2nd March

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The March 2 is the 61st day of the Gregorian calendar (the 62nd in leap years ), thus remain 304 days by year end.

Historic anniversaries
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Events

Politics and world events

1476: Post-battle looting
1835: Ferdinand I.
1861: Dakota Territory
1935: King Rama VIII.
1943: Battle of the Bismarcksee
1956: End of the protectorate in Morocco
2004: Location of Karbala
2009: João Bernardo Vieira

economy

1995: Yahoo! -Logo
  • 1995 : David Filo and Jerry Yang convert the Internet portal Yahoo , which they founded in 1994, into a public company.
  • 2009 : The US insurance company American International Group (AIG) publishes its official figures for the fourth quarter of 2008 in New York - with 61.7 billion US dollars, the highest quarterly loss in US economic history. As a result, the state has to step in with a total of 180 billion dollars in aid.

science and technology

1818: Chephren pyramid
1955: Dassault Super Mystère B2

Culture

1808: First printing of The Broken Jug

society

religion

Disasters

Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .

nature and environment

1899: Mount Rainier

Sports

1962: Wilt Chamberlain

Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .

Born

Before the 18th century

Hadrian VI. (* 1459)

18th century

Camille Desmoulins (* 1760)

19th century

1801-1850

Andreas Peter Berggreen (* 1801)
Carl Schurz (* 1829)

1851-1900

Franz von Liszt (* 1851)

20th century

1901-1925

Edward Condon (* 1902)
Lykke Aresin (* 1921)

1926-1950

Mikhail Gorbachev (* 1931)
Abd al-Aziz Bouteflika (* 1937)
Lou Reed (born 1942)

1951-1975

Ute Granold (* 1955)
Jon Bon Jovi (born 1962)
Method Man (* 1971)

1976-2000

Chris Martin (* 1977)
Matthew Mitcham (* 1988)

21st century

Died

Before the 16th century

16th and 17th centuries

Johann Ambrosius Bach († 1695)

18th century

19th century

Karl Gottfried Hagen († 1829)
Benjamin Wade († 1878)

20th century

1901-1950

Hendrik Jacobus Hamaker († 1911)
Ángela de la Cruz († 1932)

1951-2000

Micheil Tsereteli († 1965)

21st century

Leopold Gratz († 2006)

Holidays and memorial days

  • Church memorial days:
    • John Wesley , English revival preacher and Methodist benefactor (Evangelical, Anglican Memorial Day is May 24th )
    • Charles Wesley , English revival preacher and Methodist founder (Evangelical: ELCA )

The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .


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