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What Happened On 1st March 2014 In History

March 1st (2014) was a Saturday. It's the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 305 days left to the end of the year.

Historical Events for 1st March, 2014

  • » At least 29 people are killed and 130 injured in a 2014 Kunming attack or mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.

March 1st Famous Deaths for 2014

  • » Nancy Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1959)
  • » Andy Gilpin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
  • » Alan Heyman, American-South Korean musicologist and composer (b. 1931)
  • » Bangaru Laxman, Indian politician (b. 1939)
  • » Les Layton, American baseball player (b. 1921)
  • » Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
  • » Alejandro Zaffaroni, Uruguayan-American chemist and businessman (b. 1923)

March 1st Holidays in History

  • » Beer Day (Iceland) or Beer Day, marked the end of beer prohibition in 1989 (Iceland)
  • » Christian Feast Day:
  • » Saint Albin e.g Albin
  • » Saint David or David
  • » Saint Monan named Monan
  • » Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt e.g Suitbert
  • » March 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • » Earliest day on which Casimir Pulaski Day can fall, while March 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in March. (Illinois)
  • » Earliest day on which Laetare Sunday can fall, while April 4 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent. (Western Christianity), and its related observances:
  • » Carnival Belgium e.g Carnaval de la Laetare (Stavelot)
  • » Mothering Sunday (United Kingdom)
  • » Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina) named Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992.
  • » March 1st Movement named March 1st Movement Remembrance Day or 'Samiljeol;' 삼일절 (South Korea)
  • » Martenitsa (Bulgaria)
  • » Mărțișor (Romania and Moldova)
  • » National Pig Day (United States)
  • » Roman Empire e.g Roman New Year observances:
  • » Feriae Marti in honor of Mars (god) e.g Mars
  • » Matronalia in honor of Juno (mythology) known as Juno
  • » Renewal of the Sacred fire of Vesta known as Vestal fire
  • » Self Injury Awareness Day

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