WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. MARCH
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The U.S. government releases the unencrypted text of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public. (1. March 1917)

March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule. (1. March 1919)

The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years. (1. March 1921)

The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped. (1. March 1932)

The Hoover Dam is completed. (1. March 1936)

A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen's Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union. (1. March 1936)

A Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94. (1. March 1939)

World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers. (1. March 1941)

W47NV (now known as WSM-FM) begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S.. (1. March 1941)

The Bank of England is nationalised. (1. March 1946)

The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations. (1. March 1947)

Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data. (1. March 1950)

Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later. (1. March 1953)

Nuclear testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States. (1. March 1954)

Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives. (1. March 1954)

The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization. (1. March 1956)

Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee (1. March 1956)

Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia. (1. March 1958)

American President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps. (1. March 1961)

Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections. (1. March 1961)