2 de março

Predefinição:Calendário de Março 2 de Março é o 61º dia do ano no calendário gregoriano (62º em anos bissextos) . Faltam 304 para acabar o ano.

Eventos históricos

• 986 - Luís V torna-se o rei dos Franks.
• 1717 - Os amores de Marte e Venus foi o primeiro ballet executado na Inglaterra.
• 1791 - Long distance communication was speeded up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
• 1807 - O Congresso dos Estados Unidos passa um ato "proíbe a importação de escravos em todos os portos ou lugares dentro da jurisdição dos Estados Unidos... de qualquer reino estrangeiro, lugar, ou país."
• 1836 - Revolução do Texas: Declaração de independência da República do Texas do México.
• 1855 - Alexandre II torna-se Tsar da Rússia.
• 1861 - Território de Nevada e Território de Dakota organizados como divisão política dos Estados Unidos.
• 1877 - U.S. presidential election, 1876: The United States Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876 (Reconstruction ends).
• 1899 - In Washington State, 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 Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
• 1919 - The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
• 1923 - TIME magazine hits newsstands for the first time.
• 1933 - King Kong premieres in Nova Iorque.
• 1939 - Cardeal Eugenio Pacelli é eleito Papa e recebeu o nome de Papa Pio XII.
• 1943 - II Guerra mundial: Battle of the Bismarck Sea - United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.
• 1946 - Ho Chi Minh é eleito o Presidente do Vietnam do Norte.
• 1949 - Capitão 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.
• 1955 - Rei Norodom Sihanouk da Cambodia abdicou o trono em favor de seu pai, Rei Norodom Suramarit.
• 1956 - Marrocos declares its independence from França.
• 1962 - In Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers scores 100 points against the New York Knicks, breaking several National Basketball Association records.
• 1962 - In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup.
• 1963 - Release of Please Please Me in the United Kingdom, first LP from The Beatles.
• 1969 - In Toulouse, France the first Concorde test flight is conducted.
• 1969 - Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River.
• 1972 - The Pioneer 10 spaceprobe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
• 1978 - Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian and non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
• 1985- TV anime series Mobile Suit Z Gundum broadcasted its first episode in Japan.
• 1987- Chrysler acquires American Motors
• 1989 - 12 European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
• 1990 - Nelson Mandela elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
• 1992 - Moldova is member of the UN
• 1995 - Nick Leeson is arrested for his role in the collapse of Barings Bank.
• 1998 - Data sent from the Galileo spaceprobe indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
• 2003 The first International Symposium on Taiwan Sign Language Linguistics held at Chung Cheng University.
• 2004 - Voters in Georgia vote on a referendum concerning that state's flag.
• 2004 - Disgruntled by the state's education act (Act 60), residents of Killington, Vermont vote to become part of New Hampshire.
• 2004 - Al Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.

Nascimentos

• 1316 - Rei Robert II da Escócia, (d. 1390)
• 1779 - Joel Roberts Poinsett, U.S. statesman, botânico (d. 1851)
• 1793 - Sam Houston, Presidente da República do Texas, (d. 1863)
• 1810 - Papa Leão XIII, (d. 1903)
• 1824 - Bedrich Smetana, compositor, (d. 1884)
• 1829 - Carl Schurz, German revolutionist and American statesman, (d. 1906)
• 1849 - Robert Means Thompson, oficial da marinha, (d. 1930)
• 1859 - Sholom Aleichem, novelista, (d. 1916)
• 1876 - Papa Piu XII, (d. 1958)
• 1900 - Kurt Weill, compositor, (d. 1950)
• 1902 - Moe Berg, jogador de baseball, spy
• 1904 - Dr. Seuss, autor, (d. 1991)
• 1908 - Walter Bruch, engenheiro, (d. 1990)
• 1909 - Mel Ott, Baseball Hall of Famer, (d. 1958)
• 1914 - Martin Ritt, director, (d. 1990)
• 1917 - Desi Arnaz, ator, bandleader, musician, (d. 1986)
• 1919 - Jennifer Jones, atriz
• 1926 - Murray Rothbard, economista americano, (d. 1995)
• 1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev, former Presidente da União Soviética
• 1931 - Tom Wolfe, autor
• 1942 - John Irving, autor
• 1943 - [Peter Straub], autor
• 1942 - Lou Reed, cantor e guitarrista
• 1944 - Uschi Glas, atriz
• 1948 - R. T. Crowley, escritor, pioneer of EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
• 1948 - Jeff Kennett, Australian politician, Victorian premier
• 1949 - Eddie Money, cantor
• 1950 - Karen Carpenter, cantor e drummer, (d. 1983)
• 1952 - Laraine Newman, comediante
• 1956 - Mark Evans, bassist of AC/DC
• 1962 - Jon Bon Jovi, cantor, compositor, e actor
• 1962 - Morioka Hiroyuki, escritor, conlanger
• 1981 - Bryce Dallas Howard, atriz
• 1985 - Robert Iler, ator

Falecimentos

• 986 - Lothair, Rei de Franks, Holy Roman Emperor, (b. 795)
• 1880 - Sir John MacNeill engenheiro civil, (b. 1790)
• 1895 - Berthe Morisot, Impressionista pintor, (b. 1841)
• 1921 - Rei Nicholas I de Montenegro (b. 1841)
• 1930 - D. H. Lawrence, escritor, (b. 1885)
• 1938 - Ben Harney, compositor e ragtime pianista americano (b. 1871)
• 1953 - Jim Lightbody, corredor americano de média-distância, (b. 1882)
• 1982 - Philip K. Dick, ficção científica autor, (b. 1928)
• 1987 - Randolph Scott, ator, (b. 1898)
• 1991 - Serge Gainsbourg, cantor, (b. 1928)
• 1992 - Sandy Dennis, atriz
• 1999 - Dusty Springfield, cantor, (b. 1939)
• 2001 - John Diamond, jornalista inglês, (b. 1953)
• 2003 - Roger Needham, Cientista da computação, (b. 1935)
• 2003 - Malcolm Williamson, compositor, (b. 1931)
• 2004 - Marge Schott, proprietário anterior do Cincinnati Reds (b. 1928)
• 2004 - Mercedes McCambridge, atriz (b. 1918), Oscar vencedor por All the King's Men; tornou-se mais tarde a voz aspera da menina possuída pelo demônio em O Exorcista.

Feriados e eventos cíclicos

• Bahá'í Faith - Festa de Alá (loftiness) - primeiro dia do 19o mês do Bahá'í Calendário
• Bahá'í Faith - Beginning of the Fast (sunrise to sunset fast for 19 days)

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