Historical Events for March 1st.
1780 Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only)
1790 1st US census authorized
1803 Ohio becomes 17th state
1845 President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas
1867 Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later)
1872 Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park
1913 Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment)
1937 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut)
1941 1st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville TN
1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps
1962 K-Mart opens
1969 New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball
1970 End of US commercial whale hunting
1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 Presidential aides
1977 Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards
1978 Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery
1991 US Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens
1993 George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of New York Yankees
1996 New toll-free 888 area code introduced
2003 Suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was captured by CIA and Pakistani agents near Islamabad
2005 BTK serial killer, was charged in Wichita, Kan., with 10 counts of first-degree murder.
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