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What happend on 2. March in History
In our data base we found 333 events happened on 2. March:
• 537: Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begin the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate, he and a detachment of his bucellarii are almost cut off. [category: Events]
• 855: Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795) [category: Deaths]
• 871: Æthelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton. [category: Events]
• 986: Louis V becomes King of the Franks. [category: Events]
• 1121: Dirk VI becomes the Count of Holland. [category: Events]
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• 1127: Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders. [category: Events]
• 1316: King Robert II of Scotland (d. 1390) [category: Births]
• 1316: Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296) [category: Deaths]
• 1409: John II of Alençon, Duke of Alençon and Count of Perche (d. 1476) [category: Births]
• 1444: Skanderbeg organizes a group of Albanian nobles to form the League of Lezhë. [category: Events]
• 1458: George of Poděbrady is chosen as the King of Bohemia. [category: Events]
• 1459: Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523) [category: Births]
• 1476: Burgundian Wars: The Old Swiss Confederacy hands Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, a major defeat in the Battle of Grandson in Canton of Neuchâtel. [category: Events]
• 1484: The College of Arms was formally incorporated by Royal Charter signed by King Richard III of England. [category: Events]
• 1498: Vasco da Gama's fleet visits the island of Mozambique Island. [category: Events]
• 1545: Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (d. 1613) [category: Births]
• 1572: Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil [category: Deaths]
• 1578: George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644) [category: Births]
• 1589: Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520) [category: Deaths]
• 1619: Anne of Denmark, Queen consort of Britain (b. 1574) [category: Deaths]
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• 1625: James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, Scottish noble and politician (b. 1589) [category: Deaths]
• 1705: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1717: The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England. [category: Events]
• 1729: Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1662) [category: Deaths]
• 1755: Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick, Belgian classical composer (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1755: Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
• 1758: Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (b. 1679) [category: Deaths]
• 1760: Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1769: DeWitt Clinton, American politician and naturalist (d. 1828) [category: Births]
• 1770: Louis Gabriel Suchet, French Marshal (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1776: American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats. [category: Events]
• 1779: Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851) [category: Births]
• 1791: John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703) [category: Deaths]
• 1791: Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris. [category: Events]
• 1793: Sam Houston, American politician (d. 1863) [category: Births]
• 1793: Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist [category: Deaths]
• 1797: Horace Walpole, English politician and writer (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1797: The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes. [category: Events]
• 1800: Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1807: The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, disallowing the importation of new slaves into the country. [category: Events]
• 1808: The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh. [category: Events]
• 1810: Pope Leo XIII (d. 1903) [category: Births]
• 1811: Argentine War of Independence: A royalist fleet defeats a small flotilla of revolutionary ships in the Battle of San Nicolás on the River Plate. [category: Events]
• 1815: Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the King of Sri Lanka. [category: Events]
• 1816: Alexander H. Bullock, American politician (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1817: János Arany, Hungarian journalist (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1820: Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker), Dutch writer (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1824: Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (d. 1884) [category: Births]
• 1825: Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities. [category: Events]
• 1829: Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1829: Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Mexican conspirator (b. 1768) [category: Deaths]
• 1830: Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755) [category: Deaths]
• 1835: Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: Henry Billings Brown, American jurist (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1836: Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico. [category: Events]
• 1840: Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer (b. 1758) [category: Deaths]
• 1842: Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1843: Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1849: Robert Means Thompson, American naval officer (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1855: Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, Emperor of Russia (b. 1796) [category: Deaths]
• 1855: Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia. [category: Events]
• 1859: Sholom Aleichem, Russian novelist (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1860: Susanna M. Salter, American politician (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1861: Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia: Tsar Alexander II signs the emancipation reform into law, abolishing Russian serfdom. [category: Events]
• 1862: Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1862: John Jay Chapman, American author (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1864: Ulric Dahlgren, American Unionist colonel (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: East Cape War: The Volkner Incident in New Zealand. [category: Events]
• 1867: The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act. [category: Events]
• 1876: Pope Pius XII (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1878: William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American scion (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1880: John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790) [category: Deaths]
• 1882: Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor. [category: Events]
• 1885: Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1886: Willis O'Brien, American animator (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1895: Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Isma'il Pasha, Governor of Egypt (b. 1830) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Minor Hall, American jazz musician (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1900: Kurt Weill, German composer (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1900: Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, Spanish actress (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1901: The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops. [category: Events]
• 1902: Edward Condon, American nuclear physicist (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1902: Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1903: In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women. [category: Events]
