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 62nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 304 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 18, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 474,816 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 ‘hexacontadigon’ day.
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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 333 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 4,089 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 2 Historical Events
- 986 –Louis V becomes King of the Franks.
- 1797 –The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
- 1836 –Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.
- 1861 –Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia: Tsar Alexander II signs the emancipation reform into law, abolishing Russian serfdom.
- 1865 –East Cape War: The Volkner Incident in New Zealand.
- 1867 –The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
- 1939 –Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
- 1953 –The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC.
- 1990 –Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
- 1998 –Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter’s moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
Who were born on March 2?
- 1897 –Minor Hall, American jazz musician (d. 1959)
- 1913 –Celedonio Romero, Spanish guitarist (d. 1996)
- 1942 –Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist
- 1962 –Al Del Greco, American football player
- 1978 –Tomáš Kaberle, Czech ice hockey player
- 1979 –Nicky Weaver, English footballer
- 1980 –Karl Dominik, Polish-born actor
- 1988 –Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver
- 1988 –Nadine Samonte, Filipino actress
- 1990 –Lee Hongki, Korean singer (F.T. Island)
Who died on March 2?
- 1791 –John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)
- 1830 –Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755)
- 1921 –Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
- 1942 –Charlie Christian, American swing and jazz guitarist (b. 1916)
- 1958 –Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (b. 1888)
- 1973 –Cleo A. Noel, Jr., US Chief of Mission to Sudan (b. 1918)
- 1982 –Philip K. Dick, American author (b. 1928)
- 1994 –Maurice Bambier, French politician (b. 1925)
- 2000 –Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (b. 1963)
- 2007 –Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
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