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Today in history: March 1
1932: Charles A. Lindbergh Jr
In 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, New Jersey.
1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt
In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, back from the Yalta Conference, proclaimed the meeting a success as he addressed a joint session of Congress.
1971: Weather Underground
In 1971, a bomb went off inside a men’s room at the U.S. Capitol; the radical group Weather Underground claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn blast.
1974: John D. Ehrlichman
On March 1, 1974, seven people, including former Nixon White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, former Attorney General John Mitchell and former assistant Attorney General Robert Mardian, were indicted on charges of conspiring to obstruct justice in connection with the Watergate break-in.
2005: Dennis Rader
In 2005, Dennis Rader, the churchgoing family man accused of leading a double life as the BTK serial killer, was charged in Wichita, Kansas, with 10 counts of first-degree murder.
2010: Jay Leno
In 2010, Jay Leno returned as host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show.”
2012: Andrew Breitbart
Online publisher and conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart died in Los Angeles at age 43.
2012: Martin O’Malley
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a measure legalizing same-sex marriage in his state, effective January 2013.
2015: Boris Nemtsov
In 2015, tens of thousands marched through Moscow in honor of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who had been shot to death on Feb. 27.
2017: Ryan Zinke
Former Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke was sworn in as secretary of the Interior Department by Vice President Mike Pence, hours after being confirmed by the Senate.
2021: Carlos Ghosn
An American father and son wanted by Japan for helping former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn escape from the country in a box while facing financial misconduct charges were handed over to Japanese custody.
2021: Vernon Jordan
Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider, died at 85.
