On this day …
March 1, 2017
- In 1565, the city of Rio de Janeiro was founded.
- In 1692, three women were brought before local magistrates to begin what later became known as the Salem Witch Trials.
- In 1781, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation.
- In 1790, the first U.S. census was authorized.
- In 1815, Napoleon returned to France from his exile on Elba.
- In 1845, President John Tyler signed a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
- In 1872, Yellowstone National Park was established as the nation’s first national park.
- In 1893, Nikola Tesla gave the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis.
- In 1932, Charles Lindbergh Jr. was reported kidnapped.
- In 1961, President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps.
- In 1998, Titanic became the first film to gross $1 billion worldwide.
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