WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. MARCH
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The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 mi) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (8.5 tons). (1. March 2002)

The peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced by the euro (€). (1. March 2002)

Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security. (1. March 2003)

The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague. (1. March 2003)

Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq. (1. March 2004)

U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional marking a change in "national standards,". (1. March 2005)

English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station. (1. March 2006)

Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20; eight of the deaths are at a high school in Enterprise, Alabama. (1. March 2007)

"Squatters" are evicted from Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, provoking the March 2007 Denmark Riots. (1. March 2007)

The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections 2008, as a result ten people are killed. (1. March 2008)

At least 29 people are killed and 130 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China. (1. March 2014)

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