March 2nd, 1950

Born on March 2nd, 1950

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

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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, 1950

32

Karen Carpenter

American singer and drummer (1950–1983)

*March 2nd, 1950, Yale – New Haven Hospital †February 4th, 1983, Downey Regional Medical Center

74

Nick Mackenzie

Dutch singer

*March 2nd, 1950, Bandung City

74

Mitchell Laurance

American actor

*March 2nd, 1950, Queens

74

Belinda Giblin

Australian actress

*March 2nd, 1950, Tamworth

74

Matthew Laurance

American actor

*March 2nd, 1950, Queens

74

Molly Cheek

American actress

*March 2nd, 1950, Bronxville

64

Heiner Bayer

German ice hockey player

*March 2nd, 1950, Krefeld †February 18th, 2015, Hamburg

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Who's birthday is on March 2nd?

64

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

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

27

Becky G

American singer and actress

*March 2nd, 1997, Inglewood

91

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

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

93

Robert H. Michel

American politician (1923–2017)

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

73

Dean Barrow

Prime Minister of Belize from 2008 to 2020

*March 2nd, 1951, Belize City

52

Mauricio Pochettino

Argentine association football player and manager

*March 2nd, 1972, Santa Fe Province

56

Daniel Craig

English actor

*March 2nd, 1968, Chester

43

Bryce Dallas Howard

American actress and filmmaker

*March 2nd, 1981, Los Angeles

75

Gates McFadden

American actress and choreographer

*March 2nd, 1949, Akron

94

John Cullum

American actor, director and singer

*March 2nd, 1930, Knoxville

38

Sonja Kinski

American model and actress

*March 2nd, 1986, Geneva

71

Lou Reed

American rock musician (1942–2013)

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

87

Dr. Seuss

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

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

61

Anthony Albanese

Prime Minister of Australia since 2022

*March 2nd, 1963, Darlinghurst

62

Jon Bon Jovi

American musician (born 1962)

*March 2nd, 1962, Perth Amboy

51

Valérie Donzelli

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*March 2nd, 1973, Épinal

82

John Irving

American novelist and screenwriter

*March 2nd, 1942, Exeter

47

Rory Gallagher

Irish guitarist (1948–1995)

*March 2nd, 1948, Ballyshannon †June 14th, 1995, London

36

Simon Terodde

German footballer

*March 2nd, 1988, Bocholt

77

Harry Redknapp

English association football player and manager

*March 2nd, 1947, Poplar

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Born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

73

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1950 is a normal year and no leap year.

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