March 2nd, 1911

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Born on March 2nd, 1911 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 2nd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 2nd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (March 1911)

Born on March 2nd, 1911

Weekday

Thursday

March 2nd, 1911 was a Thursday.

Age

113

People born on March 2nd, 1911 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 113 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1911 - March 20th, 1911

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 41,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 671 days, exactly on February 26th, 2026, people who were born on March 2nd, 1911 will be 42,000 days old!

41,329 Days

5,904 Weeks

1,357 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 2nd?

March 2nd, 1995

Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois announced the discovery of the top quark, the most massive of all observed elementary particles.

March 2nd, 1978

As a cosmonaut on Soyuz 28, Czechoslovak military pilot Vladimír Remek (pictured) became the first person from outside the Soviet Union or the United States to go into space.

March 2nd, 1965

The Sound of Music is released in American theatres; it later became the highest grossing film of all time.

March 2nd, 1962

Playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, American basketball player Wilt Chamberlain (pictured) scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks, which remains an NBA record.

March 2nd, 1949

The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, Texas, to complete the first non-stop circumnavigation of the world by airplane.

March 2nd, 1943

World War II: Australian and U.S. air forces attacked and destroyed a large Japanese naval convoy in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea.

March 2nd, 1901

U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar corporation and once the world's largest producer of steel, was founded by financier J. P. Morgan.

March 2nd, 1877

The Electoral Commission awarded twenty disputed electoral votes to Rutherford B. Hayes, thus assuring his victory in the 1876 U.S. presidential election.

March 2nd, 1865

New Zealand Wars: Carl Sylvius Völkner, a Protestant missionary, was killed by Hauhau militants in Ōpōtiki for working as an agent for New Zealand governor-general George Grey.

March 2nd, 1859

The Great Slave Auction, the largest single sale of slaves in U.S. history, with more than 400 people sold, began in Georgia.

March 2nd, 1836

Texas Revolution: At a convention of delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos, the Mexican state of Texas adopted a declaration of independence, establishing the Republic of Texas.

March 2nd, 1791

French inventor Claude Chappe and his brothers first demonstrated the semaphore telegraph, a system to convey information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting crossarms.

March 2nd, 1776

American Revolutionary War: Patriot militiamen from Georgia and South Carolina attempted to resist the British action to seize and remove supply ships anchored at Savannah, Georgia.

March 2nd, 1484

The College of Arms, one of the few remaining official heraldic authorities in Europe, was incorporated by royal charter in the City of London.

March 2nd, 1444

The League of Lezhë, an alliance of regional chieftains, was established in Venetian Albania with Skanderbeg as their commander.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 2nd

Born on March 2nd, 1911

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Josef Krejci

Austrian handball player

*March 2nd, 1911, Austria

Otmar Emminger

German economist, head of Deutsche Bundesbank (1911-1986)

*March 2nd, 1911, Augsburg †August 3rd, 1986, Manila

Martim Mércio da Silveira

Brazilian footballer (1911-1972)

*March 2nd, 1911, Bagé †August 16th, 1972, Rio de Janeiro

Wolfgang Schellmann

German flying ace

*March 2nd, 1911, Kassel †June 22nd, 1941, Hrodna

József Háda

Hungarian footballer (1911-1994)

*March 2nd, 1911, Budapest †January 11th, 1994, Budapest

Engelbert Endrass

German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander

*March 2nd, 1911, Bamberg †December 21st, 1941, Atlantic Ocean

Mihály Bozsi

Hungarian water polo player (1911-1984)

*March 2nd, 1911, Budapest †May 5th, 1984, Budapest

William Hansen

American film and stage actor (1911-1975)

*March 2nd, 1911, Washington, D.C. †June 23rd, 1975, Woodland Hills

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 2nd?

