Historical timeline for March 1

Thirty-five people are killed and 143 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.

The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections; as a result ten people are killed.

Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people, including eight at Enterprise High School.

English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.

In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of any crime is unconstitutional.

Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service moves to the United States Department of Homeland Security.

Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-109 to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800 km (500 mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m.

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

Titanic becomes the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.

Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Uprisings against Saddam Hussein begin in Iraq, leading to the deaths of more than 25,000 people, mostly civilians.

Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.

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

Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.

President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.

The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.

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

Paradise Airlines Flight 901A crashes near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, killing 85.