March 2nd, 1980

Born on March 2nd, 1980

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 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, 1980

44

Sunny Lane

American pornographic actress

*March 2nd, 1980, Atlanta

29

Juliana de Aquino

Brazilian stage actress (1980-2009)

*March 2nd, 1980, Brasília †June 1st, 2009, Atlantic Ocean

44

Rebel Wilson

Australian actress, writer, producer

*March 2nd, 1980, Sydney

44

Edson Nobre

Angolan footballer

*March 2nd, 1980, Benguela

44

Márton Vas

Hungarian ice hockey player

*March 2nd, 1980, Dunaújváros

44

Daphné Bürki

French actress

*March 2nd, 1980, 14th arrondissement of Paris

39

Chris Barker

English footballer (1980-2020)

*March 2nd, 1980, Sheffield †January 1st, 2020, Cardiff

30

Lance Cade

American professional wrestler (1980-2010)

*March 2nd, 1980, Omaha †August 13th, 2010, San Antonio

44

Ingrid Bolsø Berdal

Norwegian actress

*March 2nd, 1980, Utøy

44

Rebecca Harrell Tickell

American actor and activist

*March 2nd, 1980, Lancaster

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

43

Bryce Dallas Howard

American actress and filmmaker

*March 2nd, 1981, Los Angeles

27

Becky G

American singer and actress

*March 2nd, 1997, Inglewood

42

Pilou Asbæk

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1982, Copenhagen

64

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

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

38

Sonja Kinski

American model and actress

*March 2nd, 1986, Geneva

47

Chris Martin

English singer-songwriter (born 1977)

*March 2nd, 1977, Exeter

52

Mauricio Pochettino

Argentine association football player and manager

*March 2nd, 1972, Santa Fe Province

91

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

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

36

Simon Terodde

German footballer

*March 2nd, 1988, Bocholt

51

Valérie Donzelli

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*March 2nd, 1973, Épinal

56

Daniel Craig

English actor

*March 2nd, 1968, Chester

93

Robert H. Michel

American politician (1923–2017)

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

41

Igor Antón

Spanish road bicycle racer of Basque origin

*March 2nd, 1983, Galdakao

43

Bobby Steggert

American actor

*March 2nd, 1981, Frederick

61

Anthony Albanese

Prime Minister of Australia since 2022

*March 2nd, 1963, Darlinghurst

47

Stephen Parry

British swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist

*March 2nd, 1977, Liverpool

46

Sylwester Szmyd

Polish cyclist

*March 2nd, 1978, Bydgoszcz

62

Jon Bon Jovi

American musician (born 1962)

*March 2nd, 1962, Perth Amboy

87

Dr. Seuss

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

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

35

Toby Alderweireld

Belgian association football player

*March 2nd, 1989, Wilrijk

Same year
Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

44

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Kennevic Asuncion

Badminton player

*March 21st, 1980, Barbaza

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Leap year

Yes: 1980 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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