TODAY IN HISTORY

MARCH 1

1790:The U.S. Congress authorized the first census.

1864:Rebecca Lee was the first black woman awarded a medical degree.

1872:Yellowstone became the world's first National Park.

1932:The 20-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped.

1961:President John F. Kennedy signed a signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.

1981:IRA member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike in Maze Prison; he would die 65 days later.