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, 483,576 hours 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

• 1791 –
  Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
• 1836 –
  Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.
• 1867 –
  The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
• 1939 –
  Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
• 1946 –
  Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• 1965 –
  The US and South Vietnamese Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
• 1972 –
  The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
• 1983 –
  Compact Disc players and discs are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had only been available in Japan before then.
• 1990 –
  Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
• 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).

Who were born on March 2?

• 1793 –
  Sam Houston, American politician, 8th Governor of Tennessee and 7th Governor of Texas (d. 1863)
• 1913 –
  Celedonio Romero, Spanish guitarist (d. 1996)
• 1913 –
  Godfried Bomans, Flemish author and television personality (d. 1971)
• 1938 –
  Lawrence Payton, American singer and songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 1997)
• 1948 –
  Rory Gallagher, Irish guitarist (d. 1995)
• 1964 –
  Mike Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1987)
• 1971 –
  Dave Gorman, English documentary comedian
• 1971 –
  Lisa Lackey, Australian actress
• 1977 –
  Chris Martin, English musician (Coldplay)
• 1978 –
  Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer

Who died on March 2?

• 1572 –
  Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil
• 1793 –
  Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist
• 1864 –
  Ulric Dahlgren, American Unionist colonel (b. 1842)
• 1942 –
  Charlie Christian, American swing and jazz guitarist (b. 1916)
• 1960 –
  Stanisław Taczak, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (b. 1874)
• 1973 –
  Cleo A. Noel, Jr., US Chief of Mission to Sudan (b. 1918)
• 1979 –
  Christy Ring Irish hurler (b. 1920)
• 2003 –
  Hank Ballard, American musician (b. 1927)
• 2007 –
  Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. politician (b. 1919)
• 2009 –
  João Bernardo “Nino” Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)