Summary of the Day ✨ 1 March (01/03)
On this day, tragedy struck multiple locations as Kunming Railway Station in China was attacked in a mass stabbing killing 35 people, while tornadoes ravaged the southern United States killing at least 20 including eight at a high school, and Armenian police clashed with protesters against fraudulent elections resulting in ten deaths. Simultaneously, English Wikipedia celebrated reaching its one millionth article with “Jordanhill railway station,” while the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roper v. Simmons that executing juveniles for any crime was unconstitutional.
Historical Events 📜
- 2014: Thirty-five people are killed and 143 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.
- 2008: The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections; as a result ten people are killed.
- 2007: Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people, including eight at Enterprise High School.
- 2006: English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
- 2005: In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of any crime is unconstitutional.
- 2003: Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service moves to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
- 2002: U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
- 2002: The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800 km (500 mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m.
- 2002: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-109 to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 1998: Titanic becomes the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
- 1992: Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 1991: Uprisings against Saddam Hussein begin in Iraq, leading to the deaths of more than 25,000 people, mostly civilians.
- 1990: Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
- 1981: Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
- 1974: Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Famous Births 👶
- 2001: Wander Franco, Dominican baseball player
- 2001: Sapnap, American YouTuber
- 2000: Ja’Marr Chase, American football player
- 1999: Oswaldo Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1999: Brogan Hay, Scottish footballer
- 1994: Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1994: Asanoyama Hiroki, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1994: Tyreek Hill, American football player
- 1994: Maximilian Philipp, German footballer
- 1993: Juan Bernat, Spanish footballer
- 1993: Michael Conforto, American baseball player
- 1993: Josh McEachran, English footballer
- 1993: Victor Rask, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1993: Jordan Veretout, French footballer
- 1992: Édouard Mendy, Senegalese footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Pat Ingoldsby, Irish poet and television presenter (born 1942)
- 2025: Joey Molland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)
- 2025: Angie Stone, American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1961)
- 2024: Iris Apfel, American businesswoman, interior designer, and philanthropist (born 1921)
- 2024: Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist (born 1955)
- 2023: Just Fontaine, French footballer (born 1933)
- 2019: Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer (born 1942)
- 2018: María Rubio, Mexican television, film and stage actress (born 1934)
- 2016: Carole Achache, French writer, photographer and actress (born 1952)
- 2015: Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (born 1922)
- 2014: Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
- 2013: Bonnie Franklin, American actress, dancer, and singer (born 1944)
- 2012: Andrew Breitbart, American journalist and publisher (born 1969)
- 2012: Germano Mosconi, Italian journalist (born 1932)
- 2010: Kristian Digby, English television host and director (born 1977)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Beer Day, marked the end of beer prohibition in 1989 (Iceland)
- Chalandamarz, traditional Alpine spring festival (Switzerland)
- Christian feast day:
Agnes Tsao Kou Ying (one of the Martyr Saints of China) - Christian feast day:
Albin - Christian feast day:
Eudokia of Heliopolis - Christian feast day:
Pope Felix III - Christian feast day:
Leoluca - Christian feast day:
Luperculus - Christian feast day:
Monan - Christian feast day:
Rudesind - Christian feast day:
Saint David’s Day or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi (Wales and Welsh communities) - Christian feast day:
Suitbert - Christian feast day:
March 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Commemoration of Mustafa Barzani’s Death (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- Day of the Balearic Islands (Spain)