March 1: Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity, 2017); Saint David's Day in Wales; Independence Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992); Yap Day in Yap
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- 1872 – Yellowstone National Park, located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, the first national park in the world, was established.
- 1896 – French physicist Henri Becquerel discovered the principle of radioactive decay when he exposed photographic plates to uranium.
- 1947 – The International Monetary Fund began its financial operations.
- 1961 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps (logo pictured).
- 2014 – A group of knife-wielding men and women attacked passengers at Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, China, leaving 31 victims and 4 perpetrators dead with more than 140 others injured.
Glenn Miller (b. 1904) · Nick Griffin (b. 1959) · Lupita Nyong'o (b. 1981)
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