This Day In History

March 1
1947
The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
1966
The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
1971
President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
1974
Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
1992
Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
2002
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
2003
The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
2004
Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq.