You wouldn’t believe me

March 1^st doesn’t seem like all that important of a day. I looked at my desk calendar and there was nothing highlighted as an important event so I had to use the inter-web to see if anything ever really cool happened on March 1^st throughout history. Was there anything that should be remembered? I was surprised by what I found.  

The first event that our friend and overlord Wikipedia noted for March 1^st was in 752 BC when Romulus, the founder and first king of Rome celebrated the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses following The Rape of the Sabine Woman. This is not the sexually graphic term we use today, back then it really referred to the abduction of women. Which Romulus did as only a true Roman pimp could do. He faked a celebration, inviting all his neighbors and when the party was going, the Romans sprung into action and grabbed the Sabine women. Romulus actually gave the women a pretty fair deal in exchange. He said you take a Roman man as your husband and I’ll give titles and rights. The Sabine men were not too pleased so they attacked Roman territories. Romulus, again, being the pretty bad ass guy that he was, wiped the Caeninenses and Sabine’s out. Really, he routed their army and killed their king. To celebrate his awesomeness, he had a party, today in 752 BC.

Now that Carnival is over in Rio we can reveal that Rio de Janeiro was founded on this day in 1565. So they’ve been partying like it’s 1999 for a very long time. 1781 the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation. It was America’s first, “constitution”. It was sort of a dry run at self-government. The current U.S. Constitution replaced it in 1789.

An American hero and icon, Charles Lindbergh’s son, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, was kidnapped in 1932. March 1^st, 1936 The Hoover Dam was completed. In 1941 the first FM radio station started. In 1961 President Kennedy started the Peace Corps.

Of course the most monumental of all the events to occur on March 1^st was the birth of Ke$ha in 1987. I’m actually shocked that made the list of important birthdays and events for March 1^st. I’ve never looked so forward to the Ides of March before.

For my Welsh friends, today is also Saint David of Wales Day. He’s the patron saint of Wales. He is known for levitating in the village of Llanddewi Brefi (take that Spell-check) when the crowd he was preaching to complained they couldn’t see him or hear him very well. So he rose off the ground so all could see and hear him. Just like St. David Blane.

So a lot appears to have happened on March 1^st. It seems every day is bleeding with history and I think that’s pretty kickass.  So no matter how bad of a day you might be having remember that you’re not a Sabine or Ke$ha. (Sorry Ke$ha, someone always has to lose).