What Happened On March 2

What Happened On Mar 2 Events

1776 Mar 2
to 1776 Mar 3
 Battle Of Nassau
The Battle of Nassau (March 2 – March 3, 1776) was a naval action and amphibious assault by American forces against British-occupied Nassau in the Bahamas during the American Revolutionar...
1776 Mar 2
to 1776 Mar 3
 Battle Of The Rice Boats
The Battle of the Rice Boats was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place in the Savannah River on the border between the Province of Georgia and the Province of South C...
1780 Mar 2
to 1780 Mar 14
 Battle of Fort Charlotte
On March 1, Gálvez sent a letter to Durnford offering to accept his surrender, which was politely rejected. Gálvez began setting up gun batteries around the fort the next day. Durnford wr...
1864 Mar 2 Battle of Walkerton - the Dahlgren Affair
Description: On February 28, Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick left his encampment at Stevensburg with 4,000 picked men to raid Richmond. Col. Ulric Dahlgren, son of Rear Adm. John Dahlgren, c...
1899 Mar 2 Mount Rainier National Park Created
President William McKinley signed legislation creating Mount Rainier National Park in central Washington. The nearly 365-square-mile area of pristine forests and spectacular alpine scener...
1904 Mar 2 Dr. Seuss is Born
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Henrietta Seuss and Theodor Robert Geisel. His father, the son of German immigrants, inherited the family brewery one month ...
1914 Mar 2 "A Film Johnnie" (film) is Released
A Film Johnnie is a 1914 American-made motion picture starring Charles Chaplin, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Mabel Normand.
1933 Mar 2 "King Kong" Is Released
King Kong is a 1933 landmark black-and-white monster film about a gigantic gorilla named "Kong" and how he is captured from a remote lost prehistoric island and brought to civilization ag...
1937 Mar 2 "Lost Horizon" Is Released
Lost Horizon is a 1937 film directed by Frank Capra starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt and Sam Jaffe. It tells the story of a group of travelers who find a utopian society in the Himalaya...
1939 Mar 2 Eugenio Pacelli (Pius XII) elected Pope
The Venerable Pope Pius XII (Latin: Pius PP. XII; Italian: Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (2 March 1876 – 9 October 1958), reigned as the 260th Pope, head of the C...
1944 Mar 2 16th Academy Awards
The 16th Academy Awards, in 1944, was the first Oscar ceremony held at a large public venue, Grauman’s Chinese Theater. Free passes were given out to men and women in uniform. The more th...
1944 Mar 2 Balvano Train Disaster
Rescuers rushed to the tunnel in a locomotive. From inside came the sound of the stalled engines still puffing slowly; bodies were sprawled beside the track; 530 passengers had died of as...
1962 Mar 2 Wilt Chamberlain Scores 100 Points Against the New York Knicks
Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game, named by the National Basketball Association as one of its greatest games, took place between the Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks on March...
1965 Mar 2 Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was the title of a gradual and sustained U.S. 2nd Air Division (later Seventh Air Force), U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) aerial bombardment ...
1965 Mar 2 "The Sound Of Music" Is Released
Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music is a 1965 musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews in the lead role. The film is based on the Broadway musical The Soun...
1978 Mar 2 Fingers (film) is Released
Fingers is a 1978 drama film directed by James Toback. It features Harvey Keitel as a pianist who also works for his loan shark father as a "collector". He is a conflicted soul, torn betw...
1979 Mar 2 "Norma Rae" Is Released
Norma Rae is a 1979 film which tells the story of a factory worker from a small town in the Southern United States who becomes involved in the labor union activities at the textile factor...
1984 Mar 2 Birth of Elizabeth Jagger, First Child to Mick and Jerry Hall
Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger (born March 2, 1984 in New York City) is an English model and actress. She is the daughter of Mick Jagger and his erstwhile common-law wife Jerry Hall. Her sibli...
1984 Mar 2 "Repo Man" Is Released
Repo Man is a 1984 cult film directed by Alex Cox. It was produced by Jonathan Wacks and Peter McCarthy, with executive producer Michael Nesmith, and stars Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean S...
1984 Mar 2 This Is Spinal Tap is released
This Is Spinal Tap (officially spelled This Is Spın̈al Tap, with a non-functional umlaut over the letter n — n-diaeresis — and a dotless letter i) is an American 1984 rock musical mockume...
1986 Mar 2 'You're Only Old Once! A Book for Obsolete Children' is Published
Among his later books were some on serious topics. In "The Butter Battle Book" (1984), he introduced young readers to the dangers of the nuclear arms race. In 1986, in "You're Only Old On...
1988 Mar 2 Aretha Wins "Best R&B Vocal Performance" Grammy
Aretha Franklin wins Grammy Awards for Aretha (Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female) and “I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)” (Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal).
1991 Mar 2 Rodney King Pulled Over and Beaten by LAPD Officers
On the night of March 2, 1991, Rodney King and two passengers, Byrant Allen and Freddie Helms, were driving west on Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210) in the San Fernando Valley area of Lo...
1993 Mar 2 Living Colour release Stain
Stain is the third album by Living Colour. It was released on March 2, 1993, by Epic Records. It is the first album to feature bassist Doug Wimbish. Stain features a much heavier and aggr...
1996 Mar 2 MST3K Ep. 705 - "Escape 2000"
An evil corporation wants to raze and rebuild the Bronx, and secretly attempts to kill its obstinate residents. A band of rebels fights back. Catchphrase: Leave the Bronx!
1999 Mar 2 Dimmu Borgir releases Spiritual Black Dimensions
Spiritual Black Dimensions is the fourth studio album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released in 1999 by Nuclear Blast Records. A deluxe edition was released...
