TODAY IN HISTORY - MARCH 1ST

1565 – The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.

1642 – Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.

1692 – Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.

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 – United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.

1847 – The state of Michigan formally abolishes capital punishment.

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.

1904 – Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (d. 1944) is born.

1910 – The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.

1914 – Harry Caray, American sportscaster (d. 1998) is born.

1927 – Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter, actor and activist is born.

1932 – Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped.

1936 – The Hoover Dam is completed.

1936 – A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen's

Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union.

1944 – Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Who, No Plan B, and The RD Crusaders) is born.

1961 – United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.

1966 – Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.

1974 – Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.

1987 – Kesha, American singer-songwriter is born.

1994 – Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor is born.

1995 – Yahoo! is incorporated.

1998 – Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.

2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.

2005 – U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional marking a change in "national standards,".

2007 – Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20; eight of the deaths are at Enterprise High School (Alabama).

2015 – Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach, Chicago White Sox, (b. 1922) dies.