Ho Chi Minh Elected President of North Vietnam

March 2 is the 61th day of the year (62st in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 304 days remaining until the end of the year.

Railways

2 March 1891 A Belgian-French group applied for rail concession between Samsun and Iskenderun. Russia was not allowed to increase its threat.

Events

1807 - The U.S. Congress bans the importation of slaves from any foreign Kingdom, place, or country.
1836 - Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
1855 – II. Alexander became Tsar of Russia.
1888 – The draft text of the Treaty of Constantinople was signed between the British Empire, the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Spanish Empire, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Russian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire. The final text was signed on October 29, 1888. Accordingly, the ships of the relevant states will be able to pass through the Suez Canal in both war and peacetime.
1906 - Spanish club RC Deportivo de La Coruña is founded.
1918 – Association of Ladies Helping Soldiers' Families was founded under the presidency of Nuriye İsmail (Canbulat). The society was under the auspices of Enver Pasha's wife, Naciye Sultan. The association distributed food to 6247 people in one year.
1918 – Liberation of Rize from occupation.
1919 – The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
1924 – At the group meeting of the People's Party, it was decided to abolish the Ministry of Sharia and Evkaf and to combine teaching.
1933 - King Kong The movie was released in New York.
1946 - Ho Chi Minh is elected President of North Vietnam.
1950 – The trial of retired general Mustafa Muğlalı, who was tried for the crime of shooting 33 people who were involved in animal smuggling in Özalp district of Van, without being questioned, came to an end. The General Staff Military Court sentenced Muğlalı to 20 years in prison.
1956 – Ulus newspaper writer Şinasi Nahit Berker, accused of insulting the President, was sentenced to 1 year in prison.
1956 - Morocco declared its independence from France.
1958 – Constantine Karamanlis resigned from the Prime Ministry in Greece.
1960 – Necip Fazıl Kısakürek was sentenced to another 18 months in prison for insulting the memory of Atatürk through publication.
1960 – 500 technical school students walking silently at night in Istanbul were dispersed by the police.
1961 – Turkey assured the Council of Europe on democratic freedoms.
1962 – In Myanmar, the Army led by General Ne Win seized power.
1962 - In India, Nehru's Congress Party wins the election by a large margin.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain broke the NBA scoring record with 100 points.
1969 - Concorde made its first test flight in France.
1970 - Rhodesia declares a Republic, breaking off relations with the United Kingdom.
1972 – The Pioneer 10 space probe was launched from Cape Canaveral spaceport in Florida.
1979 – The Process Leading to the 12 September 1980 Coup in Turkey (1979 - 12 September 1980): The ambulance and police car that brought the salary of the Cerrahpaşa Hospital personnel were ambushed and 15 million money was stolen.
1983 – A lawsuit was filed against the closed Justice Party Samsun Deputy and former Minister of Transport Hüseyin Özalp and the former Mayor of Sinop's Erfelek district, Orhan Altay, alleging that they engaged in mass weapons smuggling.
1984 – The US Congress suspended its aid to Turkey, Greece and the Greek Cypriot side until progress is made in the Cyprus problem.
1984 – A lawsuit was filed by the Istanbul Martial Law Prosecutor's Office against 25 executives of the DİSK-affiliated Underground Maden-İş Union.
1985 – The verdict was announced in the case of the Orly Airport attack. ASALA militant Varujan Garbisyan was sentenced to life imprisonment, Soner Nayır to 15 years, Ohannes Semerciyan to 10 years in prison. With these sentences given to the suspects of the bomb attack that killed 15 people, two of them Turks, at Orly Airport in France on July 1983, 8, ASALA was handed a heavy sentence for the first time.
1987 - Chrysler acquires American Motors.
1988 – After the clashes between Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Azerbaijan, the Soviet Union sent troops to Azerbaijan and a curfew was imposed.
1989 – 12 EU member states decide to ban the production of all CFCs (chloro-fluoro-carbon) until the end of the century.
1990 - Nelson Mandela was elected President of the African National Congress.
1992 - Uzbekistan and Moldova became members of the United Nations.
1995 – Yahoo! was established.
1998 - According to the information from the Galileo space probe; Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under its thick ice-covered surface.
2000 – Britain decides to release former Chilean dictator Pinochet, who has been under house arrest in London for 16 months.
2004 – According to the report published by the United Nations; There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
2014 – In Israel, Yeshiva protests erupt.
2020 – Yahoo! The Time Capsule was opened.