1999 Mar 2 Dusty Springfield Dies
While recording her final album, A Very Fine Love, in January 1994 in Nashville, Tennessee, Springfield felt ill. Upon returning to England a few months later, her physicians diagnosed he...
1999 Mar 2 Nas Releases Single "Nas Is Like"
"Nas Is Like" is the first single from Nas' third album I Am.... The song is the sixth collaboration between Nas and producer DJ Premier. It was critically well received as it was a chang...
2004 Mar 2 America's Next Top Model Cycle 2 Episode 8
The remaining girls were taken to a restaurant where Tyra introduced their international destination for the cycle, Milan, Italy. The girls then went on go-sees where Shandi was described...
2004 Mar 2 Jay-Z releases "Dirt Off Your Shoulder" single
"Dirt off Your Shoulder" is the second single released from Jay-Z's 2003 album The Black Album. In 2004, the song was combined with the Linkin Park single "Lying from You" and released...
2004 Mar 2 The Ashura Massacre Leaves At Least 178 Dead in Iraq
The Ashura massacre of March 2, 2004 in Iraq was a series of planned terrorist explosions that killed at least 178 and injured at least 500 Iraqi Shi'a Muslims commemorating the Day of As...
2005 Mar 2 America's Next Top Model Cycle 4 Episode 1
Both Tiffany and Mary from last cycle were back. At panel, Tiffany revealed she has taken anger management classes, Kahlen impressed everyone, Brittany was compared to Janice, Lluvy revea...
2006 Mar 2 "The Lord Of The Rings: The Battle For Middle-Earth II" Is Released
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, abbreviated BFME2, is a real-time strategy video game developed and published by Electronic Arts. It is based on the fantasy novel T...
2007 Mar 2 Hannah Montana Season 1 Episode 25
Hannah gets a perfume line but hates it. She hates it because it's made of raspberries and she feels sick when she smells raspberries. But she either has to decide to not sell the product...
2007 Mar 2 "The Wicker Man" Rifftrax is Released
Horror has a new name – and that name is "wicker". Once used almost exclusively in the construction of baskets and attractive outdoor furniture, wicker will now and forever after be synon...
2008 Mar 2 Boston Celtics defeat Atlanta Hawks, 98-88
Even though the Celtics were up only 7 points during a timeout with 2:01 to play during a 98-88 victory over the Hawks last night, the game operations staff at TD Banknorth Garden couldn'...
2008 Mar 2 Nine Inch Nails release Ghosts I–IV
2008 Mar 2 Nine Inch Nails releases Ghosts I–IV
Ghosts I–IV is the sixth studio album by American industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails, released on March 2, 2008. The team behind the project included Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Rezn...
2008 Mar 2
to 2008 Apr 20
 Oprah's Big Give Airs
Oprah's Big Give (also referred to as The Big Give) is a reality television series that aired Sunday nights at 9:00 PM Eastern/8:00PM Central on ABC, and is hosted by Nate Berkus. The Big...
2009 Mar 2 Alexi Giannoulias opens exploratory bid for US Senate
"Some days you wake up and you say 'I feel like I can do a much better job than the person who's in there now." —Alexi Giannoulias
2009 Mar 2 João Bernardo Vieira Dies
João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira (27 April 1939 – 2 March 2009) was the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2009. After seizing power in 1980, Vieira ruled for ...
2009 Mar 2 Rod Blagojevich signs book deal
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is vowing to expose "the dark side of politics that he witnessed in both the state and national level" in a book due out later this year, his publicist announc...
2010 Mar 2 Boston Celtics defeat Detroit Pistons, 105-100
It wasn't pretty or convincing, but the Celtics were able to outlast the pesky Pistons with a 105-100 win by outscoring Detroit 33-25 in the fourth quarter. When was the last time we coul...
2010 Mar 2 Crystal Bowersox is Hopsitalized
A medical issue could take Crystal Bowersox out of "American Idol." "Idol" executive producer Ken Warwick told host Ryan Seacrest on his radio show Wednesday morning that if the 24-ye...
2010 Mar 2 Justin Bieber Releases "Never Let You Go" Single
In Justin Bieber's "Baby" video, we saw him hanging with celebrity pals like Drake and Ludacris while winning back his girl with his killer bowling skills. But in his latest clip, for "Ne...
2010 Mar 2 Lee DeWyze Performs 'Lips of an Angel' on 'American Idol'
Paint salesman Lee Dewyze was revealed as a juvenile-delinquent-gone-good, and he continued his winning ways with Hinder's "Lips of an Angel." Giving the hard-rock ballad a Black Crowes-s...
2010 Mar 2 Michigan Wolverines defeat Minnesota Golden Gophers, 83-55
With two regular-season games left, the Gophers hope to play their way out of postseason purgatory. That's a holding place reserved for teams that haven't done enough to feel comfortab...
2010 Mar 2 Montreal Canadiens defeat Boston Bruins, 4-1
Cam Neely acknowledged that the Winter Olympics in his native Vancouver were exciting and inspiring, but at the same time, the Bruins vice president believes the NHL’s participation in th...
2010 Mar 2 New York Rangers defeat Ottawa Senators, 4-1
The NHL's trade deadline came and went Wednesday afternoon with the Rangers making all the splash of a corn flake in milk. The Rangers will bring no new additions to the roster into Th...
2010 Mar 2 Oral Arguments for McDonald v. Chicago
The U.S. Supreme Court has set a date to hear the landmark civil liberties case that will determine whether the Second Amendment prohibits state and local governments from enacting stiff ...