Pandemic 2020

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 2 March.

1. US slave importation forbidden
2. Ark territory organized
3. Tx declares independence from Mexico
4. Heinrich Olbers - discoverer of comets & asteroids - dies
5. Washington territory organized
6. Congress creates Dakota & Nevada territories
7. Congress abolishes peonage in NM
8. Hawaii's 1st telegraph co opens
9. Puerto Rico territory created - US citizenship granted
10. Time mag 1st published
11. Congress creates Court of Customs & Patent Appeals
12. 1st automatic st light (New Milford - Ct)
13. 1st non-stop - round-the-world airplane flight completed
14. 1st surface crossing of the Antarctic continent is completed
15. Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 pts in an NBA game
16. American Airlines 1st flight of Boeing 747
17. Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby
18. 1st class postage raised to 10› from 8›
19. Walt Disney World's 50-millionth guest
20. Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6
21. 3rd Islander scoreless tie - Penguins in Pitts
22. 60th hat trick in Islander history - Bryan Trottier

These famous people were born on 2 March.

1. 1793 - Sam Houston, Tx pres (1836-38, 1841-44)
2. 1810 - Leo XIII, 256th pope (1878-1903)
3. 1824 - Bedrich Smetana, Czech composer (Bartered Bride, Moldau)
4. 1829 - Carl Schurz, Civil War gen
5. 1876 - Pius XII, 260th pope (1939-58)
6. 1904 - Dr. Seuss, Author (Horton Hears a Who!)
7. 1909 - Mel Ott, 1st NLer to hit 500 HRs
8. 1917 - Desi Arnaz, Cuba (Ricky Ricardo)
9. 1919 - Jennifer Jones, Okla
10. 1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader
11. 1931 - Tom Wolfe, journalist (Right Stuff)
12. 1950 - Karen Carpenter, Ct, drummer