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Daily Calendar for Sunday, March 2, 2014

Born

  • Sam Houston (president of Texas, 1836-38; 1841-44) –
  • Theodor Seuss Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss; author) –
  • Desi Arnaz (musician & actor) –
  • Mikhail Sergeyvich Gorbachev (former Soviet political leader) –
  • Tom Wolfe (writer) –
  • John Irving (author) –
  • Karen Carpenter (singer) –
  • Laraine Newman (comedienne & actress) –
  • Jon Bon Jovi (musician) –
  • Daniel Craig (actor) –
  • Chris Martin (musician) –
  • Heather McComb (actress) –
  • Ben Roethlisberger (football player) –

Died

  • DH Lawrence (writer) –
  • Philip K. Dick (author) –
  • Dusty Springfield (singer) –
  • Jeff Healey (musician) –

Events

  • John Dix of Boston founded the first school for educating the blind, the New England Asylum for the Blind–
  • U.S. Congress passed first Reconstruction Act, setting up conditions for reintegration of Southern states into the Union–
  • Rutherford B. Hayes declared U.S. President by a special Electoral Commission in the disputed election of 1876–
  • Hatch Act, providing for the promotion of U.S. agricultural science by creating state agricultural experiment stations, became law–
  • Congress adopted the Platt Amendment, which established a U.S. protectorate over Cuba–
  • Martha Washington Hotel, for women only, opened in N.Y.C.–
  • Puerto Rico became U.S. territory and its inhabitants became U.S. citizens–
  • World premiere of King Kong–
  • Battle of Bismarck Sea began, resulting in major victory by U.S. over Japanese shipping and aircraft–
  • US Air Force Captain James Gallagher and 13 crew members completed the first round-the-world nonstop flight in a Boeing B-50 Superfortress, Lucky Lady II–
  • First crossing of Antarctica by land completed by Dr. (later Sir) Vivian Fuchs and team. It had taken 99 days.–
  • Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA scoring record of 100 points as the Philadelphia Warriors defeated the New York Knicks–
  • Concorde prototype 001, a supersonic jetliner, tested for the first time–
  • Pioneer 10, unmanned U.S. interplanetary probe, was launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida–
  • The FDA approved the first commercial blood test for AIDS–
  • Queen Elizabeth II signed the Australia Act, defining Australia as a sovereign, independent, and federal nation–
  • A 3.5 earthquake rattled parts of Quebec along the border of the United States–
  • Microsoft founder Bill Gates received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II–
  • The new U.S. $10 bills went into circulation. The redesigned note had shades of orange, yellow, and red–

Weather

  • A car crossed frozen Penobscot Bay, Maine–

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