1797: The Bank of England printed the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
1807: The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, disallowing the importation of new slaves into the country.
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1867: Over U.S. President Andrew Johnson’s veto, Radical Republicans in Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act, forbidding the president to remove civil officers without senatorial consent.
1877: U.S. presidential election, 1876 – Just two days before the inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
1917: The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
1933: An 8.4 magnitude Sanriku Earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan. A shocking 1,522 people died, 1,542 went missing, and 12,053 people were injured in the disaster.
1949: Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
1959: Miles Davis records Kind of Blue. It is considered the best-selling jazz album in history and one of the most influential works of jazz music ever produced.
1965: The musical “The Sound of Music,” starring Julie Andrews, premiered. The movie is one of the greatest musicals of all time and won many awards, including the Academy Awards for Best Picture of 1966.
1969: Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic airline, roared into the skies on its maiden flight in Toulouse, France. The aircraft will travel at twice the speed of sound. The supersonic airliner was retired in 2003, after Air France Flight 4590 crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on July 25, 2000.
1972: The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
1987: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, with lead vocalist Joseph Tshabalala, became the first South African group to win a Grammy award. The group won the award for the best traditional folk album. The album ‘Shaka Zulu’ was produced by music icon Paul Simon
1995: Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark (elementary particle and a fundamental constituent of matter).
Births on this day, March 2
Pastor E. A. Adeboye, 82 years
Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, is a Nigerian pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of Nigeria. He was born in Ifewara, Osun State, Nigeria.
Jon Bon Jovi, 62 years
John Francis Bongiovi Jr., known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He is best known as the founder and frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983. He has released 15 studio albums with his band as well as two solo albums.
Daniel Craig, 56 years
Daniel Wroughton Craig CMG is an English actor. He gained international fame by playing the fictional secret agent James Bond for five installments in the film series, from Casino Royale up to No Time to Die.
Sir Thomas Bodley (2 March 1545 – 28 January 1613 )
Sir Thomas Bodley was an English diplomat and scholar who founded the Bodleian Library in Oxford. He died at the age of 67.
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