March 2
Today is the 61st day of 2017, there are 304 days left in the year.
1793 - The first president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, was born near Lexington, Virginia.
1807 - Congress outlawed the importation of slaves to the United States, effective the following year.
1836 - Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
1867 - Howard University, a historically black school of higher learning in Washington, D.C., was founded as it received its congressional charter.
1867 - Congress passed, over President Andrew Johnson's veto, the first of four Reconstruction Acts, providing for "the more efficient government of the rebel states" by dividing the South into five military-run districts.
1877 - Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was declared president of the United States over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, by a U.S. electoral commission since the original result was too close to call. He was the only president ever elected this way.
1904 - Theodor Seuss Geisel, who wrote and illustrated the popular 'Dr. Seuss' children's books, was born. Following his death on Sept. 24, 1991, his obituary appeared in The Times.
1917 - Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory and Puerto Ricans gained American citizenship.
1923 - The first issue of TIME magazine appeared on newsstands.
1933 - "King Kong", starring Fay Wray, premiered in New York City.
1939 - Roman Catholic Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected pope on his 63rd birthday, taking the name Pius XII.
1939 - The Massachusetts legislature voted to ratify the Bill of Rights, 147 years after the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution had gone into effect. (Georgia and Connecticut soon followed.)
1949 - Captain James Gallagher completed the first non-stop around-the-world flight. He completed the 23,452-mile journey in 94 hours, 1 minute.
1955 - Nine months before Rosa Parks' famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin, a black high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger.
1956 - Morocco gained independence from France.
1977 - The U.S. House of Representatives adopted a strict code of ethics.
1985 - The federal government approved a screening test for AIDS that detected antibodies to the virus, allowing possibly contaminated blood to be excluded from the blood supply.
1989 - Representatives from the 12 European Community nations agreed to ban all production of CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), the synthetic compounds blamed for destroying the Earth's ozone layer, by the end of the 20th century.
2001 - The Taliban began the destruction of ancient Buddha statutes in Afghanistan.
2004 - A series of coordinated blasts in Iraq killed 181 people at shrines in Karbala and Baghdad as thousands of Shiite Muslim pilgrims gathered for a religious festival.
2008 - Dmitri A. Medvedev, a former aide to Russian president Vladimir Putin who never had held elected office, won the Russian presidential election in a landslide. Putin remained in a position of power, serving as Medvedev's prime minister.
2011 - The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that members of the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church have a First Amendment right to picket the funeral of a Marine.
Birthdays
22 - Veronica Dunne (actress)
24 - Savannah Soutas (singer)
27 - Malcolm Butler (football player)
28 - Nathalie Emmanuel (actress)
32 - Reggie Bush (football player)
35 - Ben Roethlisberger (football player)
36 - Bryce Dallas Howard (actress)
37 - Rebel Wilson (actress)
49 - Daniel Craig (actor)
55 - Jon Bon Jovi (singer)
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Today in Sports History - March 2
1874 - Baseball's batter's box was officially adopted.
1904 - The "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" were adopted.
1918 - Joe Malone (Toronto Arenas) became the first scoring leader in the NHL. He had scored 44 goals in 22 games in the first NHL season. His record stood until 1944-45 when 50 goals were scored by Maurice "The Rocket" Richard.
1922 - The Toronto St. Patricks and the Vancouver Millionaires played the final professional hockey game that featured seven players on each side.
1927 - Babe Ruth signed a three-year contract with the New York Yankees worth $70,000 a year.
1929 - George Hainsworth (Montreal Canadiens) recorded his 20th shutout of the season. He ended the season with a total of 22.
1951 - The first NBA All-Star Game is held: East beats West 111-94 at Boston.
1962 - Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain set the NBA single-game scoring record that still stands today with a 100-point performance in a game against the New York Knicks. The final score was 169-147. Chamberlain broke several NBA records in the game.
1966 - Bobby Hull (Chicago Blackhawks) became the first NHL player to score 50 goals in two seasons.
1969 - Phil Esposito (Boston Bruins) became the first player in the NHL to score 100 points in a season. Bobby Hull and Gordie Howe also crossed the 100 mark during the same season.
1991 - North Carolina State Chris Corchiani becomes first NCAA player to get 1,000 assists.
1992 - Ryne Sandberg signed a 5-year contract with the Chicago Cubs worth $30.5 millionn, making him the highest paid player in baseball.
2004 - The Pittsburgh Penguins ended their NHL record 14-game home losing streak when they tied the New York Islanders 3-3.
2004 - The Indianapolis Colts signed Peyton Manning to a seven-year, $98 million deal with a $34.5 million signing bonus. It was the largest package to date in the NFL.
2010 - Wade McGilberry of Alabama pitches a perfect game in the video game "MLB 2K10", winning a $1 million prize in a contest sponsored by the gamemaker's company, 2K Sports.
2012 - The NFL said it had found that between 22 and 27 New Orleans Saints players had participated in a bounty program targeting opponents over the previous three seasons.
2012 - Major League Baseball announced it was expanding the playoff field to 10 teams, adding a second wildcard in each league.
