1700 – Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar
1759 – Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
1942 – World War II: German submarine U-578 torpedoes US Navy destroyer USS Jacob Jones (DD130) off Cape May, New Jersey, killing all but 11 of 113 man crew
1951 – French government of Pleven dissolves
1951 – Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates
1973 – Iraq and Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) reach an agreement on compensation for nationalization
1993 – Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)
1994 – Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand gun in the USA, comes into effect
2004 – 24th Golden Raspberry Awards: “Gigli” wins
2013 – The brains of two rats successfully connected so that they share information