• 1904: Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), American author (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1905: Geoffrey Grigson, British poet and critic (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1905: Marc Blitzstein, American composer (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1906: Jan Ankerman, Dutch field hockey player (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1908: Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1908: Walter Bruch, German engineer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1909: Mel Ott, American baseball player (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1912: Henry Katzman, American composer and pianist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1912: William Thayer Tutt, American ice hockey executive (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1913: Celedonio Romero, Spanish guitarist (The Romeros) (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1913: Godfried Bomans, Flemish author and television personality (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1913: Mort Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1914: Martin Ritt, American director (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1914: Mayo Kaan, bodybuilder (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1917: David Goodis, American writer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1917: Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor and bandleader (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1917: Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1917: The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship. [category: Events]
• 1918: Michael Rye, American voice actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1918: Peter O'Sullevan, Irish horse racing commentator [category: Births]
• 1919: Jennifer Jones, American actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1919: Tamara Toumanova, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1919: Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: The first Communist International meets in Moscow. [category: Events]
• 1920: Heinz-Ludwig Schmidt, German football manager (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1921: Ernst Haas, Austrian artist and photographer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1921: Champ Clark, American politician (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Bill Quackenbush, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1922: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American jazz tenor saxophonist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1923: Basil Hume, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, England (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1923: Orrin Keepnews, American writer and critic [category: Births]
• 1923: Robert H. Michel, American politician [category: Births]
• 1924: Cal Abrams, American baseball player (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1926: Murray Rothbard, American economist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1927: Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist and economist [category: Births]
• 1928: Father John S. Romanides, Greek priest and professor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1930: Emma Penella, Spanish actress (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1930: John Cullum, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1930: D. H. Lawrence, English writer (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union and Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1931: Tom Wolfe, American author [category: Births]
• 1932: Gun Hägglund, Swedish news presenter (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1933: The film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall. [category: Events]
• 1934: Dottie Rambo, American singer (The Rambos) (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1935: Al Waxman, Canadian actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1937: Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria [category: Births]
• 1937: Denny Crum, College basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1937: The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry. [category: Events]
• 1938: Lawrence Payton, American singer and songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1938: Ricardo Lagos, 33rd President of Chile [category: Births]
• 1938: Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: BarBara Luna, American actress [category: Births]
• 1939: Howard Carter, British archaeologist (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII. [category: Events]
• 1940: Tony Croatto, Italian-born composer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1941: David Satcher, 16th United States Surgeon General [category: Births]
• 1941: Jon Finch, English actor [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joined the Axis Pact. [category: Events]
• 1942: Claude Larose, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1942: John Irving, American author [category: Births]
• 1942: Kwang Jo Choi, Korean Choi Kwang-Do champion [category: Births]
• 1942: Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist (The Velvet Underground) [category: Births]
• 1942: Luc Plamondon, Canadian lyricist [category: Births]
• 1942: Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Last Prime Minister of Iran [category: Births]
• 1942: Charlie Christian, American swing and jazz guitarist (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Peter Straub, American author [category: Births]
• 1943: Tony Meehan, English drummer (The Shadows) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1943: Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea – United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships. [category: Events]
• 1944: Uschi Glas, German actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Emily Carr, Canadian artist (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian National socialist (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: George E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1947: Harry Redknapp, English football manager [category: Births]
• 1947: Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Jeff Kennett, Australian former politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Rory Gallagher, Irish guitarist (Taste) (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1948: Algernon Maudslay, British sailor (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Alain Chamfort, French singer [category: Births]
• 1949: Gates McFadden, American actress [category: Births]
• 1949: J. P. R. Williams, Welsh rugby union player [category: Births]
• 1949: Sarojini Naidu, Indian politician (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Captain 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. [category: Events]
• 1949: The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut. [category: Events]
• 1950: Jeffrey Chodorow, American restaurateur and financier [category: Births]
• 1950: Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1950: Rosli Dhobi, Malay Sarawakian (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Mark Evanier, American writer [category: Births]
• 1953: Russ Feingold, American politician [category: Births]
• 1953: James Lightbody, American middle distance runner (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Eddie Johnstone, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1954: Hans-Jürgen Baake, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1955: Ken Salazar, American politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader [category: Births]
• 1955: Terrence Stone, Irish-American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1955: King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit. [category: Events]
• 1956: John Cowsill, American musician (The Cowsills) [category: Births]
• 1956: Mark Evans, Australian bassist (AC/DC) [category: Births]
• 1956: Morocco gains its independence from France. [category: Events]
• 1958: Ian Woosnam, Welsh golfer [category: Births]
• 1958: Kevin Curren, South African tennis player [category: Births]
• 1958: Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: GX Jupitter-Larsen, American artist and writer [category: Births]
• 1959: Larry Stewart, American singer [category: Births]
• 1959: Eric Blore, English actor (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Debra Marshall, American professional wrestler and manager [category: Births]
• 1960: Hector Calma, Filipino basketball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Stanisław Taczak, Polish general (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Simone Young, Australian conductor [category: Births]
• 1962: Jon Bon Jovi, American musician (Bon Jovi) [category: Births]
• 1962: Michael Salinger, American poet [category: Births]
• 1962: Morioka Hiroyuki, Japanese writer [category: Births]
• 1962: Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
• 1962: Scott "La Rock" Sterling, American musician (Boogie Down Productions) (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1962: Tom Nordlie, Norwegian football coach [category: Births]
