March 2, 1997 Gail Graham wins LPGA Alpine Australian Ladies Masters
March 2, 1997 Nick Faldo wins Nissan Golf Open
March 2, 1997 Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia)
March 2, 1996 Copeland swimming pool re-opened by Gladiator
March 2, 1995 Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed
March 2, 1995 Space shuttle STS-67 (Endeavour 8), launches
March 2, 1994 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender if taped statement is broadcasted, it is, but he doesn't
March 2, 1993 Claudette Colbert, suffers a stroke at 89
March 2, 1993 Salman Rushdie divorces Marianne Wiggins
March 2, 1992 Anita Hall swims female world record 200m freestyle (2:25.35)
March 2, 1991 Deb Richard wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
March 2, 1990 Greyhound Bus goes on strike
March 2, 1989 12 European nations agree to ban chlorofluorocarbon production by 2000
March 2, 1988 Dutch Liberal Party merged with SDP
March 2, 1986 1st million-dollar purse for a handicap race won at Santa Anita
March 2, 1985 U.S. approves screening test for AIDS
March 2, 1984 Iran offensive against Iraq fails
March 2, 1984 John Long (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
March 2, 1983 Final episode of M*A*S*H; 125,000,000 viewers
March 2, 1983 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
March 2, 1982 60th hat trick in Islander history - Bryan Trottier
March 2, 1981 Aircraft hijacked by 3 Pakistani terrorists
March 2, 1981 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWDC in Washington D.C.
March 2, 1980 3rd Islander scoreless tie-Penguins in Pitts
March 2, 1978 1st broadcast of "Dallas" on CBS TV
March 2, 1978 Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6
March 2, 1977 Libya amends constitution
March 2, 1976 "Bubbling Brown Sugar" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 766 performances
March 2, 1976 Walt Disney World logged its 50 millionth guest
March 2, 1974 16th Grammy Awards: Killing Me Softly, Bette Midler wins
March 2, 1973 "Black September" terrorists occupy Saudi Embassy in Khartoum
March 2, 1972 Jean-Bedel Bokassa appoints himself President for life of Cent African Rep
March 2, 1972 Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby
March 2, 1970 American Airlines' 1st flight of a Boeing 747
March 2, 1969 1st test flight of the supersonic Concorde
March 2, 1968 Ice Dance Championship at Geneva won by Towler and Ford (GRB)
March 2, 1967 9th Grammy Awards: Strangers in Night, Michele wins
March 2, 1967 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 2, 1966 215,000 U.S. soldiers in Vietnam
March 2, 1965 "Sound Of Music" opens
March 2, 1965 Montcalm Community College in Sidney Mich, founded
March 2, 1964 Beatles begin filming "Hard Days Night," Harrison meets Patti Boyd
March 2, 1962 John F. Kennedy announces U.S. will resume above ground nuclear testing
March 2, 1961 "13 Daughters" opens at 54th St. Theater New York City for 28 performances
March 2, 1958 1st surface crossing of Antarctic continent is completed in 99 days
March 2, 1956 Morocco tears up the Treaty of Fez, declares independence from France
March 2, 1955 King Norodom Sihanukh of Cambodia succeeded by his father
March 2, 1955 William Inge's "Bus Stop," premieres in New York City
March 2, 1952 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
March 2, 1951 1st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-94 at Boston
March 2, 1949 1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct)
March 2, 1949 Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Tx, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hrs
March 2, 1946 Dutch troops land on East Bali
March 2, 1946 Ho Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam
March 2, 1946 Kingman Douglass, becomes deputy director of CIA
March 2, 1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
March 2, 1945 King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist government
March 2, 1944 Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocates 521 in Italy
March 2, 1943 Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, U.S. and Australia win
March 2, 1942 14th Academy Awards - "How Green was My Valley," Cooper and Fontaine win
March 2, 1942 Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon
March 2, 1940 Soviet armies conquer Tuppura Island Finland
March 2, 1939 Eugenio Pacelli chosen as Pope Pius XII
March 2, 1939 Massachusetts Legislature vote to ratify the Bill of Rights - 147 years late
March 2, 1938 Trials of Soviet leaders begins in the Soviet Union
March 2, 1937 Mexico nationalizes oil
March 2, 1936 Bradman scores 369 in 253 mins, SA vs. Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes
March 2, 1934 Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha
March 2, 1933 "King Kong," premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy New York City
March 2, 1933 Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan
March 2, 1930 1st U.S. indoor glider flight, St. Louis Terminal Building
March 2, 1929 Congress creates Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
March 2, 1927 Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year)
March 2, 1925 Dutch Socialists demand drastic disarmament
March 2, 1923 Time magazine debuts
March 2, 1922 WBAP-AM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
March 2, 1922 WLW-AM in Cincinnati OH begins radio transmissions
March 2, 1920 Karel Capek's "Loupeznik," premieres in Prague
March 2, 1919 1st congress of Communist International opens at the Kremlin
March 2, 1918 New York Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers and immediately trades him to Philadelphia A's
March 2, 1917 Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, U.S. citizenship granted
March 2, 1915 British vice adm Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts
March 2, 1910 2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington Washington, 118 die
March 2, 1909 Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy asks Serbia to set no territorial demands
March 2, 1907 General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal
March 2, 1907 Georges Feydeaus' "La Puce l'Oreille," premieres in Paris
March 2, 1904 "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" adopted
March 2, 1904 Gabriele d'Annunzio's "La figlia di Iorio," premieres in Milan
March 2, 1903 Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in New York City
March 2, 1902 Jimmy Collins, leaves Boston Beaneaters (NL) club to manage AL's new Boston Somersets
March 2, 1901 Hawaii's 1st telegraph company opens