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Events on Friday 1 March 1872 1
1872Yellowstone National Park establishedWorld's first national park created by act of CongressPresident Ulysses S. Grant signed the act creating Yellowstone National Park on March 1, 1872, setting aside land in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho territories. It became the world's first officially designated national park, establishing a model later copied worldwide.