March 2 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for March 2
In the headlines today:

2007	Actress-model Elizabeth Hurley, 42, marries Indian businessman Arun Nayar, 42, in a secret ceremony at Sudeley Castle in the west of England.
2006	A redesigned US $10 bill, incorporating a host of anti-counterfeiting measures, goes into circulation.
1999	Rock singer Dusty Springfield dies at her London area home, at age 59.
1995	The NASA space shuttle Endeavour blasts off on a mission to study the far reaches of space.
1995	The UN evacuates the last of its peacekeeping forces from Somalia.
1992	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldava, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are admitted to the United Nations.
1990	More than 6,000 bus drivers go on strike against US transportation company Greyhound.
1990	A grenade attack at a Panama discotheque kills a US soldier and injures 28 other people.
1974	US first-class postage stamps jump to 10 cents (from 8 cents) .
1967	The Beatles complete vocal and instrumental overdubs for Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, a song that will ultimately appear on their Sergeant Pepper album, at EMI Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)
1949	A US Air Force B-50 Superfortress, the Lucky Lady Two, completes the first nonstop around the globe flight, averaging 249 mph.
1939	Roman Catholic Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope, taking the name Pius XII.
1923	Time magazine begins publication.
1917	Puerto Ricans are granted US citizenship.
1899	Mount Rainier National Park is established in Washington state (not far from where Uncle Woody makes his home).
1899	Admiral George Dewey becomes the first US Admiral of the Navy.
1877	Rutherford B. Hayes is declared the winner of the 1876 US presidential election over opponent Samuel J. Tilden, even though Hayes lost the popular vote.
1836	Texas declares its independence from Mexico.