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What happened in history on this day: March 2?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On March 2 in ...
- 1987 - Apple Computer introduces the expandable Macintosh SE. It features 8 MHz 68000 processor, and 1 MB of RAM. A dual floppy system sells for US$2900. With one floppy drive and a 20 MB hard drive, price is US$3700.
- 1987 - Apple Computer introduces the open architecture Macintosh II, the first for Apple with color graphics. It features 16 MHz 68020 processor, and 1 MB of RAM. A basic system with one 800 kB 3.5-inch floppy drive and no monitor sells for US$3900. A system with 1 MB RAM, one floppy drive, 40 MB hard drive, and color monitor is priced at US$7000. The system features a plug-and-play "NuBus" architecture for expansion cards.
- 1997 - US Senator Orrin Hatch holds a hearing in Microsoft's alledged antitrust activities, questioning Bill Gates, Scott NcNealy of Sun Microsystems, and Jim Barksdale of Netscape Communications. Bill Gates admits Microsoft's contracts with Internet content companies are barred from promoting Netscape's browser.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer appears, with integrated monitor and keyboard, and external floppy disk drive.
- 2008 - Intel announces the name for its new low-power microprocessor family: "Atom".
- 1928 - In New York, Walt meet with Bill Nolan, one of the lead animators of Krazy Kat, and with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer again, and with Fox. Metro says it is not releasing any cartoons this year. Fox says it is not releasing any cartoons it does not make itself.
- 1928 - Walt Disney meets with Charles Mintz again. Mintz raises his offer to $1750 per film plus 50 percent profits. Walt says he will accept it if Mintz produces the contract immediately. Mintz says he cannot.
- 1928 - In New York, Walt Disney meets with Manny Goldstein of Universal Pictures. Goldstein says he must deal with Charles Mintz for this year due to their contract.
- 1951 - Disney releases the Donald Duck film Dude Duck to theaters.
- 1955 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled From Aesop to Hans Christian Andersen.
- 1969 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Nature's Better Built Homes, with Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore.
- 1976 - Walt Disney World welcomes its 50-millionth guest, Susan Brummer.
- 1986 - The Disney Channel begins airing Enchanted Musical Playhouse. The first show is entitled The Story of Ferdinand.
- 1986 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, entitled The Undergrads. The film was previously shown on The Disney Channel.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- At a shopping mall, a store is called "Something Wicker This Way Comes", a reference to the Disney film Something Wicked This Way Comes.
- A character refers to the film "Honey, I ScotchGuarded the Kids", a reference to the Disney film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
- 2004 - On the evening before the annual shareholders meeting, Michael Eisner, Robert Iger, and the Disney board of directors meet. Eisner offers to resign, but the board opposes this. Eisner agrees to cede the title of chairman to George Mitchell.
- 2007 - Disney releases the live-action feature film Wild Hogs to theaters in the USA.
- 2009 - Disney Cruise Line begins construction on two new ships, with a steel cutting ceremony at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.
- 1958 - In Phoenix, a car race is held.
- Finishing 1st overall is Hap Sharp in a Corvette.
- 1986 - At the Miami Grand Prix Circuit, in Miami, Florida, the Lowenbrau Grand Prix of Miami race is held, part of the IMSA Came GT series. The Corvette GTP is fastest qualifier, and leads most of the first hour, but then the turbocharger fails.
- 2001 - At the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, the Grand-AM Cup race is held.
- Finishing 4th in SGS class and 5th overall is the Powell Motorsport #11 Corvette Z06, driven by Devon Powell and Doug Goad.
- Finishing 5th in SGS class and 31st overall is the Phoenix American Motorsports #35 Corvette, driven by John Heinricy and Bill Lester.
- Finishing 7th in SGS class and 40th overall is the Gilbert Racing #25 Corvette, driven by Ritchie Holt and Henry Gilbert.
- 2002 - At the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, the Nextel 250 race is held, Round 2 of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 1st in AGT class and 8th overall is the Flis Motorsports #90 Corvette, driven by Michael Ciasulli, and David Haskell.
- Finishing 2nd in AGT class and 10th overall is the Flis Motorsports #09 Corvette, driven by Doug Goad, and Craig Conway.
- Finishing 3rd in AGT class and 14th overall is the ACP Motorsports #19 Corvette, driven by Kerry Hitt, and James Briody.
