8 History Lessons + 6 Births & 4 Deaths for March 2, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1807 – The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, banning the importation of new slaves into the United States.
- 1836 – The Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico during the Texas Revolution.
- 1861 – Texas is admitted to the Confederacy as the seventh state to secede from the Union.
- 1877 – Rutherford B. Hayes is declared the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election after a contentious electoral dispute.
- 1962 – Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors against the New York Knicks, setting an NBA single-game scoring record.
- 1969 – The supersonic airliner Concorde takes off on its maiden flight from Toulouse, France.
- 1972 – NASA launches the Pioneer 10 spacecraft, the first to travel through the asteroid belt and make a flyby of Jupiter.
- 1995 – Physicists at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark, the sixth and most massive quark predicted by the Standard Model.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1954 – Ken Salazar, American politician and former U.S. Secretary of the Interior (71).
- 1962 – Jon Bon Jovi, American singer-songwriter and founder of the band Bon Jovi (63).
- 1968 – Daniel Craig, English actor best known for his role as James Bond (57).
- 1977 – Chris Martin, British singer-songwriter and lead vocalist of Coldplay (48).
- 1980 – Rebel Wilson, Australian actress and comedian known for roles in “Pitch Perfect” (45).
- 1990 – Luke Combs, American country music singer-songwriter (35).
Today’s Deaths:
- 1791 – John Wesley, English cleric and theologian, founder of Methodism (age 87).
- 1939 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun (age 64).
- 1999 – Dusty Springfield, British pop singer famous for songs like “Son of a Preacher Man” (age 59).
- 2008 – Jeff Healey, Canadian blues-rock guitarist and singer known for his unique playing style (age 41).
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