March 1st, 1949

Born on March 1st, 1949

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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, 1949

75

Jorge Aragão

Brazilian musician

*March 1st, 1949, Rio de Janeiro

47

Martin Disler

Swiss artist (1949-1996)

*March 1st, 1949, Seewen †August 27th, 1996, Geneva

75

Ángel Gabilondo

Spanish academic

*March 1st, 1949, San Sebastián

75

Jacques Mailhot

French chansonnier, journalist and actor

*March 1st, 1949, Riom

62

Carlos Soria

Argentine politician

*March 1st, 1949, General Daniel Cerri †January 1st, 2012, General Roca

75

Ray Phillips

Welsh drummer

*March 1st, 1949, Cardiff

42

Gilles Rivard

Canadian singer (1949-1991)

*March 1st, 1949, Drummondville †November 19th, 1991

75

Tomas Laustiola

Swedish actor

*March 1st, 1949, Mölndal

75

Tom Mason

Actor

*March 1st, 1949, Brooklyn

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

35

Karl-Erik Taukar

Estonian singer

*March 1st, 1989, Viljandi

96

Harry Belafonte

American singer and actor (1927–2023)

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

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

68

Tim Daly

American actor (born 1956)

*March 1st, 1956, Manhattan

64

Armin Reutershahn

German association football manager

*March 1st, 1960, Duisburg

70

Ron Howard

American film director, producer, and actor

*March 1st, 1954, Duncan

66

Thomas Diehl

German entrepreneur und manager (1951-2017)

*March 1st, 1951, Buenos Aires †April 16th, 2017

51

Chris Webber

American basketball player

*March 1st, 1973, Detroit

69

Denis Mukwege

Congolese gynecologist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

*March 1st, 1955, Bukavu

84

Robert Conrad

American actor (1935–2020)

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

36

Rachael Henley

British actress

*March 1st, 1988, Ilkley

59

Mike Dean

American hip hop producer and guitarist

*March 1st, 1965, Houston

53

Allen Johnson

American hurdler

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

55

Javier Bardem

Spanish actor

*March 1st, 1969, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Same year
Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

74

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

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Born on March 1st, 1949
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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