March 1st, 1916

Born on March 1st, 1916

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 1st?

March 1st, 1992

A Bosnian-Serb wedding procession was attacked in Sarajevo, resulting in what is widely considered the first casualty of the Bosnian War.

March 1st, 2014

A group of knife-wielding terrorists attacked passengers at Kunming railway station in Kunming, China, leaving 31 victims dead and more than 140 others injured.

March 1st, 2008

The Armenian military and national police attacked a crowd of people protesting the results of the recent election in Yerevan, leading to 10 deaths and over 100 arrests.

March 1st, 1973

Pink Floyd's critically acclaimed album The Dark Side of the Moon was released.

March 1st, 1958

Archbishop of Chicago Samuel Stritch was appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith, becoming the first American member of the Roman Curia.

March 1st, 1950

In a trial lasting less than 90 minutes, German–British physicist Klaus Fuchs was convicted of violating the Official Secrets Act by supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union.

March 1st, 1944

World War II: American and Australian troops won the Battle of Sio against Japanese forces as part of the New Guinea campaign.

March 1st, 1936

Hoover Dam, straddling the Arizona–Nevada border on the Colorado River, was completed.

March 1st, 1921

The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years.

March 1st, 1896

French physicist Henri Becquerel discovered the principle of radioactive decay when he exposed photographic plates to uranium salts.

March 1st, 1872

Yellowstone National Park (bison pictured), located mostly in the present-day U.S. state of Wyoming, was established by President Ulysses S. Grant.

March 1st, 1870

Paraguayan War: Marshal Francisco Solano López died at the Battle of Cerro Corá.

March 1st, 1869

The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (pictured) finished his design of the first periodic table.

March 1st, 1811

Muhammad Ali Pasha, governor of Ottoman Egypt, killed the Mamluk leaders of Cairo and seized power.

March 1st, 1805

Samuel Chase, the only Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to be impeached, was acquitted by the Senate.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 1st

Born on March 1st, 1916

90

Krystyna Feldman

Polish actress (1916–2007)

*March 1st, 1916, Lviv †January 24th, 2007, Poznań

83

Bernardo Gandulla

Argentine footballer and head coach (1916-1999)

*March 1st, 1916, Buenos Aires †July 6th, 1999, Buenos Aires

67

Willi Lindlar

German politician (1916-1983)

*March 1st, 1916, Hennef †March 11th, 1983, Hennef

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Who's birthday is on March 1st?

96

Harry Belafonte

American singer and actor (1927–2023)

*March 1st, 1927, New York City †April 25th, 2023, New York City

34

Zhang Nan

Chinese badminton player

*March 1st, 1990, Beijing

30

Justin Bieber

Canadian singer (born 1994)

*March 1st, 1994, London

35

Karl-Erik Taukar

Estonian singer

*March 1st, 1989, Viljandi

39

Andreas Ottl

German footballer

*March 1st, 1985, Munich

73

Yizhak Rabin

Israeli politician, statesman and general (1922–1995)

*March 1st, 1922, Jerusalem †November 4th, 1995, Tel Aviv

60

Robert Lowell

American poet

*March 1st, 1917, Boston †September 12th, 1977, New York City

37

Andreas Adityawarman

Badminton player

*March 1st, 1987, Surakarta City

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

76

Heinz Pauels

German composer

*March 1st, 1908, Oberhausen †January 1st, 1985, Bergheim

69

Alan Thicke

Canadian actor, songwriter, and television host (1947–2016)

*March 1st, 1947, Kirkland Lake †December 13th, 2016, Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center

61

Thomas Anders

German singer, songwriter, and producer

*March 1st, 1963, Mörz, Münstermaifeld

84

Robert Conrad

American actor (1935–2020)

*March 1st, 1935, Chicago †February 8th, 2020, Malibu

58

João Goulart

President of Brazil from 1961 to 1964

*March 1st, 1918, São Borja †December 6th, 1976, Mercedes, Corrientes

51

Chris Webber

American basketball player

*March 1st, 1973, Detroit

93

Oskar Kokoschka

Austrian dramatic, painter and writer (1886-1980)

*March 1st, 1886, Pöchlarn †February 22nd, 1980, Montreux

96

Richard Wilbur

American poet (1921-2017)

*March 1st, 1921, New York City †October 14th, 2017, Belmont

40

Glenn Miller

American band leader, arranger, and composer (1904–1944)

*March 1st, 1904, Clarinda †December 15th, 1944, English Channel

64

Armin Reutershahn

German association football manager

*March 1st, 1960, Duisburg

36

Rachael Henley

British actress

*March 1st, 1988, Ilkley

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Born in 1916

89

Phil Brown

American actor (1916–2006)

*April 30th, 1916, Cambridge †February 9th, 2006, Woodland Hills

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

*July 8th, 1916, St. Louis †March 24th, 2017, Dover

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

*August 21st, 1916, Wallingford †November 3rd, 2005, Northwood

101

Harry Huskey

American computer design pioneer (1916-2017)

*January 19th, 1916, Whittier †April 9th, 2017, Santa Cruz

79

François Mitterrand

21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995

*October 26th, 1916, Jarnac †January 8th, 1996, 7th arrondissement of Paris

71

Jackie Gleason

American comedian and actor (1916-1987)

*February 26th, 1916, Brooklyn †June 24th, 1987, Fort Lauderdale

103

Kirk Douglas

American stage and film actor (1916–2020)

*December 9th, 1916, Amsterdam †February 5th, 2020, Beverly Hills

101

Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

*March 13th, 1916, Brooklyn †May 18th, 2017, Sebring

88

Francis Crick

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

*June 8th, 1916, Northampton †July 28th, 2004, La Jolla

107

Friedrich Grade

German engineer and naval officer

*March 29th, 1916, Büdelsdorf †October 13th, 2023, Bornheim

101

Bernard Lewis

British-American historian (1916–2018)

*May 31st, 1916, London †May 19th, 2018, Voorhees Township

79

Harold Wilson

British politician

*March 11th, 1916, Huddersfield †May 24th, 1995, London

104

Olivia de Havilland

English and American actress (1916–2020)

*July 1st, 1916, Tokyo †July 26th, 2020, 16th arrondissement of Paris

93

Vitaly Ginzburg

Russian physicist

*September 21st, 1916, Moscow †November 8th, 2009, Moscow

84

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000

*April 17th, 1916, Baḷangoḍa †October 10th, 2000, Colombo

87

Maurice Wilkins

New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist

*December 15th, 1916, Pongaroa †October 5th, 2004, Blackheath

101

Sam Beazley

British actor

*March 29th, 1916, Kensington †June 12th, 2017, London

100

João Havelange

Brazilian businessman and athlete (1916-2016)

*May 8th, 1916, Rio de Janeiro †August 16th, 2016, Rio de Janeiro

89

Edward Heath

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974

*July 9th, 1916, Broadstairs †July 17th, 2005, Salisbury

77

Mark Stevens

American actor (1916–1994)

*December 13th, 1916, Cleveland †September 15th, 1994, Spain

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 1st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Southeastern Europe celebration of the beginning of spring) which are celebrated on March 1st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1916 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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