March 2

March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). There are 304 days remaining.

Events:

• 1836 - Declaration of independence of Texas from Mexico.
• 1963 - Release of Please Please Me in the United Kingdom, first LP from The Beatles
• 1972 - Launch of Pioneer 10 spacecraft.

Births:

• 1316 - Robert II of Scotland ( + 1390)
• 1793 - Sam Houston, fought for Texas' independence from Mexico
• 1810 - Pope Leo XIII, 256th pope of the Roman Catholic Church
• 1824 - Bedrich Smetana, composer (+ 1884)
• 1849 - Robert Means Thompson
• 1859 - Sholom Aleichem, novelist (+ 1916)
• 1876 - Pope Pius XII, (+ 1958)
• 1900 - Kurt Weil, composer (+ 1950)
• 1904 - Dr. Seuss, author of children's books
• 1908 - Walter Bruch, engineer (+ 1990)
• 1917 - Desi Arnaz, actor
• 1919 - Jennifer Jones, actress
• 1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union
• 1931 - Tom Wolfe, author
• 1942 - John Irving, author
• 1942 - Lou Reed, singer and guitarist
• 1948 - R.T.Crowley, writer and pioneer of EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
• 1949 - Eddie Money, singer
• 1950 - Karen Carpenter, singer and drummer
• 1952 - Laraine Newman, comedian
• 1956 - Mark Evans, bassist of AC/DC
• 1962 - Jon Bon Jovi, singer, songwriter, and actor

Deaths:

• 1895 - Berthe Morisot, Impressionist Painter
• 1982 - Philip K. Dick, science fiction author
• 1991 - Serge Gainsbourg, singer

Holidays and observances:

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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