Today is Saturday, March 1, the 60th day of 2014. There are 305 days left in the year.
1 B.C. ― Start of revised Julian calendar in Rome
1872 ― Yellowstone becomes world’s first national park
1890 ― First U.S. edition of Sherlock Holmes (“Study in Scarlet”) published
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 and Vivien Leigh win
1947 ― International Monetary Fund began operations
1961 ― President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps
1978 ― Charlie Chaplin'’s coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery
1988 ― Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist