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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