This Day in History

March 1st in History

Yellowstone becomes a park, the Salem Witches are arrested, the Lindbergh baby is kidnapped, and the first H-bomb explodes! It's the birthday of Justin Bieber, Roger Daltry, Ron Howard, Harry Belafonte, Glenn Miller, and Chopin. Stooge Joe Besser, Jackie Coogan, and Pauline Musters (shortest woman who ever lived) died. Happy Beer Day!

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Quote of the Day

"We should not be simply fighting evil in the name of good, but struggling against the certainties of people who claim always to know where good and evil are to be found."

Tzvetan Todorov, philosopher born March 1, 1939