^B{^#!16!1 March^N! National Day of Wales. Feast day of St David, St Swithbert, and St Felix III, pope.
^B{1780^B} Pennsylvania became the first US state to abolish slavery. ^B{1845^B} The US annexed Texas. ^B{1940^B} English actress Vivien Leigh won an Oscar for her performance as Scarlett O'Hara in the film ^I{Gone with the Wind^I}. ^B{1949^B} US heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis retired after successfully defending his title 25 times. ^B{1954^B} The US conducted its first hydrogen-bomb test at Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. ^B{1966^B} The uncrewed Soviet spacecraft ^I{Venus 3^I} landed on Venus. ^B{1993^B} At Waco, Texas, US, members of the Branch Davidian religious sect were besieged by US federal agencies.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}FrΘdΘric Chopin, Polish composer, ^B{1810^B}; Lytton Strachey, English biographer, ^B{1880^B}; Glenn Miller, US bandleader, ^B{1904^B}; David Niven, Scottish-born US film actor, ^B{1910^B}; Harry Belafonte, US singer, ^B{1927^B}; Roger Daltrey, English rock musician, singer with The Who, ^B{1945^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}George Herbert, English poet, ^B{1633^B}; Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer, ^B{1643^B}; George Grossmith, English singer and comedian, ^B{1912^B}; Jackie Coogan, US film actor who in ^B{1921^B} played the child in Charlie Chaplin's ^I{The Kid^I}, ^B{1984^B}.