Today is the 61st day of 2017, there are 304 days left in the year.
1793 - The first president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, was born near Lexington, Virginia.
1807 - Congress outlawed the importation of slaves to the United States, effective the following year.
1836 - Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
1867 - Howard University, a historically black school of higher learning in Washington, D.C., was founded as it received its congressional charter.
1867 - Congress passed, over President Andrew Johnson's veto, the first of four Reconstruction Acts, providing for "the more efficient government of the rebel states" by dividing the South into five military-run districts.
1877 - Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was declared president of the United States over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, by a U.S. electoral commission since the original result was too close to call. He was the only president ever elected this way.
1904 - Theodor Seuss Geisel, who wrote and illustrated the popular 'Dr. Seuss' children's books, was born. Following his death on Sept. 24, 1991, his obituary appeared in The Times.
1917 - Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory and Puerto Ricans gained American citizenship.
1923 - The first issue of TIME magazine appeared on newsstands.
1933 - "King Kong", starring Fay Wray, premiered in New York City.
1939 - Roman Catholic Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected pope on his 63rd birthday, taking the name Pius XII.
1939 - The Massachusetts legislature voted to ratify the Bill of Rights, 147 years after the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution had gone into effect. (Georgia and Connecticut soon followed.)
1949 - Captain James Gallagher completed the first non-stop around-the-world flight. He completed the 23,452-mile journey in 94 hours, 1 minute.
1955 - Nine months before Rosa Parks' famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin, a black high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger.
1956 - Morocco gained independence from France.
1977 - The U.S. House of Representatives adopted a strict code of ethics.
1985 - The federal government approved a screening test for AIDS that detected antibodies to the virus, allowing possibly contaminated blood to be excluded from the blood supply.
1989 - Representatives from the 12 European Community nations agreed to ban all production of CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), the synthetic compounds blamed for destroying the Earth's ozone layer, by the end of the 20th century.
2001 - The Taliban began the destruction of ancient Buddha statutes in Afghanistan.
2004 - A series of coordinated blasts in Iraq killed 181 people at shrines in Karbala and Baghdad as thousands of Shiite Muslim pilgrims gathered for a religious festival.
2008 - Dmitri A. Medvedev, a former aide to Russian president Vladimir Putin who never had held elected office, won the Russian presidential election in a landslide. Putin remained in a position of power, serving as Medvedev's prime minister.
2011 - The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that members of the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church have a First Amendment right to picket the funeral of a Marine.
Birthdays
22 - Veronica Dunne (actress)
24 - Savannah Soutas (singer)
27 - Malcolm Butler (football player)
28 - Nathalie Emmanuel (actress)
32 - Reggie Bush (football player)
35 - Ben Roethlisberger (football player)
36 - Bryce Dallas Howard (actress)
37 - Rebel Wilson (actress)
49 - Daniel Craig (actor)
55 - Jon Bon Jovi (singer)
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Today in Sports History - March 2
1874 - Baseball's batter's box was officially adopted.
1904 - The "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" were adopted.
1918 - Joe Malone (Toronto Arenas) became the first scoring leader in the NHL. He had scored 44 goals in 22 games in the first NHL season. His record stood until 1944-45 when 50 goals were scored by Maurice "The Rocket" Richard.
1922 - The Toronto St. Patricks and the Vancouver Millionaires played the final professional hockey game that featured seven players on each side.
1927 - Babe Ruth signed a three-year contract with the New York Yankees worth $70,000 a year.
1929 - George Hainsworth (Montreal Canadiens) recorded his 20th shutout of the season. He ended the season with a total of 22.
1951 - The first NBA All-Star Game is held: East beats West 111-94 at Boston.
1962 - Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain set the NBA single-game scoring record that still stands today with a 100-point performance in a game against the New York Knicks. The final score was 169-147. Chamberlain broke several NBA records in the game.
1966 - Bobby Hull (Chicago Blackhawks) became the first NHL player to score 50 goals in two seasons.
1969 - Phil Esposito (Boston Bruins) became the first player in the NHL to score 100 points in a season. Bobby Hull and Gordie Howe also crossed the 100 mark during the same season.
1991 - North Carolina State Chris Corchiani becomes first NCAA player to get 1,000 assists.
1992 - Ryne Sandberg signed a 5-year contract with the Chicago Cubs worth $30.5 millionn, making him the highest paid player in baseball.
2004 - The Pittsburgh Penguins ended their NHL record 14-game home losing streak when they tied the New York Islanders 3-3.
2004 - The Indianapolis Colts signed Peyton Manning to a seven-year, $98 million deal with a $34.5 million signing bonus. It was the largest package to date in the NFL.
2010 - Wade McGilberry of Alabama pitches a perfect game in the video game "MLB 2K10", winning a $1 million prize in a contest sponsored by the gamemaker's company, 2K Sports.
2012 - The NFL said it had found that between 22 and 27 New Orleans Saints players had participated in a bounty program targeting opponents over the previous three seasons.
2012 - Major League Baseball announced it was expanding the playoff field to 10 teams, adding a second wildcard in each league.
