On This Day In History ... 1st March
1682 - Strassbourg adopts the Gregorian calendar; it would have been February 19th
1700 - Denmark and Norway adopts the Gregorian calendar; it would have been February 19th
1753 - Sweden adopts the Gregorian calendar; it would have been February 18th (a day earlier!)
1946 - The British Governement took control of the Bank of England after 252 years.
1947 - The International Monetary Fund began financial operations. Its goal was to stabilize exchange rates and to assist the reconstruction of the world’s international payment system.
1963 - Gerry and the Pacemakers released their first British single, How Do You Do It, a song the Beatles had rejected.