This Day In History for March 1

1932, the infant son of Anne and Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, New Jersey. (Remains identified as those of the baby were found the following May.)

On this date:
In 1781, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation.

In 1790, Congress authorized the first US Census.

In 1845, President Tyler signed a congressional resolution to annex the Republic of Texas.

In 1864, Rebecca Lee became the first black woman to receive an American medical degree, from the New England Female Medical College in Boston.

In 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state.

In 1872, Congress authorized creation of Yellowstone National Park.

In 1940, "Native Son" by Richard Wright was first published.

In 1954, Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U-S House of Representatives, wounding five congressmen.

In 1961, President Kennedy established the Peace Corps.

In 1981, Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland; he died 65 days later.