It happened one 01 March

1910 : Avalanche at Wellington, in the State of Washington


On March 1st, 1910, an avalanche buried two trains at Wellington in the State of Washington, USA, killing 96 people. Due to weather conditions, rescuers could not reach the train for several days.

1932 : Lindbergh baby kidnapped


On the evening of March 1st 1932, aviator Charles Lindbergh's baby was kidnapped from his bedroom in Hopewell, New Jersey. Despite the payment of a ransom, the baby was found dead two months later.

1973 : Black September


On March 1st 1973, the Palestinian group Black September, which was responsible for the massacre at the Munich Olympics, invaded the Saudi Embassy in Khartoum and took diplomats hostage. 3 Western hostages were killed.

1978 : Charlie Chaplin


On March 1st 1978, Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen in the small Swiss cemetery where he was buried three months earlier.

Latest news : 01 March

Independence Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina
On March 1st, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, we celebrate the independence from Yugoslavia which was obtained in 1992.
Beer Day in Iceland
March 1st is Beer Day in Iceland, which celebrates the end of Prohibition on beer in 1989.

Quote of the day : 01 March

Charlie Chaplin
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

Birthdays : 01 March

Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer (1810)
Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor (1817)
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (1892)
Glenn Miller, American jazz musician (1904)
Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese politician (1906)
Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel laureate (1910)
David Niven, English actor (1910)
Ralph Ellison, American writer (1914)
Robert Lowell, American poet (1917)
João Goulart, Brazilian president (1918)
Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli politician, Nobel Peace Prize (1922)
Harry Belafonte, American actor (1927)
Jacques Rivette, French director (1928)
Robert Conrad, American actor (1929)
Jean-Edern Hallier, French writer (1936)
Pierre Bénichou, French journalist (1938)
Dirk Benedict, American actor (1945)
Ron Howard, American actor, director and producer (1954)
Nik Kershaw, English musician (1958)
Thomas Anders, German musician (Modern Talking) (1963)
Russell Wong, American actor (1963)
George Eads, American actor (1967)
Javier Bardem, Spanish actor (1969)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor (1974)
Djimi Traoré, Malian footballer (1980)
Kesha, American singer (1987)
Justin Bieber, Canadian singer (1994)
Ramona Marquez, English actress (2001)

They left us one 01 March

Thomas Campion, English composer and poet (1620)
Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (1936)
Alexandre Yersin, Franco-Swiss physician (1943)
Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (1952)
Jackie Coogan, American actor (1984)
Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician (1989)

Tip of the Day : 01 March

Add cream to a sauce


To add cream to a sauce without problem, heat the cream in a double boiler for a few minutes before adding it slowly to the sauce.

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