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Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Another year

Interesting historical facts for March 1 -

1692 - The Salem Witch Trials began.
1803 - Ohio was admitted as the 17th state
1875 - Congress passed the Civil Rights Act
1932 - Charles Lindbergh's baby was kidnapped for ransom
1954 - Bravo test of world’s first full-scale hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll
1961 - President Kennedy formed the Peace Corps


"Famous" people born on March 1 (according to fun4birthdays) -

Bruce, Blanche Kelso (1841)
Miller, Glenn (1904)
Niven, David (1909)
Ellison, Ralph (1914)
Rabin, Yitzhak (1922)
Slayton, Donald K. "Deke" (1924)
Belafonte, Harry (1927)
Conrad, Robert (1935)
Bach, Catherine (1954)
Howard, Ron (1954)
Chang, Katherine (19??)


Ok, fine. So maybe not everyone on that list is on the website. But soon... soon...

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