1 March

Sandro Botticelli
1 March 1445 – 17 May 1510
Italian Early Renaissance artist. Paintings can be seen in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; Louvre, Paris; National Gallery, London; Städel Museum, Frankfurt; Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan. » more

Frédéric Chopin
1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849
Polish composer and pianist. » more

Augustus Pugin
1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852
English architect who designed the Houses of Parliament in London after their destruction by fire in 1834. » more

Thomas Brock
1 March 1847 – 22 August 1922
English sculptor who created the statue of Queen Victoria that stands in front of Buckingham Palace. » more

Glenn Miller
1 March 1904 – 15 December 1944
American dance band leader and composer of ‘In the Mood’, ‘Moonlight Serenade’ and others. » more

David Niven
1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983
English actor, always the suave gentleman as in ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’. » more

Harry Belafonte
1 March 1927
Jamaican actor and singer – the King of Calypso. Hits include ‘Jamaica Farewell’. » more

Robert Grossman
1 March 1940
American illustrator and commercial artist, noted for his poster of an aeroplane tied in a knot promoting the comedy movie AIRPLANE! (1980). » more

Today’s National Day
1 March – Bosnia and Herzegovina

Today’s Quote
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
 … Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948)

Today’s No. 1 Hit
1981 – I Love a Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbitt.

Today’s events
1 March 1565 – Rio de Janeiro is established in Brazil.
1 March 1790 – The first census in U.S.A.
1 March 1872 – The first national park established: Yellowstone National Park in America.
1 March 1873 – Remmington typewriters go into production in New York.
1 March 1926 – Premiere of Alfred Hitchcock’s first movie, The Pleasure Garden (silent).
1 March 1936 – Opening of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in America.
1 March 1961 – The Peace Corps founded by President Kennedy.
1 March 1975 – The debut of colour Television in Australia.