| Date | Weekday | Event |
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| March 2, 1807 | Monday | US slave importation forbidden |
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| March 2, 1819 | Tuesday | Ark territory organized |
| March 2, 1836 | Wednesday | Tx declares independence from Mexico |
| March 2, 1840 | Monday | Heinrich Olbers - discoverer of comets & asteroids - dies |
| March 2, 1853 | Wednesday | Washington territory organized |
| March 2, 1861 | Saturday | Congress creates Dakota & Nevada territories |
| March 2, 1867 | Saturday | Congress abolishes peonage in NM |
| March 2, 1901 | Saturday | Hawaii's 1st telegraph co opens |
| March 2, 1917 | Friday | Puerto Rico territory created - US citizenship granted |
| March 2, 1923 | Friday | Time mag 1st published |
| March 2, 1929 | Saturday | Congress creates Court of Customs & Patent Appeals |
| March 2, 1949 | Wednesday | 1st automatic st light (New Milford - Ct) |
| March 2, 1949 | Wednesday | 1st non-stop - round-the-world airplane flight completed |
| March 2, 1958 | Sunday | 1st surface crossing of the Antarctic continent is completed |
| March 2, 1962 | Friday | Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 pts in an NBA game |
| March 2, 1970 | Monday | American Airlines 1st flight of Boeing 747 |
| March 2, 1972 | Thursday | Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby |
| March 2, 1974 | Saturday | 1st class postage raised to 10› from 8› |
| March 2, 1976 | Tuesday | Walt Disney World's 50-millionth guest |
| March 2, 1978 | Thursday | Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6 |
| March 2, 1980 | Sunday | 3rd Islander scoreless tie - Penguins in Pitts |
| March 2, 1982 | Tuesday | 60th hat trick in Islander history - Bryan Trottier |