.
- 1809 - Embargo Act of 1807 repealed and Non-Intercourse Act signed.
- 1845 - US President John Tyler signs a resolution of Congress to accept Texas as a state.
- 1847 - Michigan becomes first English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state).
- 1867 - Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later).
- 1871 - J Milton Turner is named US minister to Liberia.
- 1872 - Yellowstone National Park (world's first national park) is established under the act signed into law by President Ulysses Grant.
- 1875 - US Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883.
- 1877 - Death by hanging of convicted murderer Jack "Broken Nose" McCall for the murder of Will Bill Hickok.
- 1893 - Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador.
- 1909 - First US university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota.
- 1910 - An avalanche of snow hits two trains stranded for seven days outside the Cascade Tunnel below Stevens Pass, near Wellington, Washington, USA, killing 96. Deadliest avalanche in US history.
- 1913 - First state law requiring bonding of officers and state employees, North Dakota.
- 1913 - US Federal income tax takes effect (16th Amendment).
- 1917 - First US federal land bank chartered.
- 1927 - Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank.
- 1931 - The USS Arizona is placed back in full commission after a refit.
- 1932 - Charles Lindbergh III, the 20-month-old son of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, is kidnapped from the family's new mansion in Hopewell, New Jersey. A ransom note demanding US$50,000 is left in their son's empty room.
- 1933 - Bank holidays declared in six US states, to prevent run on banks.
- 1937 - First permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut).
- 1937 - US Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day.
- 1940 - 12th Academy Awards: Gone With the Wind, Robert Donat and Vivien Leigh win.
- 1941 - First US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee.
- 1942 - Three day Battle of Java Sea ends, US suffers a major naval defeat.
- 1945 - US President Franklin Roosevelt announces success of Yalta Conference.
- 1945 - US infantry regiment captures Mönchengladbach.
- 1954 - Four Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring five Representatives.
- 1954 - US explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll.
- 1961 - US President John Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
- 1962 - American Airlines 707 plunges nose first into Jamaica Bay, New York, killing 95.
- 1962 - First Kmart store opens.
- 1962 - US/British nuclear test experiment in Nevada.
- 1967 - House of Representatives expels Representative Adam Clayton Powell Junior (307 to 116).
- 1970 - End of US commercial whale hunting.
- 1971 - Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC.
- 1974 - Watergate grand jury indicts seven US Presidential aides.
- 1977 - Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards.
- 1977 - US extends territorial waters to 200 miles.
- 1983 - Tornado tears through Louisiana, USA, injuring 33 people.
- 1984 - NASA launches Landsat-D Prime (Landsat 5) to thematic map the Earth.
- 1985 - Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter.
- 1988 - Courtney Gibbs Eplin, age 21, of Texas, crowned 37th Miss USA.
- 1988 - Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile.
- 1989 - Louis Wade Sullivan starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
- 1989 - James D. Watkins starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Energy.
- 1989 - The Berne Convention, an international treaty on copyrights, is ratified by the United States.
- 1990 - In Texas, near-stock ZR-1 and L-98 Corvettes set a dozen land speed records. Average speed for all runs is 170- to 175-MPH.
- 1990 - Steve Jackson Games is raided by the U.S. Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
- 1991 - The ballistic missile submarine USS-ex-Sam Houston SSBN-609 is deactivated.
- 1991 - Clayton Keith Yeutter ends term as the United States Secretary of Agriculture.
- 1991 - US Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens.
- 1993 - Authorities in Waco, Texas negotiate with Branch Davidians.
- 1994 - US Senate rejects a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
- 1994 - Mary Ellen Withrow begins her term of office as Treasurer of the United States, serving under President Bill Clinton.
- 1995 - Part of Houston begins using new area code 261.
- 1995 - Yahoo! web site is founded in Santa Clara, California.
- 1996 - New toll-free 888 area code introduced in North America.
- 2002 - Space Shuttle Columbia flies the Hubble Space Telescope service mission, its last before STS-107.
- 2003 - The Turkish parliament votes against U.S. troop access to airbases in Turkey in order to attack Iraq from the north. The Bush administration starts working on Plan B, namely attacking Iraq from the south, through the Persian Gulf.
- 2003 - The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the United States Customs Service, and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
- 2005 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules the death penalty unconstitutional for juveniles who committed their crimes before age 18.
- 2008 - The 59-acre Aquatica water park opens at Sea World in Orlando, Florida, USA.
Other history:
- 1872 - Yellowstone (USA) becomes world's first national park.
- 1937 - First permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut, USA).
- 2008 - In Gaza Strip, at least 52 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers are killed in the most intense Israeli air strikes since 2005.
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