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

*March 2nd, 1931, Privolnoye †August 30th, 2022, Central Clinical Hospital

Robert H. Michel

American politician (1923–2017)

*March 2nd, 1923, Peoria †February 17th, 2017, Arlington County

Dr. Seuss

American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)

*March 2nd, 1904, Springfield †September 24th, 1991, La Jolla

Becky G

American singer and actress

*March 2nd, 1997, Inglewood

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1958, Frederiksberg †November 22nd, 2022

John Cullum

American actor, director and singer

*March 2nd, 1930, Knoxville

Kurt Weill

German composer (1900–1950)

*March 2nd, 1900, Dessau †April 3rd, 1950, New York City

Bryce Dallas Howard

American actress and filmmaker

*March 2nd, 1981, Los Angeles

Jennifer Jones

American actress (1919–2009)

*March 2nd, 1919, Tulsa †December 17th, 2009, Malibu

Pius XII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958

*March 2nd, 1876, Rome †October 9th, 1958, Castel Gandolfo

Mauricio Pochettino

Argentine association football player and manager

*March 2nd, 1972, Santa Fe Province

Sonja Kinski

American model and actress

*March 2nd, 1986, Geneva

Daniel Craig

English actor

*March 2nd, 1968, Chester

Franz Ott

German priest and politician (1910-1998)

*March 2nd, 1910, Planá †August 13th, 1998, Würzburg

Simon Terodde

German footballer

*March 2nd, 1988, Bocholt

Martin Ritt

American film director

*March 2nd, 1914, New York City †December 8th, 1990, Santa Monica

Valérie Donzelli

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*March 2nd, 1973, Épinal

Lou Reed

American rock musician (1942–2013)

*March 2nd, 1942, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center †October 27th, 2013, East Hampton

Moe Berg

Baseball player, spy

*March 2nd, 1902, Harlem †May 29th, 1972, Belleville

Marjorie Weaver

American actress (1913-1994)

*March 2nd, 1913, Crossville †October 1st, 1994, Austin

Same year
Born in 1911

Ronald Reagan

President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor

*February 6th, 1911, Tampico †June 5th, 2004, Bel Air

Freya von Moltke

German writer and scholar

*March 29th, 1911, Cologne †January 1st, 2010, Norwich

Val Guest

English actor and director

*December 11th, 1911, London †May 10th, 2006, Palm Springs

Arne Tollbom

Swedish fencer (1911-1971)

*March 20th, 1911, Helsinki †November 16th, 1971, Stockholm

Anne-Marie Ørbeck

Pianist and composer

*April 1st, 1911, Oslo †June 5th, 1996, Bergen

Siegfried Lauffer

German historian of graeco-roman history (1911-1986)

*August 4th, 1911, Stuttgart †April 2nd, 1986, Munich

Maurice Allais

French economist (1911–2010)

*May 31st, 1911, Paris †October 9th, 2010, Saint-Cloud

Johannes Beeskow

*May 21st, 1911, Berlin †June 14th, 2005, Bad Neuenahr

Terence Rattigan

British playwright, screenwriter (1911-1977)

*June 10th, 1911, London †November 30th, 1977, Hamilton

Richard Arlt

German Resistance member

*May 5th, 1911, Witoszyn Górny †August 25th, 1999

John Gorton

Australian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (1911–2002)

*September 9th, 1911, Melbourne †May 19th, 2002, Sydney

Annie M.G. Schmidt

Dutch writer (1911-1995)

*May 20th, 1911, Kapelle †May 21st, 1995, Amsterdam

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Renée Simonot

French actress

*September 10th, 1911, Le Havre †July 11th, 2021, 13th arrondissement of Paris

Rudolf Raftl

Austrian association football player (1911-1994)

*February 7th, 1911, Vienna †September 5th, 1994

Georges Pompidou

President of France from 1969 to 1974

*July 5th, 1911, Montboudif †April 2nd, 1974, 4th arrondissement of Paris

Jean-Pierre Aumont

French actor (1911–2001)

*January 5th, 1911, Paris †January 30th, 2001, Saint-Tropez

Naguib Mahfouz

Egyptian writer (1911–2006)

*December 11th, 1911, Cairo †August 30th, 2006, Giza Governorate

Odysseas Elytis

Greek poet and art critic

*November 2nd, 1911, Heraklion †March 18th, 1996, Athens

Anthony Boucher

American author, critic, and editor (1911–1968)

*August 21st, 1911, Oakland †April 29th, 1968, Oakland

Tennessee Williams

American playwright (1911–1983)

*March 26th, 1911, Columbus †February 25th, 1983, New York City

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 2nd.

