March 2

Today's Events

  • 1807
    US slave importation forbidden
  • 1819
    Ark territory organized
  • 1836
    Tx declares independence from Mexico
  • 1840
    Heinrich Olbers - discoverer of comets & asteroids - dies
  • 1853
    Washington territory organized
  • 1861
    Congress creates Dakota & Nevada territories
  • 1867
    Congress abolishes peonage in NM
  • 1901
    Hawaii's 1st telegraph co opens
  • 1917
    Puerto Rico territory created - US citizenship granted
  • 1923
    Time mag 1st published
  • 1929
    Congress creates Court of Customs & Patent Appeals
  • 1949
    1st non-stop - round-the-world airplane flight completed
  • 1949
    1st automatic st light (New Milford - Ct)
  • 1958
    1st surface crossing of the Antarctic continent is completed
  • 1962
    Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 pts in an NBA game
  • 1970
    American Airlines 1st flight of Boeing 747
  • 1972
    Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby
  • 1974
    1st class postage raised to 10› from 8›
  • 1976
    Walt Disney World's 50-millionth guest
  • 1978
    Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6
  • 1980
    3rd Islander scoreless tie - Penguins in Pitts
  • 1982
    60th hat trick in Islander history - Bryan Trottier
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