March 1

On This Day In History
	1872: Establishment of Yellowstone as world's first national park Yellowstone National Park, situated in the western United States and designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1978, was established by the U.S. Congress as the country's—and the world's—first national park this day in 1872.
A bull bison grazing near the Madison River in Wyoming in Yellowstone National Park
Biography Of The Day
	Frédéric Chopin Frédéric Chopin, born this day in 1810, was a Polish French composer and pianist of the Romantic period who ranks as one of music's greatest tone poets by reason of his imagination and fastidious craftsmanship.
Frédéric Chopin, oil on canvas by Eugène Delacroix, 1838
More Events On This Day In History
	1961 The Peace Corps was established by U.S. President John F. Kennedy by means of his Peace Corps Act.
1932	1932 The infant son of American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh was abducted from his home, Bruno Hauptmann being later convicted of the baby's kidnapping and murder.
1919	1919 Protesters in Seoul, Korea, launched the March First Movement, a series of demonstrations for Korean national independence from Japan.
1896	1896 The Ethiopian army of Emperor Menilek II won a decisive victory against the Italian army at Adwa, Ethiopia.
1875	1875 Republicans in the U.S. Congress passed the last of the Force Acts, which protected the constitutional rights of blacks during Reconstruction.