Historical Events
- 1791 Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris
- 1796 Napoléon Bonaparte is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French Army in Italy
- 1807 US Congress bans the slave trade within the US, effective January 1, 1808
- 1888 The Convention of Constantinople signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace
- 1946 Ho Chi Minh elected President of North Vietnam
- 1956 Morocco tears up the Treaty of Fez, declaring independence from France
- 1970 White government of Rhodesia declares itself a republic
- 2002 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: US conventional forces first deployed as part of Operation Anaconda
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Mar 2 in Film & TV
- 1933 "King Kong" film directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, starring Fay Wray premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy in NYC
- 1965 One of the most popular musical films of all time, "The Sound of Music", starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, premieres (Academy Awards Best Picture - 1966)
Mar 2 in Sport
- 1962 Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points, most ever by an NBA player in a single game, in Warriors' 169-147 win over NY Knicks in Hershey; 36-of-63 from field, 28-of-32 from free-throw line
Did You Know?
Queen Victoria narrowly escapes assassination when Roderick Maclean shoots at her while boarding a train in Windsor
On March 2, 1882
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Longest non-stop scheduled commercial flight by distance, Emirates A380 flies 14,200km (8,824 miles) Dubai to Auckland in 17 hours, 15 minutes
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Famous Weddings
- 1937 Film director D. W. Griffith (61) weds actress Evelyn Baldwin (26)
- 1984 Tennis player Yannick Noah (23) weds beauty queen Cecilia Rodhe (22) in Cameroon
Famous Divorces
- 1920 Actress Mary Pickford (27) divorces actor Owen Moore (33) after 9 years of marriage
- 1936 Film director D. W. Griffith (61) divorces Linda Arvidson (50) after 30 years of marriage
- 1976 Second wife Carole Hoff divorces serial killer John Wayne Gacy (33) after 3 years of marriage
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King Kong Premieres
Poster for the 1933 film "King Kong", the first in a series of movies about the giant gorilla
March 2, 1933
Oscar Hopes Sunk for 'Titanic' Movie Cast
Titanic broke all kinds of records after its release in 1997, but the acclaim that it received failed to be reflected on the cast at the Academy Awards.
March 2, 1998
Weekly Quiz for March 2 - 8
Which musical film starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer was released this week in 1965? Which country was the Spanish Flu 1st recorded in 1918?
