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Today in History
Sunday, 01 March 2026
2008
The Armenian police clashed with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections 2008 killing at least 10 people.
2007
Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20; eight of the deaths are at a high school in Enterprise, Alabama.
"Squatters" are evicted from Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, provoking the March 2007 Denmark Riots.
2006
English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
2004
Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq.
2003
Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
2002
The peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced by the euro (€).
The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 miles) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (9.5 tons).
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