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RE: March 1st

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The Salem witch trials starting on March 1, 1692
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials#Initial_events

The renewal of the Vestal fire in Vesta's circular temple was occasioned on the 1st March.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_fire_of_Vesta

The Roman army sacrificed a bull to Mars the Victorious on March 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(mythology)

In ancient Roman religion, the Matronalia (or Matronales Feriae) was a festival celebrating Juno Lucina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matronalia

Martenitsa is a small piece of adornment, made of white and red yarn and worn from March 1 until around the end of March
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martenitsa

Grandma March Day (Bulgarian: Baba Marta) is a holiday celebrated in Bulgaria, on the first of March.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Marta_Day

Saint David's Day is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March each year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_David%27s_Day

Whuppity Scoorie is a festival observed in Lanark, Scotland on March 1 to celebrate the approach of spring.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41540352/whuppity-scoorie-day/

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Yellowstone National Park was signed into law on March 1, 1872
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t2888438/yellowstone-caldera/

Castle Bravo thermonuclear bomb was detonated on March 1, 1954 at Bikini Atoll
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41433398/castle-bravo-thermonuclear-bomb/

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The Venera 3 probe crash-landed on Venus on March 1, 1966
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_3

The Venera 13 probe landed on Venus in 1982
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_13

Landsat 5 was a low Earth orbit satellite launched on March 1, 1984
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsat_5

Envisat ("Environmental Satellite") was launched on 1 March 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envisat

Cosmos-Glonass M24, M25 and M26 Proton M-DM2 launch on the 1st March, 2010.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t34322729/proton-m-dm2-cosmos-glonass-launch/

On 1 March 2009, at 08:13:10 UTC, Chang'e 1 was intentionally crashed onto the surface of the Moon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_1#End_of_mission

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Donald Kent Slayton (March 1, 1924 - June 13, 1993) was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton

Michael Logan Lampton (born March 1, 1941) is an American astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lampton

Richard H. Price (born March 1, 1943) is an American physicist specializing in general relativity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Price

Deborah Byrd (born March 1, 1951 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American science journalist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Byrd

James Bradley FRS (March 1693 - 13 July 1762) was an English astronomer and priest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bradley

George Ogden Abell (March 1, 1927 - October 7, 1983) was an astronomer at UCLA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_O._Abell

Clinton B. Ford (March 1, 1913 - September 23, 1992) was an American amateur astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_B._Ford

Hermann B. W. Mucke (born March 1, 1935 in Vienna) is an Austrian astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Mucke_(astronomer)

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The Silver Surfer was originally a young astronomer named Norrin Radd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Surfer#Early_appearances

Star Trek: "The Omega Glory" was first broadcast on March 1, 1968

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NGC 2427 was discovered by John Herschel on the 1st March 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56881714/ngc-2427/

Messier 65 was discovered by Charles Messier on the 1st March 1780.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56881689/messier-65/

Messier 66 was discovered by Charles Messier on the 1st March 1780.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41943420/messier-66/

NGC 4637 was discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 1st March 1854.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56881516/ngc-4637/

NGC 4738 was discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney on the 1st March 1851.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56881494/ngc-4738/

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The detection of X-ray emission from Per XR-1 occurred during an Aerobee rocket flight on March 1, 1970
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_Cluster#X-radiation_from_the_cluster

The discovery of Abell 1835 IR1916 was announced on 1 March 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abell_1835_IR1916

The Hubble Space Telescope imaged the Stingray nebula (Hen-1357) on 1 March 1996
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_Nebula

Asteroid (28) Bellona was discovered by R. Luther on March 1, 1854
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Bellona

Asteroid (29) Amphitrite was discovered by Albert Marth on March 1, 1854
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t14548039/asteroid-29-amphitrite/

Asteroid (185) Eunike was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on March 1, 1878, in Clinton, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/185_Eunike

Asteroid (306) Unitas was discovered by Elia Millosevich on March 1, 1891 in Rome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/306_Unitas

Saturn Moon Helene was discovered by Pierre Laques and Jean Lecacheux in 1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helene_%28moon%29

The Great Comet of 1744 reached perihelion about March 1, 1744, when it was 0.2 AU from the sun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1744

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Meteorites

The Itapicuru-Mirim (H5) meteorite fell in Maranhao, Brazil, in March, 1879.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48059227/itapicuru-mirim-meteorite/

The Kamiomi (H5) meteorite fell in Kanto, Japan, in late March or early April during the years 1913 to 1916.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48059243/kamiomi-meteorite/

The Franklin (H5) meteorite fell in Kentucky, USA, sometime in March, 1921.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56882991/franklin-kentucky-aerolite/

The Khmelevka (L5) meteorite fell in Omskaya oblast', Russia, on the 1st March 1929.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48058865/khmelevka-meteorite/

The Oued el Hadjar (LL6) meteorite fell in South, Morocco, in March 1986.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48059277/oued-el-hadjar-meteorite/

The Trebbin (LL6) meteorite fell in Brandenburg, Germany, on the 1st March 1988.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48058872/trebbin-meteorite/

The Blue Eagle meteorite was found in Nevada in March 2006
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56882090/blue-eagle-meteorite/

On March 1, 2009, a 294-gram meteorite crashed through the ceiling of a Cartersville home.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t35386521/cartesville-meteorite/

The Rodeløkka meteorite fell on the roof of a family allotment in Oslo in 2012
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48230474/rodelkka-meteorite/