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March 2 is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 304 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities). 2004 - Voters in the U.S. state of Georgia vote on a referendum concerning its Confederacy -derived flag. Births.
2004 ( MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2004th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 4th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2000s decade. 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, [1] and the ...
Texas Independence Day is the celebration of the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. With this document, signed by 59 delegates, settlers in Mexican Texas officially declared independence from Mexico and created the Republic of Texas . It is not, however, an official state holiday whereby offices are closed, but ...
March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20 or 21 marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the ...
1863 - The United States Congress authorizes track width of 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) for Union Pacific Railroad 1867 - The United States Congress passed the 1st Reconstruction Act 1877 - U.S. presidential election, 1876 : Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even ...
World Hearing Day. National Anthem Day. Missouri Compromise. National Mulled Wine Day. March 4. National Grammar Day. National Hug a G.I. Day. World Obesity Day. National Pound Cake Day.
1867 – Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (pictured). The news media of the day call the transaction Seward's Folly. 1870 – Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.