March 1
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[edit] Events
- 1562 - Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by Catholics in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
- 1815 - Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
- 1941 - World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.
- 1953 - Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.
- 2004 - Terry Nichols is convicted of state murder charges and being an accomplice to Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh.
[edit] Births
- 1760 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (d. 1794)
- 1899 - Erich von dem Bach, German military official (d. 1972)
- 1922 - Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel,(d. 1995)
[edit] Deaths
- 986 - King Lothair of France (b. 941)
