Births on March 1

Jensen Ackles

Born on March 1, 1978

Jensen Ackles, American actor and director

Jensen Ross Ackles (born March 1, 1978) is an American actor, producer and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Dean Winchester in The WB/CW horror fantasy series Supernatural and has appeared in television shows such as NBC’s Days of Our Lives as Eric Brady (earning him several Daytime Emmy Award nominations), Alec/X5-494 in Fox’s Dark Angel and Jason Teague in The WB/CW’s Smallville. He also starred as the lead in the box office success My Bloody Valentine 3D, and provided the voices of Jason Todd in the animated film Batman: Under the Red Hood, and Batman in the animated adaptation of Batman: The Long Halloween.

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Events on 1978

11 Feb

Aristotle
Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
27 Apr

Watergate scandal
Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
25 Jul

In vitro fertilisation
Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
22 Oct

Pope John Paul II
Papal inauguration of Pope John Paul II.
18 Nov

Jim Jones
In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.

Births on March 1

Jensen Ackles

Born on March 1, 1978

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Events on 1978

Aristotle

Watergate scandal

In vitro fertilisation

Pope John Paul II

Jim Jones