- Finishing 4th in AGT class and 15th overall is the Dick Greer Racing - Wendy's #82 Corvette, driven by Dick Greer, and Jack Willes.
- Finishing 5th in AGT class and 16th overall is the Morgan Dollar Motorsports #46 Corvette, driven by Stephen Richards, Andrew Richards, and Rob Morgan.
- Finishing 6th in AGT class and 21st overall is the Ferrea Racing / Hi-Tech Motorsports #13 Corvette, driven by Daniel Urrutia, and Luis Sereix.
- Finishing 10th in AGT class and 31st overall is the Diman Racing Systems #25 Corvette, driven by Mandy Gonzalez, and Julio Tadeo.
- 1936 - Adolf Hitler issues final orders for troops to re-occupy their former garrison posts in Rhineland towns. If French forces take action, the troops are instructed to withdraw.
- 1940 - A German plane drops bombs on liner Domala in the English Channel. Three hits are scored, killing 100 of 300 passengers.
- 1941 - German units cross the Danube river, deploying ground and air forces in Bulgaria.
- 1942 - (about 1500 hours) In Broome, Australia, a large Japanese Navy reconnaissance flying boat is sighted circling the city. Military personnel see it as a prelude to an attack.
- 1945 - American General Douglas MacArthur returns to Corregidor, Philippines.
- 1945 - American bombers attack Dresden and Chemnitz, Germany.
- 1945 - 703 British bombers make an area air attack on Cologne, Germany.
- 1945 - (evening) 223 British bombers attack the Landberger aqueduct of the Dortmund-Ems Canal in Germany, breaching it.
- 1946 - In Budapest, Hungary, former Hungarian Minister of Agriculture during the German occupation Count Fidel Palffy is hanged as a war criminal.
- 2005 - Finland issues a 65-cent postage stamp marking the end of the Winter War with the Soviet Union during World War II.
- 1999 - In Tokyo, Japan, Sony unveils specifications of the next PlayStation video game system to 1500 invited guests. It features 300 MHz 128-bit "Emotion Engine" processor co-developed by Toshiba and Sony CEI, 150 MHz Graphics Synthesizer processor, games on CD-ROM or DVD-ROM up to 4.7 GB, 32 MB main RAM, 3.2 GBps memory bus, floating-point performance 6.2 GFLOPS, 33.8 or 37.5 MHz core PlayStation CPU, and IEEE 1394, USB, and PC Card interfaces.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. An actress comments that most actor-dates just want to talk about "their Botox, their Tae-bo, or their Xbox".
- 2004 - Tecmo releases the Ninja Gaiden video game for the Xbox in the US.
- 2004 - Take 2 releases the Mafia video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2006 - Microsoft launches the Xbox 360 in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan.
- 2010 - Electronic Arts releases the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the USA.
- 2010 - 2K Sports releases the Major League Baseball 2K10 video game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii in the USA.
- 2010 - Wade McGilberry of Alabama pitches a perfect game in video game MLB 2K10, winning $1 million in a contest sponsored by 2K Sports.
- 2010 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the MLB 10: The Show video game for the PlayStation 3 in the US.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. A parody of the Swedish IKEA stores is made, with a Swedish robot delivering a box with a yellow and blue "PI-KEA" logo. The robot says "Enjoy your affordable Swedish crap".
- 2014 - The Vasaloppet 90km cross-country ski race takes place, from Sälen to Mora in Dalarna. About 15,800 skiers participate in the 90th year of the race. Winner is Norwegian John Kristian Dahl, with time of 4 hours 14 minutes 33 seconds.
- 1799 - An Act of Congress establishes the value within the USA of coins of Great Britain, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, and other countries.
- 1849 - Oregon Territorial Governor Joseph Lane declares Oregon City Mint act unconstitutional.
- 1906 - The Denver Mint first strikes half dollars for circulation.
- 1933 - The Philadelphia Mint begins striking 1933 Saint-Gaudens gold double eagles.
- 1989 - At the ANA's 11th Midwinter Convention in Colorado Springs, Aubrey and Adeline Bebee donate their 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coin to the American Numismatic Association Museum. The coin is appraised at $1 million.
- 1874 - Baseball batter's box is officially adopted.
- 1890 - Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 5 km (9:19).
- 1896 - George Lohmann takes 9-28 versus South Africa in cricket at Johannesburg.
