Historical Events In March - 02

1925  SDAP-Second-Faction (Dutch Socialists) of parliament demands drastic disarmament on March - 02.   

1925  Dutch Socialists demand drastic disarmament on this day in history.   

1927  Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year) on this day in history.   

1927  Siegfried Kohler, composer on this day in history.   

1928  Philip K Dick, writer on March - 02.   

1929  On this day in history congress creates Court of Customs &Patent Appeals   

1929  On this day in history chicago Black Hawks shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game   

1929  On March - 02 donald Gosling, English parkeerplaatsenmagnaat/multi-millionaire   

1930  On this day in history 1st US indoor glider flight, St Louis Terminal Building   

1930  On this day in history jan van Noor, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)   

1930  David H Lawrence, poet/writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 44 on March - 02.   

1931  On March - 02 the birth of Mikhail Gorbachev, Former soviet leader   

1931  Duane E Graveline, Newport Vt, astronaut on March - 02.   

1933  "King Kong", premieres at Radio City Music Hall &RKO Roxy NYC on March - 02.   

1933  On this day in history most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan   

1933  "King Kong," premieres at Radio City Music Hall & RKO Roxy NYC on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha   

1936  On March - 02 bradman scores 369 in 253 minutes, SA vs Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes   

1936  Bradman scores 369 in 253 mins, SA v Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes on March - 02.   

1937  On March - 02 mexico nationalizes oil   

1937  On this day in history gustav Wohlgemuth, composer, dies at 73   

1938  On March - 02 landslides &floods cause over 200 deaths (Los Angeles CA)   

1938  Trials of Soviet leaders begins in the Soviet Union on March - 02.   

1938  On March - 02 landslides & floods cause over 200 deaths (LA Calif)   

1939  Eugenio Pacelli chosen as Pope Pius XII on March - 02.   

1939  Mass Legislature votea to ratify the Bill of Rights; 147 years late on this day in history.   

1939  Roman Catholic Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope, taking the name Pius XII on March - 02.   

1939  Howard Carter, Brit archaeologist/Egyptologist (King Tut), dies at 65 on March - 02.   

1940  On March - 02 soviet armies conquer Tuppura Island Finland   

1940  On March - 02 1st intercollegiate track meet telecast, MSG, NYC   

1941  On March - 02 world War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joined the Axis Pact.   

1942  On this day in history 14th Academy Awards "How Green was My Valley", Gary Cooper &Joan Fontaine win   

1942  Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history hMS STRONGHOLD, sunk south of Java - by gunfire from Japanese 8in cruiser 'Maya' and destroyers.   

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1316  Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90) was born on March - 02.   

1409  On this day in history birth of john II, French duke of Alencon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc   

1459  On this day in history birth of adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23)   

1481  On March - 02 birth of franz von Sickingen, German knight   

1545  On this day in history birth of thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar   

1555  On March - 02 birth of ludovico Spontoni, composer   

1578  On March - 02 birth of george Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644)   

1705  On March - 02 birth of william Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)   

0855  On this day in history death of lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)   

0986  Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1122  On this day in history floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies   

1127  Death of Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered on this day in history.   

1316  Death of Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296) on March - 02.   

1333  Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies on March - 02.   

1383  Amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies on March - 02.   

1572  On this day in history death of mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil