March 1st, 1944

Born on March 1st, 1944

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What happened on March 1st, 1944?

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.

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What else 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, 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, 1944

80

Roger Daltrey

English musician and lead vocalist of The Who

*March 1st, 1944, Hammersmith

80

Mike d'Abo

English singer and songwriter

*March 1st, 1944, Betchworth

80

Iris Rainer Dart

American writer

*March 1st, 1944, Pittsburgh

80

John Breaux

American politician

*March 1st, 1944, Crowley

80

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Indian politician

*March 1st, 1944, Kolkata

79

Árni Johnsen

Icelandic politician

*March 1st, 1944, Vestmannaeyjar †June 6th, 2023, Vestmannaeyjar

77

Hanuš Domanský

Slovakian composer and pianist

*March 1st, 1944, Nový Hrozenkov †October 19th, 2021

80

Steven Poster

American cinematographer

*March 1st, 1944, Chicago

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 1st?

69

Alan Thicke

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

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

34

Zhang Nan

Chinese badminton player

*March 1st, 1990, Beijing

30

Justin Bieber

Canadian singer (born 1994)

*March 1st, 1994, London

64

Armin Reutershahn

German association football manager

*March 1st, 1960, Duisburg

96

Harry Belafonte

American singer and actor (1927–2023)

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

35

Karl-Erik Taukar

Estonian singer

*March 1st, 1989, Viljandi

39

Andreas Ottl

German footballer

*March 1st, 1985, Munich

37

Andreas Adityawarman

Badminton player

*March 1st, 1987, Surakarta City

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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

68

Tim Daly

American actor (born 1956)

*March 1st, 1956, Manhattan

81

Rashid Sunyaev

Russian astronomer

*March 1st, 1943, Tashkent

51

Chris Webber

American basketball player

*March 1st, 1973, Detroit

81

Franz Hohler

Swiss writer and comedian

*March 1st, 1943, Biel/Bienne

70

Ron Howard

American film director, producer, and actor

*March 1st, 1954, Duncan

36

Rachael Henley

British actress

*March 1st, 1988, Ilkley

49

Joan Hackett

American actress (1934–1983)

*March 1st, 1934, East Harlem †October 8th, 1983, Encino

59

Mike Dean

American hip hop producer and guitarist

*March 1st, 1965, Houston

53

Allen Johnson

American hurdler

*March 1st, 1971, Washington, D.C.

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

80

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 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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