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March 1 is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 305 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
The March First Movement [a] was a series of protests against Japanese colonial rule that was held throughout Korea and internationally by the Korean diaspora beginning on March 1, 1919. Protests were largely concentrated in March and April, [1] although related protests continued until 1921. [7] In South Korea, the movement is remembered as a ...
e. The 1954 United States Capitol shooting was an attack on March 1, 1954, by four Puerto Rican nationalists seeking to promote Puerto Rican independence from the United States. They fired 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols onto the legislative floor from the Ladies' Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the House of Representatives chamber ...
World Hearing Day. National Anthem Day. Missouri Compromise. National Mulled Wine Day. March 4. National Grammar Day. National Hug a G.I. Day. World Obesity Day. National Pound Cake Day.
1790 - The first United States census is authorized. 1803 - Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state. 1805 - Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate. 1836 - A Convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
The march was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history. Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, was the most integral and highest-ranking white organizer of the march. The march is credited with helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Not Long" delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. at the Alabama State Capitol. The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. The marches were organized by nonviolent activists to demonstrate the desire of African-American citizens ...
Saint David's Day ( Welsh: Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi [ˈdɨːð ˌɡuːɨ̯l ˌdɛu̯.i ˈsant, ˈdiːð ̩ɡʊi̯l ˌdɛu̯.i] ), or the Feast of Saint David, is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March, the date of Saint David's death in 589 AD. Traditional festivities include wearing ...