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On This Day In History for March 2, 2016
* It was on this date in 1498 that Vasco da Gama’s fleet visits the Island of Mozambique.
* Mendoza, Argentina is founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro del Castillo on this date in 1561.
* That same date in 1791, Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
* The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes 219 years ago today.
* United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion on this date in 1901.
* 83 years ago today, The film King Kong opens at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.
* It was 67 years ago today that 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.
* The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut on this date in 1949.
* It was 47 years ago today that In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
* Also today in 1972, The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
* That same date in 1983, Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.
* Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark 21 years ago today.
* In 1998, Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter’s moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
* American soldier and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Texas Sam Houston, born on this date in 1793.
* Also born March 2, 1862 – Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist.
* The inventor of the PAL color television system, German engineer Walter Bruch was born today in 1908.
* Happy 80th birthday to Haroon Ahmed, Pakistani-English engineer and academic.
* Dr. Beverly Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation, actress Gates McFadden is 67 today.
* Karen Carpenter, of The Carpenters would have been 66 today.
* Actress Laraine Newman is 64.
* Jon Bon Jovi turns 54.
* and finally, former James Bond, Actor Daniel Craig is 48.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 2, 2016
News
* Eyeball tattooing – from MRM
* A smartphone for under $4.00?
* Fermilab has discovered a possible new Tetraquarks
Listener Birthday Calendar
* 07 – Ben Maddox a.k.a. CptRootbeer
* 07 – Caleb from Dancing With Elephants
* 08 – Ali Zein Yousuf a.k.a. superAL1394
* 08 – BJ Keifer a.k.a bjk
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