What are the important events that happened on March 2? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 2: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 2 is the 61st day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 304 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 17, 2023 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,677,715,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexacontahenagon’ day.
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 345 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,723 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 2 Historical Events
- 1825 –Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
- 1867 –The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
- 1882 –Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
- 1937 –The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
- 1941 –World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joined the Axis Pact.
- 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.
- 1953 –The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC.
- 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.
- 1995 –Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.
Who were born on March 2?
- 1770 –Louis Gabriel Suchet, French Marshal (d. 1826)
- 1917 –Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor and bandleader (d. 1986)
- 1928 –Father John Romanides, Greek priest and professor (d. 2001)
- 1934 –Dottie Rambo, American singer (d. 2008)
- 1938 –Lawrence Payton, American singer and songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 1997)
- 1943 –Tony Meehan, English drummer (The Shadows) (d. 2005)
- 1949 –J. P. R. Williams, Welsh rugby union player
- 1953 –Russ Feingold, American politician
- 1956 –Mark Evans, Australian bassist (AC/DC)
- 1962 –Scott “La Rock” Sterling, American musician (Scott La Rock) (d. 1987)
Who died on March 2?
- 855 –Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)
- 1589 –Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)
- 1835 –Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
- 1919 –Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (b. 1812)
- 1950 –Rosli Dhobi, famous Malay Sarawakian (b. 1932)
- 1959 –Eric Blore, English actor (b. 1887)
- 1967 –José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873)
- 1973 –Cleo A. Noel, Jr., US Chief of Mission to Sudan (b. 1918)
- 1994 –Maurice Bambier, French politician (b. 1925)
- 2000 –Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (b. 1963)
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