Today in History for 1st March 2024

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Historical Events

1847 - Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state)
1946 - Panama accepts its new constitution
1970 - End of US commercial whale hunting
1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR #3931 Batten, #4529 Webern, #4530 Smoluchowski, #4818 Elgar, #5502 Brashear and #5943 Lovi
1991 - US Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens
2023 - At least 1000 Iranian school girls exposed to toxic gas attacks, since November, amid accusations they are an attempt to close schools after girls participated in recent anti-government protests

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Famous Birthdays

1432 - Isabel of Coimbra, Queen of Portugal (d. 1455)
1734 - Pieter Valck, Dutch artist and sculptor (d. 1783)
1822 - Albin Francisco Schoepf, Polish-American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Podgórze, Kraków, Poland (d. 1886)
1837 - William Dean Howells, American novelist, critic and editor (Atlantic), born in Martinsville, Ohio (d. 1920)
1920 - Howard Nemerov, American poet, two-time US Poet Laureate and novelist (Blue Swallows), born in New York City (d. 1991)
1956 - Timothy Daly, American actor (Joe-Wings, Diner, Made in Heaven), born in Sufferin, New York

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Famous Deaths

1510 - Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese soldier, explorer and 1st Viceroy of India dies at Table Bay, Africa at about 59
1826 - Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect, dies at 59
1906 - Moritz Heyne, German germanist (Beowulf), dies at 68
1928 - Jacob Adolf Hägg, Swedish composer, dies at 77
1980 - Dixie Dean, English soccer striker (16 caps; Everton), dies from a heart attack at 73
1991 - Scott Huston, American composer, dies at 74

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