Today is Friday, March 1, the 60th day of 2013. There are 305 days left in the year.
1B.C. ― Start of revised Julian calendar in Rome
1912 ― Albert Berry makes first parachute jump from an airplane
1919 ― Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin
1934 ― Henry Pu Yi crowned Emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria
1940 ― 12th Academy Awards: “Gone with the Wind,” Robert Donat & Vivien Leigh win
1946 ― British government takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years
1947 ― International Monetary Fund began operations
1954 ― U.S. explodes 15-megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll
1978 ― Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery
1988 ― Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist