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March 2 is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 304 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 986 – Louis V becomes King of the Franks.
• 1127 – Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.
• 1717 – The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
• 1791 – Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
• 1807 – The U.S. Congress passes an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
• 1808 – The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
• 1815 – Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the King of Sri Lanka.
• 1836 – Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.
• 1842 – The Grand National steeplechase at Aintree near Liverpool England is won by Gaylad, ridden by Tom Olliver.
• 1855 – Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
• 1861 – The Nevada Territory and Dakota Territory are organized as political divisions of the United States.
• 1861  – Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia: Tsar Alexander II signs the emancipation reform into law, abolishing Russian serfdom.
• 1863 – The U.S. Congress authorizes a track width of 4 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) for the Union Pacific Railroad
• 1865 – East Cape War: The Volkner Incident in New Zealand.
• 1867 – The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act
• 1877 – U.S. presidential election, 1876: Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
• 1882 – Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in Windsor.
• 1888 – The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
• 1896 – Ethiopia defeats Italy in the Battle of Adwa, marking the first victory of an African nation over a colonial power.
• 1899 – Mount Rainier National Park is established in the state of Washington, USA.
• 1901 – The U.S. Congress passes the Platt amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
• 1903 – In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
• 1917 – The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
• 1919 – The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
• 1933 – The film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
• 1937 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
• 1939 – Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
• 1941 – World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joined the Axis Pact.
• 1943 – World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea – United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.
• 1946 – Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• 1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
• 1949 – The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Conn..
• 1953 – The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC.
• 1955 – King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit.
• 1956 – Morocco declares its independence from France.
• 1962 – In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
• 1962 – Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
• 1969 – In Toulouse, France the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
• 1969 – Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River.
• 1970 – Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
• 1972 – The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
• 1978 – Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
• 1989 – Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
• 1990 – Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
• 1991 – Battle at Rumaila Oil Field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.
• 1992 – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan join the United Nations.
• 1998 – Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
• 2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
• 2004 – War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.

Births

• 1316 – Robert II of Scotland, Scottish king (d. 1390)
• 1409 – John II of Alençon, Duke of Alençon and Count of Perche (d. 1476)
• 1459 – Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
• 1545 – Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (d. 1613)
• 1578 – George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644)
• 1705 – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)
• 1760 – Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (d. 1794)
• 1770 – Louis Gabriel Suchet, French Marshal (d. 1826)
• 1779 – Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)
• 1793 – Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)
• 1800 – Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (d. 1844)
• 1810 – Pope Leo XIII (d. 1903)
• 1816 – Alexander H. Bullock, 26th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1882)
• 1820 – Multatuli, Dutch writer (d. 1887)
• 1824 – Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (d. 1884)
• 1829 – Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (d. 1906)
• 1836 – Henry Billings Brown, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1913)
• 1842 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (d. 1914)
• 1843 – Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (d. 1911)
• 1849 – Robert Means Thompson, U.S. Naval Officer (d. 1930)
• 1859 – Sholom Aleichem, Russian novelist (d. 1916)
• 1860 – Susanna M. Salter, American politician (d. 1961)
• 1862 – Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (d. 1916)
• 1876 – Pope Pius XII (d. 1958)
• 1878 – William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1944)
• 1886 – Willis O'Brien, American animator (d. 1962)
• 1897 – Minor Hall, American jazz musician (d. 1959)
• 1900 – Kurt Weill, German composer (d. 1950)
• 1902 – Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (d. 1972)
• 1904 – Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), American author (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (d. 1968)
• 1908  – Walter Bruch, German engineer (d. 1990)
• 1909 – Mel Ott, American baseball player (d. 1958)
• 1912 – Henry Katzman, American composer and pianist (d. 2001)
• 1913 – Godfried Bomans, Flemish author and television personality (d. 1971)
• 1913  – Mort Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1958)
• 1913  – Celedonio Romero, Spanish guitarist (d. 1996)
• 1914 – Martin Ritt, American director (d. 1990)
• 1916 – Raul Sichero Bouret, Uruguayan architect
• 1917 – Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor and bandleader (d. 1986)
• 1917  – David Goodis, American writer (d. 1967)
• 1917  – Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (d. 1976)
• 1918 – Peter O'Sullevan, Irish horse racing commentator
• 1919 – Jennifer Jones, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1919  – Tamara Toumanova, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American jazz tenor saxophonist (d. 1986)
• 1923 – George Basil Cardinal Hume, Archbishop of Westminster, England (d. 1999)
• 1923  – Orrin Keepnews, American writer and critic
• 1923  – Robert H. Michel, American politician
• 1926 – Murray Rothbard, American economist (d. 1995)
• 1927 – Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist and econimist
• 1928 – Father John Romanides, Greek priest and professor (d. 2001)
• 1930 – Emma Penella, Spanish actress (d. 2007)
• 1930  – John Cullum, American actor and singer
• 1931 – Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union and Nobel laureate
• 1931  – Tom Wolfe, American author
• 1934 - Dottie Rambo, American singer (d. 2008)
• 1935 – Al Waxman, Canadian actor (d. 2001)
• 1937 – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria
• 1937  – Denny Crum, College basketball coach
• 1938 – Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile
• 1938  – Lawrence Payton, American singer and songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 1997)
• 1940 – Tony Croatto, Italian-born composer (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Jon Finch, English actor
• 1941  – David Satcher, 16th United States Surgeon General
• 1942 – Kwang Jo Choi, Korean Choi Kwang-Do champion
• 1942  – Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Last Prime Minister of Iran
• 1942  – Peter Guber, American film producer
• 1942  – John Irving, American author
• 1942  – Luc Plamondon, French Canadian lyricist
• 1942  – Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist
• 1943 – Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (d. 2005)
• 1943  – Claude Larose, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1943  – Tony Meehan, English drummer (The Shadows) (d. 2005)
• 1943  – Peter Straub, American author
• 1944 – Uschi Glas, German actress
• 1947 – Harry Redknapp, English football manager
• 1948 – Larry Carlton, American guitarist
• 1948  – Rory Gallagher, Irish guitarist (d. 1995)
• 1948  – Jeff Kennett, Australian former politician
• 1949 – Alain Chamfort, French singer
• 1949  – Gates McFadden, American actress
• 1949  – J. P. R. Williams, Welsh rugby union player
• 1950 – Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (d. 1983)
• 1950  – Jeffrey Chodorow, American restaurateur and financier
• 1952 – Mark Evanier, American writer
• 1952  – Laraine Newman, American actress
• 1953 – Russ Feingold, American politician
• 1954 – Eddie Johnstone, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 – Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader
• 1955  – Jay Osmond, American musician (The Osmonds)
• 1955  – Ken Salazar, American politician
• 1956 – John Cowsill, American musician (The Cowsills)
• 1956  – Mark Evans, Australian bassist (AC/DC)
• 1958 – Kevin Curren, South African–born tennis player
• 1958  – Ian Woosnam, Welsh golfer
• 1960 – Hector Calma, Filipino basketball player
• 1961 – Simone Young, Australian conductor
• 1962 – Jon Bon Jovi, American musician (Bon Jovi)
• 1962  – Al Del Greco, American football player
• 1962  – Morioka Hiroyuki, Japanese writer
• 1962  – Tom Nordlie, Norwegian football coach
• 1962  – Michael Salinger, American poet
• 1962  – Scott Sterling, American musician (Scott La Rock) (d. 1987)
• 1962  – Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 – Tuff Hedeman, American bull rider
• 1963  – Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter
• 1964 – Mike Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1987)
• 1964  – Megan Leigh, American porn star (d. 1990)
• 1965 – Ron Gant, American baseball player
• 1965  – Lembit Öpik, British politician
• 1968 – Daniel Craig, English actor
• 1971 – Amber Smith, American actress and model
• 1971  – Dave Gorman, English documentary comedian
• 1971  – Elizabeth Lackey, Australian actress
• 1972 – Richard Ruccolo, American actor
• 1973 – Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
• 1973  – Trevor Sinclair, English footballer
• 1974 – Hayley Lewis, Australian swimmer
• 1974  – Monika Niederstätter, Italian athlete
• 1976 – Glenn Rubenstein, American writer and journalist
• 1977 – Dominique Canty, American basketball player
• 1977  – Jay Gibbons, American baseball player
• 1977  – Chris Martin, English musician (Coldplay)
• 1977  – Heather McComb, American actress
• 1977  – Andrew Strauss, English cricket player
• 1978 – Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer
• 1978  - Tomáš Kaberle, Czech ice hockey player
• 1979 – Damien Duff, Irish footballer
• 1979  – Sergei Davydov, Belarusian figure skater
• 1979  – Amanda Ireton, American reality TV figure
• 1979  – Nicky Weaver, English footballer
• 1980 – Lance Cade, American professional wrestler
• 1980  – Sunny Lane, American pornographic actress
• 1980  – Karl Dominik, Polish-born actor
• 1980  – Édson Nobre, Angolan footballer
• 1980  – Vincent Walker, American musician (Suburban Legends)
• 1981 – Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
• 1982 – Kevin Kurányi, German footballer
• 1982  – Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1982  – Ben Roethlisberger, American football player
• 1982  – Corey Webster, American football player
• 1983 – Jay McClement, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983  – Glen Perkins, American baseball player
• 1984 – Elizabeth Jagger, English model and actress
• 1985 – Reggie Bush, American football player
• 1985  – Robert Iler, American actor
• 1985  – Luke Pritchard, British singer (The Kooks)
• 1985  – Suso Santana, Spanish football player
• 1987  - Sean Hogan, American Bassist (Home of The Brave)
• 1988 – Keith Jack, British singer and actor
• 1988  – Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver
• 1988  – Nadine Samonte, Filipino actress

Deaths

• 855 – Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)
• 1316 – Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296)
• 1572 – Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil
• 1589 – Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)
• 1729 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1662)
• 1755 – Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675)
• 1758 – Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (b. 1679)
• 1791 – John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)
• 1793 – Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist
• 1797 – Horace Walpole, English politician and writer (b. 1717)
• 1829 – Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, conspirator and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence (b. 1768)
• 1830 – Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755)
• 1835 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
• 1840 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer (b. 1758)
• 1855 – Nicholas I of Russia, Emperor of Russia (b. 1796)
• 1865 – Carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1880 – Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 – Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895  – Isma'il Pasha, Governor of Egypt (b. 1830)
• 1919 – Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (b. 1812)
• 1921 – Champ Clark, American politician (b. 1850)
• 1921  – King Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
• 1930 – D. H. Lawrence, English writer (b. 1885)
• 1938 – Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (b. 1871)
• 1939 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist (b. 1874)
• 1945 – Emily Carr, Canadian artist (b. 1871)
• 1946 – Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian National socialist (b. 1895)
• 1946  – George E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1950 – Rosli Dhobi, famous Malay Sarawakian (b. 1932)
• 1953 – Jim Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)
• 1958 – Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (b. 1888)
• 1959 – Eric Blore, English actor (b. 1887)
• 1960 – Stanisław Taczak, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (b. 1874)
• 1962 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1866)
• 1967 – José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873)
• 1970 – Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Quebec painter (b. 1888)
• 1973 – Cleo A. Noel, Jr., US Chief of Mission to Sudan (b. 1918)
• 1974 – Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948)
• 1975 – Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician (b. 1929)
• 1979 – Christy Ring Irish hurler (b. 1920)
• 1982 – Philip K. Dick, American author (b. 1928)
• 1987 – Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
• 1991 – Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (b. 1928)
• 1992 – Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
• 1994 – Anita Morris, American actress (b. 1943)
• 1999 – David Ackles, American singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
• 1999  – Dusty Springfield, English singer (b. 1939)
• 2000 – Sandra Schmirler, Canadian World Class curler (b. 1963)
• 2001 – John Diamond, British journalist (b. 1953)
• 2003 – Hank Ballard, American musician (b. 1927)
• 2003  – Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (b. 1980)
• 2004  – Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2004  – Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Rick Mahler, American baseball player (b. 1953)
• 2005  – Martin Denny, American musician (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909)
• 2006  – Jack Wild, British actor (b. 1952)
• 2007 – Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
• 2007  – Clem Labine, American baseball player (b. 1926)
• 2007  – Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. politician (b. 1919)
• 2007  – Henri Troyat, French writer, dean of the Académie française (b. 1911)
• 2008 – Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (b. 1966)
• 2009 – João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)
• 2009  – Chris Finnegan, British boxer (b. 1944)
• 2010 -Winston Spencer-Churchill, British politician (b. 1940)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day
  • Agnes of Bohemia
  • Blessed Charles the Good, Count of Flanders
  • Chad of Mercia (Church of England)
  • Jovinus
  • March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Feast of 'Alá (Loftiness), First day of the 19th month of the Bahá'í calendar (Bahá'í Faith) and first day of the Baha'i Nineteen Day Fast
• Omizu-okuri ("Water Carrying") Festival (Obama, Japan)
• St Chad's Day (St Chad's College)
• Texas Independence Day (Texas)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

From Wikiquote

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

We may afirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion. ~ Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel

• selected by Kalki

2005

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere. ~ Dr. Seuss (born 2 March 1904)

• selected by Kalki

2006

Our dignity, our free institutions and the peace and welfare of this and coming generations of Americans will be secure only as we cling to the watchword of true patriotism: "Our country — when right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right." ~ Carl Schurz (born 2 March 1829)

• selected by Kalki

2007

Of course, there is no doubt that if we lived in a police state, it would be easier to catch terrorists. If we lived in a country that allowed the police to search your home at any time for any reason; if we lived in a country that allowed the government to open your mail, eavesdrop on your phone conversations, or intercept your email communications; if we lived in a country that allowed the government to hold people in jail indefinitely based on what they write or think, or based on mere suspicion that they are up to no good, then the government would no doubt discover and arrest more terrorists. But that probably would not be a country in which we would want to live. And that would not be a country for which we could, in good conscience, ask our young people to fight and die. In short, that would not be America. ~ Russ Feingold (born 2 March 1953)

• proposed by InvisibleSun

2008

I'm telling you this 'cause you're one of my friends.
My alphabet starts where your alphabet ends!
... So, on beyond Z!
It's high time you were shown
That you really don't know
All there is to be known.
~ Dr. Seuss ~

• proposed by Kalki

2009

In times like these, it's helpful to remember that there have always been times like these. ~ Paul Harvey

• proposed by Kalki

2010

Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:

• Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss (attributed)
  • used 23 February 2004, selected by Kalki

• Don’t give up! I believe in you all
  A person’s a person, no matter how small!
  And you very small persons will not have to die
  If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!
  ~ Dr. Seuss ~
  • used 13 March 2008, selected by Kalki

Suggestions

I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them Sam I Am.
~ Dr. Seuss ~

• 3 Kalki 13:30, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:55, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 03:56, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Rights may be universal, but their enforcement must be local. ~ Murray Rothbard (born March 2, 1926)

• 3 Ningauble 19:52, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 14:59, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any individual. ~ Murray Rothbard

• 3 Kalki 16:19, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. ~ Carl Schurz

• 3 Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 02:10, 1 March 2009 (UTC) 4 Kalki 00:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC) was inclined to rank this 4, but for this year prefer one in honor of Paul Harvey, who has just died. ~ Kalki 02:10, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. ~ Carl Schurz

• 3 and leaning toward a 4. Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 00:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

We have come to the point where it is loyalty to resist, and treason to submit. ~ Carl Schurz

• 2 Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 00:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Congress has lost its way if we don't hold this President accountable for his actions. ~ Russ Feingold

• 2 Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 00:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Since when do we celebrate our commander in chief for violating our most basic freedoms, and misleading the American people in the process? When did we start to stand up and cheer for breaking the law? ~ Russ Feingold

• 2 Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 00:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

If the history of wartime politics teaches us anything, it is that measures that seem just, or at least permissible, in a time of conflict, can have damaging and lasting repercussions. ~ Russ Feingold

• 2 Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 00:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Dangers await only those who do not react to life. ~ Mikhail Gorbachev

• 2 Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 00:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

For a new type of progress throughout the world to become a reality, everyone must change. Tolerance is the alpha and omega of a new world order. ~ Mikhail Gorbachev

• 2 Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 00:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

We have retreated from the perennial values. I don't think that we need any new values. The most important thing is to try to revive the universally known values from which we have retreated. ~ Mikhail Gorbachev

• 2 Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 00:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked to the cosmos. Look at the sun. If there is no sun, then we cannot exist. So nature is my god. To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals. ~ Mikhail Gorbachev

• 4 Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 00:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences. ~ Mikhail Gorbachev

• 2 Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 00:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

In our times, good relations benefit all. Any worsening of relations anywhere is a common loss. ~ Mikhail Gorbachev

• 2 Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 00:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone, wherever I have gone... The blues are all the same. ~ Jackson C. Frank

• 2 Zarbon 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 00:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

From StrategyWiki, the free strategy guide and walkthrough wiki

Games released on March 2.

From Familypedia

March 2 is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 304 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks.
• 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.
• 1717 - The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England.
• 1791 - Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
• 1799 - Congress standardizes US weights and measures
• 1807 - The U.S. Congress passes an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
• 1815 - Signing of Kandyan treaty by British invaders and Sri Lankan King.
• 1836 - Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.
• 1855 - Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
• 1861 - Nevada Territory and Dakota Territory are organized as political divisions of the United States.
• 1861 - Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia: Tsar Alexander II signed the emancipation reform into law, abolishing Russian serfdom.
• 1863 - The United States Congress authorizes track width of 4'8-1/2" for Union Pacific Railroad
• 1865 - Second Taranaki War: The Volkner Incident in New Zealand.
• 1867 - The United States Congress passed the 1st Reconstruction Act
• 1877 - U.S. presidential election: Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
• 1888 - The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
• 1896 - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the Battle of Adwa, marking the first victory of an African nation over a colonial power.
• 1899 - In the state of Washington, USA, Mount Rainier National Park is established.
• 1901 - The United States Congress passes the Platt amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
• 1903 - In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
• 1917 - The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans, United States citizenship.
• 1917 - (Old Style) - Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Michael II of Russia.
• 1919 - The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
• 1925 - Secretary of Agriculture approves first list of United States Numbered Highways
• 1933 - King Kong premieres in New York City.
• 1937 - The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a surprise collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
• 1939 - Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
• 1941 - World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joined the Axis Pact.
• 1943 - World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea - United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.
• 1946 - Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• 1949 - Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
• 1949 - The first automatic street light was installed in New Milford, Conn..
• 1953 - The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC.
• 1955 - King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit.
• 1956 - Morocco declares its independence from France.
• 1962 - In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup.
• 1962 - Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by tallying 100 points.
• 1969 - In Toulouse, France the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
• 1969 - Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River.
• 1970 - Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
• 1972 - The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
• 1978 - Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
• 1987 - Chrysler acquires American Motors.
• 1989 - Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
• 1991 - Battle at Rumaila Oil Field brings end to the 1991 Gulf War.
• 1990 - Nelson Mandela elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
• 1992 - Uzbekistan joins the United Nations.
• 1992 - Moldova joins the UN.
• 1995 - Yahoo! is incorporated.
• 1996 - Establishment of Ranabima Royal College, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
• 1998 - Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
• 2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
• 2003 - The first International Symposium on Taiwan Sign Language Linguistics is held at Chung Cheng University.
• 2004 - Voters in the U.S. state of Georgia vote on a referendum concerning its Confederacy-derived flag.
• 2004 - War in Iraq: Al Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.

Births

• 1316 - Robert II of Scotland, (d. 1390)
• 1409 - John II of Alençon, French soldier (d. 1476)
• 1459 - Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
• 1545 - Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (d. 1613)
• 1578 - George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644)
• 1705 - William Murray, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)
• 1760 - Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (d. 1794)
• 1770 - Louis Gabriel Suchet, French marshal (d. 1826)
• 1779 - Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)
• 1793 - Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)
• 1800 - Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (d. 1844)
• 1810 - Pope Leo XIII (d. 1903)
• 1820 - Multatuli, Dutch writer (d. 1887)
• 1824 - Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (d. 1884)
• 1829 - Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (d. 1906)
• 1836 - Henry Billings Brown, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1913)
• 1842 - Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (d. 1914)
• 1843 - Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (d. 1911)
• 1849 - Robert Means Thompson, U.S. naval officer (d. 1930)
• 1859 - Sholom Aleichem, Russian novelist (d. 1916)
• 1860 - Susanna M. Salter, American politician (d. 1961)
• 1862 - Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (d. 1916)
• 1876 - Pope Pius XII (d. 1958)
• 1878 - William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1944)
• 1886 - Willis O'Brien, American animator (d. 1962)
• 1900 - Kurt Weill, German composer (d. 1950)
• 1902 - Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (d. 1972)
• 1904 - Dr. Seuss, American author (d. 1991)
• 1908 - Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (d. 1968)
• 1908 - Walter Bruch, German engineer (d. 1990)
• 1909 - Mel Ott, American baseball player (d. 1958)
• 1913 - Godfried Bomans, Dutch author and television personality (d. 1971)
• 1913 - Celedonio Romero, Spanish guitarist (d. 1996)
• 1913 - Mort Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1958)
• 1914 - Martin Ritt, American director (d. 1990)
• 1917 - Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born American actor and bandleader (d. 1986)
• 1917 - Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (d. 1976)
• 1917 - David Goodis, American writer (d. 1967)
• 1918 - Peter O'Sullevan, Irish horse racing commentator
• 1919 - Jennifer Jones, American actress
• 1919 - Tamara Toumanova, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1996)
• 1923 - Orrin Keepnews, American writer and critic
• 1923 - Robert H. Michel, American politician
• 1926 - Murray Rothbard, American economist (d. 1995)
• 1927 - Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist
• 1928 - Father John Romanides, Greek priest and professor (d. 2001)
• 1930 - Emma Penella, Spanish actress (d. 2007)
• 1930 - John Cullum, American actor and singer
• 1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1931 - Tom Wolfe, American author
• 1935 - Al Waxman, Canadian actor (d. 2001)
• 1937 - Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria
• 1938 - Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile
• 1938 - Lawrence Payton, American singer and songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 1997)
• 1940 - Tony Croatto, Italian-born composer (d. 2005)
• 1941 - David Satcher, 16th United States Surgeon General
• 1942 - Peter Guber, American film producer
• 1942 - John Irving, American author
• 1942 - Luc Plamondon, French Canadian lyricist
• 1942 - Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist
• 1943 - Peter Straub, American author
• 1943 - Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (d. 2005)
• 1943 - Tony Meehan, English drummer (d. 2005), (The Shadows)
• 1944 - Uschi Glas, German actress
• 1948 - Larry Carlton, American guitarist
• 1948 - Rory Gallagher, Irish guitarist (d. 1995)
• 1948 - Jeff Kennett, Australian politician
• 1949 - Alain Chamfort, French singer
• 1949 - Gates McFadden, American actress
• 1949 - Eddie Money, American singer
• 1949 - J. P. R. Williams, Welsh rugby union footballer
• 1950 - Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (d. 1983), (The Carpenters)
• 1952 - Mark Evanier, American writer
• 1952 - Laraine Newman, American actress
• 1953 - Russ Feingold, American politician
• 1955 - Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader
• 1955 - Jay Osmond, American musician (The Osmonds)
• 1955 - Ken Salazar, American politician
• 1956 - Mark Evans, Australian bassist (AC/DC)
• 1956 - John Cowsill, American musician (The Cowsills)
• 1958 - Ian Woosnam, Welsh golfer
• 1958 - Peter Arnold, American architect
• 1961 - Simone Young, Australian conductor
• 1962 - Jon Bon Jovi, American musician (Bon Jovi)
• 1962 - Al Del Greco, American football player
• 1962 - Morioka Hiroyuki, Japanese writer
• 1962 - Michael Salinger, American Poet
• 1962 - Scott Sterling, American musician (Scott La Rock)
• 1962 - Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 - Tuff Hedeman, American bull rider
• 1963 - Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter
• 1964 - Megan Leigh, American porn star (d. 1990)
• 1964 - Mike Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1987)
• 1965 - Ron Gant, American baseball player
• 1968 - Daniel Craig, English actor
• 1971 - Dave Gorman, English documentary comedian
• 1971 - Elizabeth Lackey, American actress
• 1972 - Amber Smith, American actress and model
• 1973 - Trevor Sinclair, English footballer
• 1973 - Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
• 1974 - Monika Niederstätter, Italian athlete
• 1974 - Hayley Lewis, Australian swimmer
• 1976 - Glenn Rubenstein, American writer, director, musician, and journalist
• 1977 - Chris Martin, English musician (Coldplay)
• 1977 - Heather McComb, American actress
• 1977 - Andrew Strauss, English cricket player
• 1977 - Jay Gibbons, American baseball player
• 1978 - Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer
• 1979 - Damien Duff, Irish footballer
• 1980 - Édson Nobre, Angolan footballer
• 1980 - Lance Cade, American professional wrestler
• 1981 - Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
• 1982 - Kevin Kurányi, German footballer
• 1982 - Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1982 - Ben Roethlisberger, American football player
• 1982 - Corey Webster, American football player
• 1985 - Robert Iler, American actor
• 1985 - Reggie Bush, American football player
• 1985 - Luke Pritchard, Lead singer and frontman for British band The Kooks

