Events on March 1, 2011
American Red Cross MonthThe Arrival of Martin Pinzon
Articles of Confederation Ratified
"Believe It or Not" TV Premiere
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Independence Day
Caray, Harry (Birth Date)
Chase's Deadline Approaching
Chopin, Frédéric (Birth Date)
Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month
Crane Watch 2011
Credit Education Month
Ellison, Ralph Waldo (Birth Date)
Employee Spirit Month
Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
Gaines, William M. (Birth Date)
Honor Society Awareness Month
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™
Humorists Are Artists Month (HAAM)
Iceland: Beer Day
International Ideas Month
International Listening Awareness Month
International Mirth Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Japan: Omizutori (Water-Drawing Festival)
Kokoschka, Oskar (125th Birth Anniversary)
Korea: Samiljol or Independence Movement Day
Land Mine Ban
Lindbergh Kidnapping
Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training Month
Miller, Glenn (Birth Date)
Music in Our Schools Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Cheerleading Week
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Clean Up Your Irs Act Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Craft Month
National Ethics Awareness Month
National Eye Donor Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Ghostwriters Week
National Horse Protection Day
National Kidney Month
National March Into Literacy Month
National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
National Nutrition Month®
National On-Hold Month
National Peanut Month
National Pig Day
National Social Work Month
National Umbrella Month
National Women's History Month
National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week
Nebraska: Admission Day
North Dakota Winter Show
Ohio: Admission Day
Optimism Month
Paraguay: National Heroes' Day
Peace Corps Day
Peace Corps Founded (50th Anniversary)
Plan a Solo Vacation Day
Play-The-Recorder Month
Poison Prevention Awareness Month
Raid on Richmond
Red Cross Month
Refired, Not Retired, Day
Rozelle, Pete (85th Birth Anniversary)
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus (Birth Date)
Salem Witch Hysteria Begins
Save Your Vision Month
Shore, Dinah (Birth Date)
Sing with Your Child Month
Slayton, Donald "Deke" K. (Birth Anniversary)
Small Press Month
Spiritual Wellness Month
Switzerland: Chalandra Marz
Town Meeting Day
Wales: Saint David's Day
Women's History Month
Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month
Yellowstone National Park Established
Youth Art Month
Birthdays on March 1, 2011
Catherine Bach, 57, actress (“The Dukes of Hazzard”), born Warren, OH, Mar 1, 1954.Javier Bardem, 42, actor (Oscar for No Country for Old Men; Love in the Time of Cholera, Before Night Falls), born Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, Mar 1, 1969.
Harry Belafonte, 84, singer, born New York, NY, Mar 1, 1927.
Justin Bieber, 17, singer, born Stratford, ON, Canada, Mar 1, 1994.
Robert Conrad, 76, actor (“The Wild Wild West”), born Chicago, IL, Mar 1, 1935.
Roger Daltrey, 67, singer (The Who), born London, England, Mar 1, 1944.
Timothy Daly, 55, actor (Diner, “Wings”), born New York, NY, Mar 1, 1956.
George Eads, 44, actor (“CSI”), born Fort Worth, TX, Mar 1, 1967.
Ron Francis, 48, former hockey player, born Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada, Mar 1, 1963.
Mark-Paul Gosselaar, 37, actor (“NYPD Blue,” “Saved by the Bell”), born Panorama City, CA, Mar 1, 1974.
Yolanda Griffith, 41, former basketball player, born Chicago, IL, Mar 1, 1970.
Ron Howard, 57, director (Apollo 13, Oscar for A Beautiful Mind), actor, born Duncan, OK, Mar 1, 1954.
Alan Thicke, 64, actor (“Growing Pains”), host (“Thicke of the Night”), born Kirkland Lake, ON, Canada, Mar 1, 1947.
Chris Webber, 38, basketball player, born Detroit, MI, Mar 1, 1973.
Richard (Purdy) Wilbur, 90, former poet laureate of the US, born New York, NY, Mar 1, 1921.
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