What Happened On This Day ? March 1
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1998
Titanic becomes the first film to gross $1 billion
James Cameron's epic account of the sinking of the Titanic had a budget of $ 200 million and grossed over $ 2 billion in the end.
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1995
Internet giant Yahoo! is incorporated
The company was founded in January 1994 as Jerry's guide to the World Wide Web by Jerry Yang and David Filo.
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1947
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is formed
The IMF's primary goal of improving the economies of its member countries has frequently been overshadowed in the past by criticisms about the fund's alleged support of dictatorships and negative impact on the environment.
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1932
Aviator Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped
The toddler's abduction and death was one of the most publicized crimes of the century.
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1896
Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity
The French physicist made his groundbreaking discovery while trying to prove his erroneous theory that phosphorescent uranium salts absorb sunlight and reemit it as X-rays.
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1994
Justin Bieber
Canadian singer-songwriter, dancer
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1944
Roger Daltrey
English singer-songwriter, producer, actor
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1922
Yitzhak Rabin
Israeli politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate
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1904
Glenn Miller
American trombonist, composer, bandleader
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1810
Frederic Chopin
Polish pianist, composer
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2014
Alain Resnais
French director, cinematographer, screenwriter
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1983
Arthur Koestler
Hungarian/English author, journalist
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1980
Dixie Dean
English footballer
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1912
George Grossmith
English actor, singer
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1643
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Ferrarese pianist, composer