March 1 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for March 1
In the headlines today:

1996	The FDA approves the drug ritonavir to prolong the lives of AIDS patients.
1991	Polaroid camera inventor Edwin H. Land dies in Cambridge, MA, at age 81.
1981	IRA member Bobby Sands begins a hunger strike at Northern Ireland's Maze Prison. (Sands died 65 days later.)
1969	NY Yankees baseball great Mickey Mantle announces his retirement.
1968	Country music artists Johnny Cash and June Carter are married.
1967	The Beatles lay down the instrumental tracks for Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, a song that will ultimately appear on their Sergeant Pepper album, at EMI Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)
1961	The Peace Corps is established by US president John F. Kennedy. (photo credit: NARA)
1949	Heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis, the 'Brown Bomber', retires after holding the title for more than 11 years.
1941	The first commercial FM radio station begins broadcasting (W47NV - Nashville, TN).
1932	The infant son of Anne and Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped from their home near Hopewell, New Jersey.
1872	Yellowstone National Park is authorized by the US Congress.
1867	Nebraska becomes the 37th state to join the US.
1864	Rebecca Lee becomes the first African-American woman to receive a US medical degree.
1845	The Republic of Texas is annexed to the US.
1790	Congress authorizes the first US Census survey.
1781	The US Continental Congress adopts its Articles of Confederation.