On this day: March 1

POSTED: 12:32 PM PST Feb 27, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 28, 2013 

Salem is gripped by witch hysteria, Yellowstone becomes the world's first national park, the Lindbergh baby is kidnapped, and the Watergate Seven are indicted, all on this day.

OTD March 1 - Titanic
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Paramount Pictures

1998: James Cameron's movie "Titanic" becomes the first film to gross more than $1 billion worldwide. It would remain the highest-grossing film of all time until Cameron's 2009 film "Avatar" surpassed its gross in 2010.

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