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{{*mp}} [[1861]] - The '''[[Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia|Emancipation Manifesto]]''' of [[Tsar]] [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]] was proclaimed, abolishing [[Russian serfdom|serfdom]] in [[Imperial Russia]]. <!--March 3rd ??? |
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{{*mp}} [[1865]] - [[Second Taranaki War]]: '''[[Volkner Incident]]''' in [[New Zealand]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1946]] - '''[[Ho Chi Minh|Hồ Chí Minh]]''' became President of [[North Vietnam]]. (need to confirm date) |
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{{*mp}} [[1962]] - '''[[Wilt Chamberlain]]''' scored 100 points in a [[basketball]] game, still a record in the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] today. |
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{{*mp}} [[1998]] - [[NASA]] announced the discovery of [[water]], likely a [[Salinity|salty]] [[ocean]], on '''[[Europa (moon)|Europa]]''', one of the [[Jupiter's natural satellites|moons]] of the [[planet]] [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. |
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File:Kingkongposter.jpg|''King Kong'' film poster |
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File:João Bernardo Vieira.jpg|João Bernardo Vieira |
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File:VladimirRemek.jpg|Vladimír Remek |
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File:Carls Sylvius Volkner.jpg|Carl Sylvius Völkner |
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[[Image:Ho_Chi_Minh.JPG|85px|Hồ Chí Minh]] |
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'''[[March 2]]''': [[Independence Day]] in '''[[Morocco]]''' ([[1956]]) |
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| [[1917]] – U.S. president [[Woodrow Wilson]] signed the '''[[Jones–Shafroth Act]]''' into law, granting [[United States nationality law|United States citizenship]] to every citizen of [[Puerto Rico]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1836]] - The [[Mexican Texas|Mexican state of Texas]] [[Texas Declaration of Independence|declared its independence]] from [[Mexico]], establishing the '''[[Republic of Texas]]''' |
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| [[1933]] – The film '''''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'''''<!-- ''(poster pictured)''--> premiered at [[Radio City Music Hall]] in New York City. |
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{{*mp}} [[1943]] - [[World War II]]: [[Royal Australian Air Force|Australian]] and [[United States Air Force|American]] [[air force]]s attacked and destroyed a large [[convoy]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese Navy]] in the '''[[Battle of the Bismarck Sea]]'''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1962]] - A military [[coup d'état]] led by General '''[[Ne Win]]''' seized power in [[History of Myanmar|Burma]] (now [[Myanmar]]). |
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| [[1939]] – Italian [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] Eugenio Pacelli was [[1939 papal conclave|elected]] as [[Pope]] and took the name '''[[Pope Pius XII|{{nowrap|Pius XII}}]]'''. |
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| [[1992]] – By virtue of gaining membership to the [[United Nations]], Moldova gained international [[diplomatic recognition|recognition]] as '''[[Independence of Moldova|an independent nation]]'''. |
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| [[2009]] – President of Guinea-Bissau '''[[João Bernardo Vieira]]''' was assassinated in an attack by a group of soldiers on his private residence in [[Bissau]]. |
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* [[1444]] – The '''[[League of Lezhë]]''', an alliance of regional chieftains, was established in [[Venetian Albania]] with [[Skanderbeg]] as their commander. |
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* [[1791]] – French inventor [[Claude Chappe]] and his brothers first demonstrated the '''[[Optical telegraph|semaphore telegraph]]''', a system to convey information by means of visual signals, using towers<!-- ''(replica pictured)''--> with pivoting crossarms. |
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* [[1836]] – [[Texas Revolution]]: At '''[[Convention of 1836|a convention of delegates]]''' in [[Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas|Washington-on-the-Brazos]], the Mexican state of [[Mexican Texas|Texas]] adopted [[Texas Declaration of Independence|a declaration of independence]]<!--not bold, more citations needed orange banner-->, establishing the [[Republic of Texas]]. |
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* [[1859]] – The '''[[Great Slave Auction]]''', the largest single sale of slaves in U.S. history, with more than 400 people sold, began in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. |
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* [[1865]] – [[New Zealand Wars]]: '''[[Carl Sylvius Völkner]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''-->, a Protestant missionary, [[Völkner incident|was killed]]<!--not bold, multiple issues--> by [[Pai Mārire|Hauhau]] militants in [[Ōpōtiki]] for working as an agent for New Zealand governor-general [[George Grey]]. |
