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 61^st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 304 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 17, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,014,560 minutes 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 352 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 4,454 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 2 Historical Events

• 1717 –
  The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
• 1825 –
  Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
• 1861 –
  Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia: Tsar Alexander II signs the emancipation reform into law, abolishing Russian serfdom.
• 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.
• 1901 –
  The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
• 1949 –
  The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut.
• 1969 –
  Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River.
• 1989 –
  Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
• 1998 –
  Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter’s moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
• 2004 –
  War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.

Who were born on March 2?

• 1779 –
  Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)
• 1876 –
  Pope Pius XII (d. 1958)
• 1919 –
  Jennifer Jones, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1928 –
  Father John Romanides, Greek priest and professor (d. 2001)
• 1943 –
  Peter Straub, American author
• 1969 –
  Alessandro Moscardi, Italian rugby player
• 1971 –
  Dave Gorman, English documentary comedian
• 1976 –
  Glenn Rubenstein, American writer and journalist
• 1976 –
  JJ Fernandez, Malaysian radio personality
• 1988 –
  Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver

Who died on March 2?

• 1864 –
  Ulric Dahlgren, American Unionist colonel (b. 1842)
• 1921 –
  Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
• 1939 –
  Howard Carter, British archaeologist (b. 1874)
• 1946 –
  George E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1987 –
  Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
• 1994 –
  Anita Morris, American actress (b. 1943)
• 1999 –
  David Ackles, American singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
• 2003 –
  Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (b. 1931)
• 2004 –
  Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (b. 1928)
• 2006 –
  Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909)