Today is the 62nd day of Saturday, March 2, 2024. There are 304 days left in the year.
Today’s main attraction in history:
On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlane scored 100 points for Philadelphia Warriors in a game against New York Nix, an NBA record that still stands. Philadelphia won the game, 169–147.
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In 1861, Texas was admitted to Confedersi, separating from the Union, Union.
In 1877, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes to Democrat Samuel J. Tilden was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election, even though Tielden won the popular vote.
In 1917, the actor, producer, director and bandelider Desi Arnz was born in Santiago de Cuba.
In 1932, the 20th amendment to the Constitution, which transferred the President’s inauguration date from March 4 to January 20, was passed by the Congress and sent to the states for recommendation.
In 1939, John Ford’s classic Western “Stagecoch”, Claire Trevor and John Wayne starring, opened in New York.
In 1943, a three-day battle of Bismarck Sea began in the South-West Pacific during World War II; The US and Australian war aircraft were able to cause heavy damage to a royal Japanese convoy.
In 1955, nine months before the famous act of Rosa Parks, Claudate Colvin, a Black High School student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested after refusing to leave his seat in a public bus.
In 1985, the government approved a screening test for AIDS, which detected antibodies for the virus, allowing the contaminated blood to be excluded from the blood supply.
In 1989, representatives from 12 European community countries agreed to ban all production of CFCs (chlorophylorocarbons) by the end of the 20th century, convicted synthetic compounds for destroying the Earth’s ozone layer.
In 1990, more than 6,000 drivers went on strike against Greyhound Lines Inc. (the company later announced a deadlock in talks, fired strikers.)
In 1995, internet search engine website Yahoo! The founders were included by Jerry Yang and David Philo.
In 2011, the Supreme Court ruled, 8–1, that the pain of an unhappy father on the protests of his maritime son, in a judgment, had to yield a free speech for the first amendment security, which was in favor of Westborough Baptist Church of Topke, Kansas.
In 2012, some 40 people were killed by a tornado who collided with Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentaki and Ohio.
In 2018, Charlotte, at a funeral before an invitation of around 2,000 in Northern Carolina, Rev Billy Graham’s children recalled the “American Pastor”, dedicated to spreading the gospel as a man, and who was living his life at home, promoted in stadiums.
In 2021, Veller, who became the last living founding member of the legendary Reg Group The Vellers, died in his original Jamaica at the age of 73.
In 2022, the first black student to enroll at Alabama University, Autarin Lucy Foster died at the age of 92.
Today’s birthday: Actor John Kullam is 94 years old. Actor Barbara Luna is 85 years old. The author is John Irving 82. How Yats 73 is the actor. The actor, Comedian Larine Pneumon (Saturday night Live) is 72. Former Sen Rase Fingold, D-Voss, 69. Cowsills) 68. Former tennis player Kevin Karrain is 66 years old. The country’s singer is Larry Stewart (Restless Heart) 65. Rock singer John Bon Jovi is 62. Blues singer-Muslim Alvin Youngblach Hart 61. 47. The actor is rebel Wilson 44. Actor Bryas Dallas Howard is 43. The former NFL quarterbacks Ben Roethlisberger 42 are. Actor Robert Irr is 39. Actor Nathli Emmanuel is 35. The country is singer Luke Comombs 34. Singer-Rapper-Actor Becky Ji is 27.