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The
2nt o Mairch
is the 61st day o the year (62nt in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 304 days ti come.
Events
- 986
–
Louis V
becomes King o the
Franks
.
- 1316
–
Marjorie Bruce
dees gien birth tae futur King
Robert II o Scotland
.
- 1825
– A
yirdquauk
strikes Blida,
Algerie
, killin 7,000 fowk.
- 1855
–
Alexander II
becomes
Tsar
o Roushie.
- 1861
– The
Dakota
Territory is creatit.
- 1877
–
Rutherford B. Hayes
is declared the winner o the disputit
1876
US Preses election.
- 1899
– Mount Rainier Naitional Pairk is creatit in the US state o
Washington
.
- 1933
– A
yirdquauk
in Sanriku,
Japan
, kills 3,000 fowk.
- 1935
–
Prajadhipok
abdicates as King o Siam (nou
Thailand
); 9-year-auld
Ananda Mahidol
succeeds him.
- 1939
–
Pape Pius XII
is electit.
- 1956
–
Morocco
gains unthirldom frae
Fraunce
.
- 1962
–
Basketbaw
:
Wilt Chamberlain
sets an
NBA
record o 100 pynts in a single gemme.
- 1969
– The fiirst test flicht o
Concorde
is carriet oot in
Toulouse
.
- 1970
–
Rhodesie
(nou
Zimbabwe
) declares issel a republic.
- 1972
– The
Pioneer 10
space probe is launched fae
Cape Canaveral
,
Florida
.
- 1992
–
Armenie
,
Azerbaijan
,
Kazakhstan
,
Kyrgyzstan
,
Moldovae
,
San Marino
,
Tajikistan
,
Turkmenistan
an
Uzbekistan
jyn the
Unitit Naitions
.
- 2004
–
John Kerry
becomes the Democrat candidate for
Preses o the Unitit States
.
- 2004
– Suicide bombins in Kerbela,
Iraq
, kill 270 fowk.
- 2006
–
Nintendo DS
goes on sale in
Japan
.
- 2006
–
Menzies Campbell
becomes the seicont consecutive Scot, efter
Charles Kennedy
, tae lead the Breetish
Leeberal Democrats
.
- 2008
–
Dmitry Medvedev
is electit
Preses
o
Roushie
.
- 2012
– Tornadoes sweep across the Sooth-Central
Unitit States
, killin 40 fowk.
- 2017
– Walin tae the
Northren Ireland
Assembly tak place, efter the collapse o the pouer-sharin govrenment.
- 2019
– The SpX-DM1
space
mission is launched; it later successfully docks wi the
Internaitional Space Station
.
- 2020
–
COVID-19 pandemic
:
Andorrae
,
Indonesie
,
Jordan
,
Latvie
,
Morocco
,
Portugal
,
Saudi Arabie
,
Senegal
an
Tunisie
record thair first
COVID-19
cases.
Births
- 1316
–
Robert II o Scotland
(d.
1390
)
- 1459
–
Pape Adrian VI
(d.
1523
)
- 1793
–
Sam Houston
,
Preses
o the Republic o
Texas
(d.
1863
)
- 1810
–
Pape Leo XIII
(d.
1903
)
- 1824
–
Bedrich Smetana
, Czech componer (d.
1884
)
- 1865
–
James McCall
, Scots fitbawer (d.
1925
)
- 1876
–
Pape Pius XII
(d.
1958
)
- 1894
–
Alexander Oparin
, Roushie biochemist (d.
1980
)
- 1895
–
Hughie Ferguson
, Scots fitbawer (d.
1930
)
- 1904
–
Dr. Seuss
, American writer (d.
1991
)
- 1917
–
Desi Arnaz
, Cuban-American actor an muisicker (d.
1986
)
- 1919
–
Jennifer Jones
, American actress (d.
2009
)
- 1931
–
Mikhail Gorbachev
,
Preses
o the
Soviet Union
- 1937
–
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
, umwhile
Preses
o
Algerie
- 1938
–
Ricardo Lagos
, umwhile
Preses
o
Chile
- 1940
–
Billy McNeill
, Scots fitbawer (d.
2019
)
- 1942
–
Lou Reed
, American muisicker (d.
2013
)
- 1947
–
Harry Redknapp
, Inglis fitbaw manager
- 1950
?
Karen Carpenter
, American sangster (
Carpenters
) (d.
1983
)
- 1962
–
Jon Bon Jovi
, American sangster (
Bon Jovi
)
- 1963
–
Henry Bolton
, Inglis politeecian, umwhile leader o the
UK Unthirldom Pairty
- 1968
–
Daniel Craig
, Inglis actor
- 1971
–
Norbert Hofer
, Austrick politeecian
- 1972
–
Mauricio Pochettino
, Argentine fitbawer an manager
- 1977
–
Chris Martin
, Inglis sangster (
Coldplay
)
- 1982
–
Mark Kerr
, Scots fitbawer
- 1989
–
Toby Alderweireld
, Belgian fitbawer
- 1998
?
Tua Tagovailoa
, American fitbawer
Daiths
- 1316
–
Marjorie Bruce
, Queen Consort o Scots (b.
1296
)
- 1619
–
Anne o Denmark
, Queen o Scots (b.
1574
)
- 1835
–
Francis II, Haly Roman Emperor
(b.
1768
)
- 1855
–
Nicholas I o Roushie
(b.
1796
)
- 1878
–
John Cochrane
, Scots chess player an lawer (b.
1798
)
- 1895
–
John Stuart Blackie
, Scots scholart (b.
1809
)
- 1895
–
Berthe Morisot
, French penter (b.
1841
)
- 1930
–
D. H. Lawrence
, Inglis writer (b.
1885
)
- 1939
–
Howard Carter
, Inglis archaeologist (b.
1874
)
- 1985
–
Alexander Watt
, Scots botanist an plant ecologist (b.
1892
)
- 1991
–
Serge Gainsbourg
, French sangster (b.
1928
)
- 1992
–
Jackie Mudie
, Scots fitbawer (b.
1930
)
- 2015
–
Dave Mackay
, Scots fitbawer (b.
1934
)
- 2017
–
Tommy Gemmell
, Scots fitbawer (b.
1943
)
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