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March 1 (UPI) — On this date in historical past:

In 1565, the town of Rio de Janeiro was established. Rio served because the capital of Brazil from 1822 till 1960, when the federal government moved to Brasília within the inside.

In 1692, the infamous witch hunt started within the Salem village of the Massachusetts Bay colony, finally ensuing within the executions of 19 women and men.

In 1780, Pennsylvania grew to become the primary state to abolish slavery.

In 1781, the American colonies adopted the Articles of Confederation, paving the way in which for a federal union.

In 1803, Ohio was admitted to the union because the seventeenth state.

In 1867, Nebraska was admitted to the union because the thirty seventh state.

In 1872, Yellowstone Nationwide Park was established by an act of Congress. It was the primary space on this planet to be designated a nationwide park.

In 1932, aviator Charles Lindbergh’s son was kidnapped. The kid’s physique was discovered on Might 12. Bruno Hauptmann was convicted of the kidnapping and homicide and executed in 1936.

In 1953, former Soviet-Basic Secretary Joseph Stalin had a serious stroke, from which he died 4 days later.

In 1954, Puerto Rican nationalists opened fireplace from the gallery of the U.S. Home of Representatives, injuring 5 members of Congress.

In 1961, an govt order from U.S. President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps.

In 1971, a bomb exploded in a restroom within the Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol, inflicting $300,000 harm however no accidents. The Climate Underground, a leftist radical group that opposed the Vietnam Struggle, claimed duty.

In 1995, the corporate previously referred to as Jerry and David’s information to the World Vast Net included below the title, Yahoo!

In 2003, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist assaults on the US, was captured in Pakistan.

In 2004, an interim authorities took over in Haiti in the future after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled into exile following a monthlong rebellion.

In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court docket dominated that execution of juvenile offenders is unconstitutional.

In 2011, the U.S. Inside Division accredited the primary deep-water drilling permits within the Gulf of Mexico since a BP offshore explosion and large oil spill in April 2010.

In 2024, Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny was laid to relaxation after his Feb. 16, 2024, dying whereas in a Siberian jail. He had beforehand complained of mistreatment and malnutrition whereas within the jail.