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* [[1877]] – The [[Electoral Commission (United States)|Electoral Commission]] awarded twenty disputed [[United States Electoral College|electoral votes]] to '''[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]''', thus assuring his victory in the [[1876 United States presidential election|1876 U.S. presidential election]]. |
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* [[1901]] – '''[[U.S. Steel]]''', the first billion-dollar corporation and once the world's largest producer of steel, was founded by financier [[J. P. Morgan]]. |
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* [[1919]] – [[Communism|Communist]], [[revolutionary socialism|revolutionary-socialist]], and [[syndicalism|syndicalist]] delegates '''[[1st Congress of the Comintern|met in Moscow]]''' to establish the [[Communist International]]. |
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* [[1937]] – The '''[[Steel Workers Organizing Committee]]''', the precursor of the [[United Steelworkers|United Steel Workers of America]], had a major success when it signed a [[Collective bargaining|collective-bargaining]] agreement with [[U.S. Steel]]. |
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* [[1943]] – [[World War II|World {{nowrap|War II}}]]: Australian and U.S. air forces '''[[Battle of the Bismarck Sea|attacked and destroyed]]''' a large Japanese naval convoy in the [[Bismarck Sea]], north of Papua New Guinea. |
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* [[1962]] – Led by General '''[[Ne Win]]''', the [[Tatmadaw|Burmese military]] seized power in '''[[1962 Burmese coup d'état|a coup d'état]]'''. |
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* [[1965]] – [[Vietnam War]]: The American and [[South Vietnam]]ese air forces began '''[[Operation Rolling Thunder]]''', a sustained bombing campaign against [[North Vietnam]] that eventually became the most intense air–ground battle waged during the [[Cold War]] period. |
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* [[1965]] – '''''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]''''' is released in American theatres; it later became the [[List of highest-grossing films|highest grossing film]] of all time. |
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* [[1995]] – Researchers at [[Fermilab]] in Illinois announced the discovery of the '''[[top quark]]''', the most massive of all observed [[elementary particle]]s. |
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* [[2017]] – A naming ceremony for the [[chemical element]]s '''[[moscovium]]''', '''[[tennessine]]''', and '''[[oganesson]]''' took place at the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]] in Moscow. |
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* Born/died: | '''[[Hasan ibn Ali]]'''<!--grandson of Muhammad--> |b|625| '''[[Charles the Good]]'''<!--Flemish nobleman--> |d|1127| '''[[George Sandys]]'''<!--English writer--> |b|1578| '''[[William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield]]'''<!--Scottish jurist--> |b|1705| '''[[Louis-Gabriel Suchet]]'''<!--French military leader--> |b|1770| '''[[Susanna M. Salter]]'''<!--American politician--> |b|1860| '''[[James A. Gilmore]]'''<!--American sports executive--> |b|1876| '''[[Grete Hermann]]'''<!--German mathematician--> |b|1901| '''[[Gisela Januszewska]]'''<!--Austrian physician--> |d|1943| '''[[Lionel Matthews]]'''<!--Australian soldier--> |d|1944| '''[[Dusty Springfield]]'''<!--English singer--> |d|1999 |
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* [[1484]] – The '''[[College of Arms]]''', one of the few remaining official [[Heraldic authority|heraldic authorities]] in Europe, was incorporated by [[royal charter]] in the [[City of London]]. |
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* [[1776]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] militiamen from Georgia and South Carolina '''[[Battle of the Rice Boats|attempted to resist]]''' the British action to seize and remove supply ships anchored at [[Savannah, Georgia]]. |
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* [[1949]] – The [[Boeing B-50 Superfortress|{{nowrap|B-50}} Superfortress]] '''''[[Lucky Lady II|Lucky Lady II]]''''' landed in [[Fort Worth, Texas]], to complete the first non-stop [[circumnavigation]] of the world by airplane<!-- in a time of 94 hours and 1 minute-->. |
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* [[1962]] – Playing for the [[Golden State Warriors|Philadelphia Warriors]], American basketball player [[Wilt Chamberlain]] ''(pictured)'' '''[[Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game|scored 100 points]]''' in a game against the [[New York Knicks]], which remains an [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] record. |
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* [[2022]] – Russian forces '''[[Battle of Kherson|captured the city]]''' of [[Kherson]], the only regional capital to be taken during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. |
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{{Born and died list|'''[[Pope Adrian VI|Pope Adrian VI]]'''<!--Dutch--> |b|1459|'''[[Alexander Bullock]]'''<!--American politician--> |b|1816| '''[[Bedřich Smetana]]'''<!--Czech composer, male--> |b|1824| '''[[Ida Maclean]]'''<!--English chemist--> |d|1944|}} |