- 1898 - Australia complete a 4-1 cricket series annihilation of England.
- 1902 - Jimmy Collins leaves Boston Beaneaters (National League) club to manage American League's new Boston Somersets.
- 1904 - "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" is adopted.
- 1918 - New York Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers and immediately trades him to Philadelphia Athletics.
- 1927 - Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year).
- 1929 - Chicago Black Hawks are shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game.
- 1936 - Donald Bradman scores 369 in 253 minutes, South Africa versus Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes.
- 1940 - First intercollegiate track meet telecast, Madison Square Garden, New York City.
- 1951 - First NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-94 at Boston.
- 1952 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open.
- 1958 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open.
- 1962 - Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 points in an NBA game.
- 1968 - World Ice Dance Championship in Geneva, Switzerland won by Diane Towler and Bernard Ford (Great Britain).
- 1968 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Geneva, Switzerland won by Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov (USSR).
- 1968 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva, Switzerland won by Peggy Fleming (USA).
- 1968 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva, Switzerland won by Emmerich Danzer (Austria).
- 1969 - Phil Esposito becomes first NHL Player to score 100 points in a season.
- 1974 - Greg Chappell makes 247 versus New Zealand, 410 minutes, 29 fours 1 six.
- 1980 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic.
- 1980 - Mike Bratz (Phoenix Suns) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games.
- 1982 - 60th hat trick in New York Islanders' history-Bryan Trottier.
- 1986 - Mary Beth Zimmerman wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational.
- 1989 - NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers win 22nd straight home game.
- 1989 - New York Mets' Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez.
- 1990 - Mark Tewsksbury swims world record 50 metre backstroke (25.06 seconds).
- 1991 - Deb Richard wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1991 - Del Ballard Junior, throws most famous gutter ball in PBA Tour history.
- 1991 - North Carolina State Chris Corchiani becomes first NCAA player to get 1,000 assists.
- 1992 - Anita Hall swims female world record 200 metre freestyle (2:05.35).
- 1992 - The highest-paid player in baseball is now Ryne Sandberg, after signing a four-year contract extension worth US$7.1 million per season.
- 1996 - Tendulkar scores 137 for India versus SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose.
- 1997 - Gail Graham wins LPGA Alpine Australian Ladies Masters.
- 1997 - Nick Faldo wins Nissan Golf Open.
- 2005 - President George W. Bush awards the nation's highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, posthumously to Jackie Robinson's widow. Robinson died in 1972.
- 2007 - Mike Young signs an $80 million, five-year contract extension offered by American baseball's Texas Rangers.
- 2010 - Wade McGilberry of Alabama pitches a perfect game in video game MLB 2K10, winning $1 million in a contest sponsored by the gamemaker's company, 2K Sports.
- 2014 - The Vasaloppet 90km cross-country ski race takes place, from Sälen to Mora in Dalarna, Sweden. About 15,800 skiers participate in the 90th year of the race. Winner is Norwegian John Kristian Dahl, with time of 4 hours 14 minutes 33 seconds.
- 2022 - At Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA, NHL regular season game: Seattle Kraken beats Nashville Predators by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, NHL regular season game: Dallas Stars beats Los Angeles Kings by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats Saint Louis Blues by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Buffalo Sabres beats Toronto Maple Leafs by score 5-1.
- 1968 - USSR launches space probe Zond 4; it fails to leave Earth orbit.
- 1972 - Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby.
- 1978 - Soyuz 28 (Aleksei Gubarev, Vladimir Remek) is launched on a rendezvous with Salyut 6, with the first cosmonaut from a third country (besides the Soviet Union and United States) - Czechoslovak citizen Vladimír Remek.
- 1995 - Space shuttle STS-67 (Endeavour 8), launches.
- 1997 - Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia).
- 1998 - Data sent from the Galileo probe indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
- 2004 - NASA announces that the Mars rover MER-B (Opportunity) has confirmed that its landing area was once drenched in water.
- 1938 - Landslides and floods in Los Angeles, California, USA cause over 200 deaths.
- 1776 - Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston.
- 1799 - An Act of Congress establishes the value within the USA of coins of Great Britain, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, and other countries.
- 1807 - US Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808.
- 1817 - First Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Pennsylvania.
- 1819 - Territory of Arkansas is organized.
- 1819 - US passed its first immigration law.
- 1824 - US Interstate commerce comes under federal control.
