March 1^st is the 60^th day of the year (61^st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 305 days remaining in the year.

1498 • Vasco de Gama landed at what is now Mozambique on his way to India.

1692 • In Salem Village, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Salem witch trials began. Four women were the first to be charged.

1790 • Congress authorized the first census.

1803 • Ohio became the 17^th state.

1847 • Michigan formally abolishes capital punishment.

1867 • Nebraska becomes the 37^th state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.

1872 • Congress authorized the creation of Yellowstone National Park. It was the world’s first national park.

1932 • The 22-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped. The child was found dead in May.

1941 • FM Radio began in Nashville, TN, when station W47NV began operations.

1961 • The Peace Corps was established by President Kennedy.

1995 • Yahoo! was incorporated.

2009 • Michael Legel joins Facebook.