Today in History
Listings for Monday, March 2, 2020.
Birthdays:
- 1836 J.L.G.J. Weingarten --1910
- 1876 Pope Pius XII, Religious Leader, RN:Eugenio Pacelli; pope 1939-58
- 1904 Dr. Seuss
- 1917 Desi Arnaz
- 1919 Jennifer Jones
- 1931 Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1944 Lou Reed
- 1952 Laraine Newman
- 1962 Jon Bon Jovi
Events:
- 1836 Texas declares independence from Mexico.
- 1861 Congress creates the Territory of Nevada.
- 1917 Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted.
- 1929 US Court of Customs & Patent Appeals created by US Congress.
- 1949 First automatic street light installed. (In New Milford, CT)
- 1958 First surface crossing of the Antarctic continent ends.
- 1972 Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby.
- 1974 First Class postage raised to 10 cents from 8 cents.
- 1978 Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6
That's all for today.