- 1829 - New England Asylum for the Blind, first in US, is incorporated in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1849 - Oregon Territorial Governor Joseph Lane declares Oregon City Mint act unconstitutional.
- 1853 - Territory of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Territory.
- 1861 - US Congress creates Dakota and Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska and Utah territories.
- 1861 - US Government Printing Office purchases first printing plant, Washington DC.
- 1861 - Congress authorizes interest-bearing notes, with terms of 60 days, two years, and three years.
- 1861 - The Morrill Tariff Act is passed, reversing the 1857 Tariff Act, increasing tariffs on imports.
- 1863 - US Congress authorizes track width of 4 feet 8.5 inches for Union Pacific railroad.
- 1865 - Freedman's Bureau founded for Black Education.
- 1865 - General Early's army is defeated at Waynesborough.
- 1867 - US Congress abolishes peonage in New Mexico.
- 1867 - Jesse James gang robs bank in Savannah, Missouri, one dead.
- 1867 - US Congress creates the Department of Education.
- 1867 - US Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
- 1868 - University of Illinois opens.
- 1877 - US Electoral College declares Rutherford B Hayes (Republican) US President despite Samuel J Tilden (Democrat) winning the popular vote (one electoral vote shy of victory).
- 1887 - American Trotting Association organized in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1893 - First US federal railroad legislation passes; requires safety features.
- 1899 - President William McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in US).
- 1917 - Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted.
- 1925 - Nationwide road numbering system and US shield marker are adopted.
- 1929 - US Congress creates Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
- 1930 - First US indoor glider flight, Saint Louis Terminal Building.
- 1934 - Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train in Omaha, Nebraska.
- 1938 - Landslides and floods in Los Angeles, California, USA cause over 200 deaths.
- 1939 - Massachusetts Legislature votes to ratify the Bill of Rights; 147 years late.
- 1943 - Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, US and Australia win over Japan.
- 1945 - US 8th Air Force bombs Dresden.
- 1946 - Kingman Douglass becomes deputy director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1949 - First automatic street light (New Milford, Connecticut, USA).
- 1949 - Lucky Lady II (US Air Force B-50 Superfortress) completes first nonstop round-the-world flight at Fort Worth Texas, covering 23,452-miles in 94 hours.
- 1962 - US President John Kennedy announces US will resume above ground nuclear testing.
- 1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1968 - US Air Force displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, biggest plane in the world.
- 1970 - American Airlines' first flight of a Boeing 747.
- 1970 - US Supreme Court rules draft evaders can not be penalized after five years.
- 1972 - Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby.
- 1973 - Cleo Noel, US ambassador to Sudan, is assassinated.
- 1974 - First class US postage raised from 8 cents to 10 cents.
- 1974 - Grand jury concludes US President Richard Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up.
- 1976 - Walt Disney World welcomes its 50 millionth guest.
- 1977 - Bette Davis receives acting Life Achievement Award.
- 1985 - US approves screening test for AIDS.
- 1987 - Apple Computer introduces the expandable Macintosh SE, and open architecture Macintosh II with color graphics.
- 1987 - American Motors Corporation is acquired by the Chrysler Corporation.
- 1989 - Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil.
- 1990 - Greyhound Bus workers go on strike.
- 1991 - United Nations votes in favor of US resolutions for cease fire with Iraq.
- 1994 - Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender if taped statement is broadcast; it is, but he doesn't.
- 1994 - Miami, Florida, begins a Latin Walk of Fame; first star for Gloria Estefan.
- 1994 - William Natcher (Representative-Democrat-Kentucky) casts his 18,401st and last consecutive vote.
- 1997 - Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5 percent of Apple computer company.
- 2005 - President George W. Bush awards the nation's highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, posthumously to Jackie Robinson's widow. Robinson died in 1972.
- 2009 - The Standard & Poor's 500 stock market index drops below 700 for the first time since October 1996.
- 2009 - American International Group reports a US company record US$61.7 billion quarterly loss, equivalent to US$27.9 million per hour. The US government promises another US$30 billion of new capital, following 2008's commitment for $150 billion in aid.
- 2009 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes below 7,000 for the first time since May 1997, dropping 299.64 points, or 4.24 percent, to 6,763.29.
Other history:
- 2008 - Dmitry Medvedev is elected President of Russia with 72 percent of total votes, to succeed Vladimir Putin in May.
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