Feast of 'Alá (Loftiness), First day of the 19th month of the Baháʼí calendar (Baháʼí Faith) and first day of the Baháʼí Nineteen Day Fast

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baháʼí_calendar

Jamahiriya Day (Libya)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Libya

National Read Across America Day (United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Education_Association

Peasants' Day (Myanmar)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants'_Day

Texas Independence Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Independence_Day

Adwa Victory Day (Ethiopia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adwa_Victory_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

II.III.MCMXI

2.3.1911

Legend

M = 1000

CM = 900

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1911 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
March 1911

March 1911

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March 2nd, 1911

Born on March 2nd, 1911

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 41,000 days old!

41,329 Days

5,904 Weeks

1,357 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 2nd?

Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois announced the discovery of the top quark, the most massive of all observed elementary particles.

As a cosmonaut on Soyuz 28, Czechoslovak military pilot Vladimír Remek (pictured) became the first person from outside the Soviet Union or the United States to go into space.

The Sound of Music is released in American theatres; it later became the highest grossing film of all time.

Playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, American basketball player Wilt Chamberlain (pictured) scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks, which remains an NBA record.

The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, Texas, to complete the first non-stop circumnavigation of the world by airplane.

World War II: Australian and U.S. air forces attacked and destroyed a large Japanese naval convoy in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea.

U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar corporation and once the world's largest producer of steel, was founded by financier J. P. Morgan.

The Electoral Commission awarded twenty disputed electoral votes to Rutherford B. Hayes, thus assuring his victory in the 1876 U.S. presidential election.

New Zealand Wars: Carl Sylvius Völkner, a Protestant missionary, was killed by Hauhau militants in Ōpōtiki for working as an agent for New Zealand governor-general George Grey.

The Great Slave Auction, the largest single sale of slaves in U.S. history, with more than 400 people sold, began in Georgia.

Texas Revolution: At a convention of delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos, the Mexican state of Texas adopted a declaration of independence, establishing the Republic of Texas.

French inventor Claude Chappe and his brothers first demonstrated the semaphore telegraph, a system to convey information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting crossarms.

American Revolutionary War: Patriot militiamen from Georgia and South Carolina attempted to resist the British action to seize and remove supply ships anchored at Savannah, Georgia.

The College of Arms, one of the few remaining official heraldic authorities in Europe, was incorporated by royal charter in the City of London.

The League of Lezhë, an alliance of regional chieftains, was established in Venetian Albania with Skanderbeg as their commander.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 2nd

Born on March 2nd, 1911

Austrian handball player

German economist, head of Deutsche Bundesbank (1911-1986)

Brazilian footballer (1911-1972)

German flying ace

Hungarian footballer (1911-1994)

German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander

Hungarian water polo player (1911-1984)

American film and stage actor (1911-1975)

Same Day Who's birthday is on March 2nd?

Same year Born in 1911

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 2nd

Air Force Day (Sri Lanka)

Baloch Culture Day (Balochistan)

Agnes of Bohemia

Angela of the Cross

Blessed Charles the Good, Count of Flanders

Chad of Mercia (Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church)

John Maron

March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Feast of 'Alá (Loftiness), First day of the 19th month of the Baháʼí calendar (Baháʼí Faith) and first day of the Baháʼí Nineteen Day Fast

Jamahiriya Day (Libya)

National Read Across America Day (United States)

Peasants' Day (Myanmar)

Texas Independence Day

Adwa Victory Day (Ethiopia)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

2.3.1911

Legend

Leap year

Calendar March 1911

March 1911

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 41,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 2nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 2nd?

Same year
Born in 1911

Calendar
March 1911

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
9			1	2	3	4	5
10	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
11	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
12	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
13	27	28	29	30	31