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Claude Chappe
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João Bernardo Vieira
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Vladimír Remek
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Carl Sylvius Völkner
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1917 – U.S. president Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones–Shafroth Act into law, granting United States citizenship to every citizen of Puerto Rico. | expansion, refimprove section |
1933 – The film King Kong premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. | refimprove, expansion |
1939 – Italian Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected as Pope and took the name Pius XII. | neutrality issues |
1970 – Rhodesia formally broke its links with the British crown and declared itself a republic. | refimprove section |
1992 – By virtue of gaining membership to the United Nations, Moldova gained international recognition as an independent nation. | refimprove |
2009 – President of Guinea-Bissau João Bernardo Vieira was assassinated in an attack by a group of soldiers on his private residence in Bissau. | refimprove section |
Eligible
- 1444 – The League of Lezhë, an alliance of regional chieftains, was established in Venetian Albania with Skanderbeg as their commander.
- 1791 – French inventor Claude Chappe and his brothers first demonstrated the semaphore telegraph, a system to convey information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting crossarms.
- 1836 – Texas Revolution: At a convention of delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos, the Mexican state of Texas adopted a declaration of independence, establishing the Republic of Texas.
- 1859 – The Great Slave Auction, the largest single sale of slaves in U.S. history, with more than 400 people sold, began in Georgia.
- 1865 – New Zealand Wars: Carl Sylvius Völkner, a Protestant missionary, was killed by Hauhau militants in Ōpōtiki for working as an agent for New Zealand governor-general George Grey.
- 1877 – The Electoral Commission awarded twenty disputed electoral votes to Rutherford B. Hayes, thus assuring his victory in the 1876 U.S. presidential election.
- 1901 – U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar corporation and once the world's largest producer of steel, was founded by financier J. P. Morgan.
- 1919 – Communist, revolutionary-socialist, and syndicalist delegates met in Moscow to establish the Communist International.
- 1937 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, the precursor of the United Steel Workers of America, had a major success when it signed a collective-bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel.
- 1943 – World War II: Australian and U.S. air forces attacked and destroyed a large Japanese naval convoy in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea.
- 1962 – Led by General Ne Win, the Burmese military seized power in a coup d'état.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: The American and South Vietnamese air forces began Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam that eventually became the most intense air–ground battle waged during the Cold War period.
- 1965 – The Sound of Music is released in American theatres; it later became the highest grossing film of all time.
- 1978 – As a cosmonaut on Soyuz 28, Czechoslovak military pilot Vladimír Remek (pictured) became the first person from outside the Soviet Union or the United States to go into space.
- 1995 – Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois announced the discovery of the top quark, the most massive of all observed elementary particles.
- 2017 – A naming ceremony for the chemical elements moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson took place at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
- Born/died: | Hasan ibn Ali |b|625| Charles the Good |d|1127| George Sandys |b|1578| William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield |b|1705| Louis-Gabriel Suchet |b|1770| Susanna M. Salter |b|1860| James A. Gilmore |b|1876| Grete Hermann |b|1901| Gisela Januszewska |d|1943| Lionel Matthews |d|1944| Dusty Springfield |d|1999
- 1484 – The College of Arms, one of the few remaining official heraldic authorities in Europe, was incorporated by royal charter in the City of London.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot militiamen from Georgia and South Carolina attempted to resist the British action to seize and remove supply ships anchored at Savannah, Georgia.
- 1949 – The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, Texas, to complete the first non-stop circumnavigation of the world by airplane.
- 1962 – Playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, American basketball player Wilt Chamberlain (pictured) scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks, which remains an NBA record.
- 2022 – Russian forces captured the city of Kherson, the only regional capital to be taken during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)
- Alexander Bullock (b. 1816)
- Bedřich Smetana (b. 1824)
- Ida Maclean (d. 1944)