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March 1

1781 - The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
1790 - The first United States census is authorized.
1803 - Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state.
1845 - President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
1867 - Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
1872 - Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
1961 - President of the United States John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.

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March 2

1861 - Nevada Territory and Dakota Territory are organized as political divisions of the United States.
1901 - The U.S. Congress passes the Platt amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
1917 - The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
1949 - The first automatic street light was installed in New Milford, Conn.
1953 - The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC.
1962 - In Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scores 100 points against the New York Knicks, breaking several National Basketball Association records.

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March 3

1639 - The early settlement of Taunton, Massachusetts is incorporated as a town.
1791 - The United States Mint is created by the U.S. Congress.
1817 - The Alabama Territory is created by splitting the Mississippi Territory.
1820 - The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
1845 - Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
1845 - For the first time the U.S. Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto.
1849 - Minnesota Territory organizes as a political division of the United States.
1849 - The United States Department of the Interior is established.
1849 - The U.S. Congress passes the Gold Coinage Act allowing the minting of gold coins.
1863 - Idaho Territory organizes as a political division of the United States.
1865 - The U.S. Congress authorizes formation of the Freedmen's Bureau.
1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes is privately inaugurated as the 19th President of the United States (his public inauguration coming on March 5).
1879 - The United States Geological Survey is created.
1885 - The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York State.
1923 - TIME magazine is published for the first time.

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March 4

1629 - Massachusetts Bay Colony, which had the role of colonizing the Americas, is granted a Royal charter.
1634 - Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts.
1681 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
1778 - The Continental Congress voted to ratify both the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance with France. The two treaties were the first entered into by the United States government.
1789 - In New York City, the first U.S. Congress meets and declares the new Constitution of the United States is in effect.
1791 - Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.
1794 - The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress. The Amendment limited the jurisdiction of the federal courts to automatically hear cases brought against a state by the citizens of another state. Later interpretations expanded this to include citizens of the state being sued, as well.
1837 - Chicago is granted a city charter by Illinois.
1861 - President Lincoln opens Government Printing Office.
1863 - Territory of Idaho established.
1921 - Hot Springs National Park created in Arkansas.
1925 - Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to have his inauguration broadcast on radio.

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March 5

1770 - Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including a black slave named Crispus Attucks, and a boy are killed by British troops in an event that would help start the American Revolutionary War five years later.
1868 - A court of impeachment is organized in the United States Senate to hear charges against President Andrew Johnson.

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March 6

1857 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
1951 - The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.

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