Daily Calendar for Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Salem Witch Trials began in Massachusetts with the conviction of West Indian slave, Tituba, for witchcraft – 1692
First U.S. Census authorized by Congress – 1790
Ohio became the 17th state of the union – 1803
Georgetown College (now University) chartered; had been established in 1789 as first Catholic college in the U.S. – 1815
Nebraska became the 37th state of the union – 1867
Congress created Yellowstone National Park, the nation’s first national park – 1872
The son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped – 1932
Canned goods rationed – 1943
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! made its television debut – 1949
Joe Louis announced his first retirement – 1949
Klaus E.J. Fuchs, a British atomic scientist, found guilty of communicating information to the Soviets concerning atomic research – 1950
Several Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire in the U.S. House of Representatives, injuring five people – 1954
President Kennedy created Peace Corps – 1961
Ticker-tape parade in New York City for John Glenn and fellow astronauts – 1962
Russian spacecraft Venus 3, launched November 16, 1965, crashed on Venus, the first man-made object to reach another planet – 1966
Johnny Cash and June Carter were married – 1968
Mickey Mantle announced retirement – 1969
Seven former White House and Nixon campaign officials were indicted by a grand jury investigating the Watergate Incident – 1974

Bridge between Hanover, New Hampshire, and Norwich, Vermont, collapsed from heavy snow weight – 1804
Avalanche hit trains in Wellington, WA. 96 people died – 1910
Heavy, wet snow fell in a New York and New Jersey blizzard – 1914
Thirty-two degrees below zero F in Minneapolis, Minnesota – 1962
Norfolk, Virginia, received 13.7 inches of snow – 1980