504 Historic Events for March 1
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| 1869 |
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Postage stamps showing scenes are issued for 1st time
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| 1869 |
Death |
Alphonse MLP de Lamartine, Fr poet (History of Girondins), dies at 78
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| 1870 |
Death |
Francisco S L¢pez, Pres of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at 43
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| 1871 |
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J Milton Turner named minister to Liberia
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| 1872 |
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Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Jean de Merode, [Marie-Louise B Courtenay], Princess of Neth
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| 1875 |
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Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Ct, 1883
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| 1876 |
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Guernsey Cattle Club forms (Farmington Conn)
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer
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| 1879 |
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Library of Hawaii founded
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| 1880 |
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Pennsylvania is 1st American state to abolish slavery
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Julian Myrick, promoter of junior tennis
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Lytton Strachey, biographer/critic (Benson Medal 1923)
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Ida Moore, Altoona Ks, actress (Mr Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki)
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| 1883 |
Birth |
Thomas Shelvin, college footballer great (Yale)
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| 1885 |
Birth |
Lionel Atwill, English/US actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum)
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Oskar Kokoschka, Russia/Austrian/British, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960)
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Zonnestral)
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| 1890 |
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1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japan, writer (Rashomon in Kappa)
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| 1892 |
Death |
Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist, dies at 60
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Theo Frenkel, actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy)
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| 1893 |
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Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador
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| 1895 |
Birth |
G B "Duke" Keats, hockey hall of famer (elected 1958)
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| 1896 |
Death |
Albertone, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle
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