WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. MARCH
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American Airlines Flight 1 crashes on take off in New York. (1. March 1962)

Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe. (1. March 1964)

Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface. (1. March 1966)

The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria. (1. March 1966)

A bomb explodes in a men's room in the United States Capitol: the Weather Underground claims responsibility. (1. March 1971)

President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan. (1. March 1971)

The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province. (1. March 1972)

Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages. (1. March 1973)

Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. (1. March 1974)

Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze. (1. March 1981)

The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. (1. March 1989)

Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. (1. March 1990)

Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (1. March 1992)

Prime Minister of Poland Waldemar Pawlak resigns from parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Józef Oleksy. (1. March 1995)

Yahoo! is incorporated. (1. March 1995)

Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide. (1. March 1998)

Ottawa Treaty enters into force. (1. March 1999)

The Constitution of Finland is rewritten. (1. March 2000)

Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC. (1. March 2000)

U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan. (1. March 2002)