On this day: March 1

National days on this date

• Kazakhstan Day of GratitudeA day for the peoples of Kazakhstan to express gratitude and friendship to one another.

Births

1. 1932 Sabir Rakhimovich Adylov Uzbek architect
2. 1934 Elmira Gafarova Soviet politician (1934-1993)
3. 1943 Rashid Sunyaev Russian astronomer (born 1943)
4. 1948 Hamlet Isakhanli Azerbaijani mathematician
5. 1957 Rustam Minnikhanov Russian politician
6. 1959 Bağdat Ämıreev Kazakh diplomat
7. 1988 Irina Nekrassova Kazakh weightlifter
8. 1989 Mert Günok Turkish association football player (born 1989)
9. 1991 Milad Beigi Azerbaijani taekwondo practitioner
10. 1993 Khanim Huseynova Azerbaijani Paralympic judoka

Deaths

1. 1905 Christapor Mikaelian Armenian revolutionary (1859–1905)
2. 1981 Ghazanfar Khaligov Soviet Azerbaijani painter (1898-1981)