FRIDAY, March 1, 2024

1910- Three passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range: 118 die; Worst snowslide in U.S. history

1945-FDR announces success of Yalta Conference

1954-U.S. explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll

1955-Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48

1962-K-Mart opens

1972-Club of Rome publishes report "Boundaries on the Growth"

1977-Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards

1977-U.S. extends territorial waters to 200 miles

1985-Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter

1989-Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981

1990-Benin nullifies its constitution

1991-U.S. Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens

1994-Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution

1995-Belgium ends military conscript