March
2
Events
March
2
1797 – The
Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
1903 – In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming
the first hotel exclusively for women.
1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress
Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first
non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one
minute.
1949 – The first automatic street light is installed in New
Milford, Connecticut.
1956 – Morocco gains its independence from France.
1970 – Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last
links with the British crown.
1983 – Compact Disc players and discs are released for the first
time in the United States and other markets. They had been available
only in Japan before then.
1989 – Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production
of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
1995 – Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the
top quark.
1998 – Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that
Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust
of ice.
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