Today In History

Wed., March 1, 2000

In 1781: The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation.

In 1864: Rebecca Lee became the first black woman to receive an American medical degree, from the New England Female Medical College in Boston.

In 1872: Congress authorized creation of Yellowstone National Park.

In 1932: The infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J. (Remains identified as those of the baby were found the following May.)

In 1954: Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five congressmen.

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