Deaths

• 855 - Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)
• 1316 - Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296)
• 1572 - Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil
• 1589 - Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)
• 1729 - Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1662)
• 1755 - Louis de Rouvroy, French writer (b. 1675)
• 1758 - Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (b. 1679)
• 1791 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)
• 1793 - Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist
• 1797 - Horace Walpole, English politician and writer (b. 1717)
• 1830 - Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755)
• 1835 - Francis II (b. 1768)
• 1840 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer (b. 1758)
• 1865 - Carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1880 - Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 - Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 - Isma'il Pasha, Governor of Egypt (b. 1830)
• 1921 - Champ Clark, American politician (b. 1850)
• 1921 - King Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
• 1930 - D. H. Lawrence, English writer (b. 1885)
• 1938 - Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (b. 1871)
• 1939 - Howard Carter, British archaeologist (b. 1874)
• 1945 - Emily Carr, Canadian artist (b. 1871)
• 1946 - Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian Nazi (b. 1895)
• 1953 - Jim Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)
• 1958 - Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (b. 1888)
• 1959 - Eric Blore, English actor (b. 1887)
• 1960 - Stanisław Taczak, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (b. 1874)
• 1962 - Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1866)
• 1967 - José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873
• 1973 - Cleo A. Noel, US Chief of Mission to Sudan (b. 1918). See Khartoum diplomatic assassinations.
• 1974 - Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948)
• 1975 - Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician (b.1929)
• 1979 - Christy Ring Irish hurler (b. 1920)
• 1982 - Philip K. Dick, American author (b. 1928)
• 1987 - Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
• 1991 - Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (b. 1928)
• 1992 - Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
• 1994 - Anita Morris, American actress (b. 1943)
• 1997 - Bloodshed, American rapper (b. 1975)
• 1999 - David Ackles, American singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
• 1999 - Dusty Springfield, English singer (b. 1939)
• 2001 - John Diamond, British journalist (b. 1953)
• 2003 - Hank Ballard, American musician (b. 1927)
• 2003 - Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (b. 1931)
• 2004 - Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (b. 1980)
• 2004 - Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2004 - Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (b. 1928)
• 2005 - Rick Mahler, American baseball player (b. 1953)
• 2005 - Martin Denny, American musician (b. 1911)
• 2006 - Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909)
• 2006 - Jack Wild, British actor (b. 1952)
• 2007 - Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
• 2007 - Clem Labine, American baseball player (b. 1926)
• 2007 - Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. politician (b. 1919)
• 2007 - Henri Troyat, French writer, dean of the Académie française (b. 1911)

Holidays and observances

• Bahá'í Faith - Feast of 'Alá (Loftiness) - First day of the 19th month of the Bahá'í Calendar.
• Bahá'í Faith - Beginning of the Fast (sunrise to sunset fast for 19 days).
• Texas Independence Day (1836).

Liturgical feasts

• Church of England - Saint Chad's Day.
• March 2

Catholic Church:

• Saint Abdalon
• Saint Jovinus
• Blessed Charles the Good (+Bruges 1127)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day

• On This Day in Canada