• 1962: Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état. [category: Events]
• 1962: Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points. [category: Events]
• 1963: Alvin Youngblood Hart, American musician [category: Births]
• 1963: Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter [category: Births]
• 1963: Tuff Hedeman, American bull rider [category: Births]
• 1964: Laird Hamilton, American surfer [category: Births]
• 1964: Mike Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1965: Lembit Öpik, British politician [category: Births]
• 1965: Ron Gant, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1965: The US and South Vietnamese Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1967: José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Daniel Craig, English actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Ben Oxenbould, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Han ten Broeke, Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1969: In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted. [category: Events]
• 1969: Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River. [category: Events]
• 1970: Alexander Armstrong, British comedian, actor and TV presenter [category: Births]
• 1970: Wibi Soerjadi, Dutch concert pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1970: Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Canadian painter (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown. [category: Events]
• 1971: Amber Smith, American actress and model [category: Births]
• 1971: Dave Gorman, English documentary comedian [category: Births]
• 1971: Lisa Lackey, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Michael Buskermolen, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Rene Bitorajac, Croatian actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Richard Ruccolo, American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets. [category: Events]
• 1973: Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Trevor Sinclair, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Cleo A. Noel, Jr., American foreign envoy (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Hayley Lewis, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1974: Monika Niederstätter, Italian athlete [category: Births]
• 1974: Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: El-P (Jaime Meline), American hip hop artist (Company Flow and The Weathermen) [category: Births]
• 1975: Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: JJ Fernandez, Malaysian radio personality [category: Births]
• 1977: Andrew Strauss, English cricket player [category: Births]
• 1977: Chris Martin, English musician (Coldplay) [category: Births]
• 1977: Dominique Canty, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Tomáš Kaberle, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28. [category: Events]
• 1979: Damien Duff, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Nicky Weaver, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Sergei Davydov, Belarusian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1979: Christy Ring Irish hurler (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Karl Dominik, Polish-born actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Sunny Lane, American pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Édson Nobre, Angolan footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Lance Cade, American professional wrestler (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1982: Ben Roethlisberger, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Corey Webster, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Jade Galbraith, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Kevin Kurányi, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Philip K. Dick, American author (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Glen Perkins, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Jay McClement, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Kolawole Agodirin, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Lisandro López, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Ryan Shannon, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Compact Disc players and discs are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had been available only in Japan before then. [category: Events]
• 1984: Elizabeth Jagger, English model and actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Reggie Bush, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Suso Santana, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Deuce, American singer-songwriter and producer (Hollywood Undead) [category: Births]
• 1986: Jon D'Aversa, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian geographer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Chris Rainey, American football player [category: Births]
• 1988: Edgar Andrade, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Geert Arend Roorda, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver [category: Births]
• 1988: Nadine Samonte, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Nicola Geuer, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1989: Alemão, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: André Bernardes Santos, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Marcel Hirscher, Austrian alpine ski racer [category: Births]
• 1989: Shane Vereen, American football player [category: Births]
• 1989: Toby Alderweireld, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century. [category: Events]
• 1990: Lee Hongki, Korean singer (F.T. Island) [category: Births]
• 1990: Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress. [category: Events]
• 1991: Mary Howard aka Josephine Edgar, British writer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Battle at Rumaila Oil Field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War. [category: Events]
• 1992: Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan join the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1993: 1993 Storm of the Century begins to form over the North Atlantic Ocean. [category: Events]
• 1994: Anita Morris, American actress (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Maurice Bambier, French politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark. [category: Events]
• 1998: Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice. [category: Events]
• 1999: David Ackles, American singer and songwriter (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Dusty Springfield, English singer (Lana Sisters and The Springfields) (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: François Abadie, French politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: John Diamond, British journalist (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 2003: Hank Ballard, American musician (The Midnighters) (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500. [category: Events]
• 2005: Martin Denny, American musician (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Rick Mahler, American baseball player (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Clem Labine, American baseball player (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Henri Troyat, French writer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. politician (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Chris Finnegan, British boxer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Winston Spencer-Churchill, British politician (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: March 2–3, 2012 tornado outbreak: A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities. [category: Events]
• _: Agnes of Bohemia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blessed Charles the Good, Count of Flanders [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Chad of Mercia (Church of England) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of 'Alá (Loftiness), First day of the 19th month of the Bahá'í calendar (Bahá'í Faith) and first day of the Baha'i Nineteen Day Fast [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Omizu-okuri ("Water Carrying") Festival (Obama, Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Peasants Day (Burma) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: St Chad's Day (St Chad's College) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Texas Independence Day (Texas) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victory at Adwa Day (Ethiopia) [category: Holidays and observances]