Births

480 – Benedict of Nursia, founder of the Benedictine order (d. 547)
1316 – II. Robert, King of Scots (d. 1390)
1409 – II. John Alençon, French soldier (d. 1476)
1459 – VI. Hadrian, Dutch Pope (d. 1523)
1545 – Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scientist (founder of the Bodleian Library) (d. 1613)
1577 – George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644)
1705 – William Murray, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)
1740 Nicholas Pocock, English artist (d. 1821)
1756 – Vincent-Marie Viénot de Vaublanc, French writer and politician (d. 1845)
1760 – Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (d. 1794)
1770 – Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French field marshal (d. 1826)
1779 – Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)
1790 – Jan Baptist van der Hulst, Flemish painter and lithographer (d. 1862)
1793 – Sam Houston, American politician and President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)
1800 – Yevgeny Baratsky, Russian poet (d. 1844)
1810 – XIII. Leo, Italian Pope (d. 1903)
1812 – Carl Edvard Rotwitt, Danish politician (d. 1860)
1817 – János Arany, Hungarian journalist, poet (d. 1882)
1820 Multatuli, Dutch writer (d. 1887)
1824 – Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (d. 1884)
1829 – Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (d. 1906)
1848 – Ludwig Hans Fischer, Austrian landscape painter, copper engraver, engraver, and ethnologist
1849 – Robert Means Thompson, American soldier (d. 1930)
1859 Sholom Aleichem, Russian novelist (d. 1916)
1860 – Susanna M. Salter, American politician (d. 1961)
1861 – Nikola Ivanov, Bulgarian general (d. 1940)
1862 – Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist (d. 1916)
1865 – Elise Richter, Viennese philologist (d. 1943)
1875 – Oszkár Jászi, Hungarian social scientist and politician (d. 1957)
1876 – XII. Pius, Italian Pope (d. 1958)
1878 – William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American motor racing enthusiast (d. 1944)
1878 – Wander Johannes de Haas, Dutch physicist and mathematician (d. 1960)
1880 – Mitsumasa Yonai, 26th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
1886 – Willis O'Brien, American special effects artist (d. 1962)
1886 – Vittorio Pozzo, Italian former football player and manager (d. 1968)
1886 – Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, German soldier (d. 1974)
1886 – Kurt Grelling, German logician and philosopher (d. 1942)
1886 – Ömer Hilmi Efendi, Ottoman prince and officer (d. 1935)
1900 – Kurt Weill, German composer (d. 1950)
1919 – Jennifer Jones, American Oscar-winning actress (d. 2009)
1922 – Hilarion Capucci, Syrian Catholic Archbishop (d. 2017)
1926 – Murray Rothbard, American economist (Libertarian economist of the Austrian School) (d. 1995)
1927 – Fecri Ebcioğlu, Turkish songwriter and entertainer (d. 1989)
1931 – Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet politician, President, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 2022)
1940 – Aydın Ilgaz, Turkish writer and publisher (son of Rıfat Ilgaz)
1941 – David Satcher, American soldier
1942 – John Irving, American writer
1942 – Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1942 – Peter Guber, American filmmaker
1943 – Peter Straub, American author (d. 2022)
1943 – Canan Karatay, Turkish physician and heart and internal medicine specialist
1947 – Şefik Döğen, Turkish actor (d. 2016)
1950 – Ahmet Altan, Turkish writer and journalist
1952 – Hasan Erbil, Turkish lawyer and 18th Chief Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court
1953 – Ayşen Tekin, Turkish actress and voice actor (d. 2006)
1956 – Mark Evans, Australian bassist and member of AC/DC
1962 – Jon Bon Jovi, American singer, songwriter, and actor
1963 – Tanju Duru, Turkish musician and composer (former guitarist of Ezginin Günlüğü ensemble) (d. 2008)
1965 – Nimet Baş, Turkish lawyer and politician
1968 – Daniel Craig, English actor
1971 – Ko Hyun Jung, South Korean actress
1977 – Chris Martin, English musician and member of Coldplay
1981 - Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
1982 – Kevin Kurányi, German football player
1983 – Lisandro López, Argentine football player
1983 – Rachel Roxxx, American porn star
1985 - Diamond Kitty, Cuban porn star
1987 – Jonas Jerebko, Swedish professional basketball player
1988 – Édgar Andrade, Mexican football player
1988 – James Arthur, English singer-songwriter
1989 – Toby Alderweireld, Belgian national football player
1989 – André Bernardes Santos, Portuguese football player
1990 - Tiger Shroff, Indian actor
1994 – Maren Aardahl, Norwegian handball player
1995 – Ange-Freddy Plumain, French football player
1997 – Becky G, American singer

Deaths

276 – Mani, founder of Manichaeism (b. 216)
1127 – Charles I, Count of Flanders (b. 1083)
1316 – Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scots (b. 1296)
1333 – Wladyslaw I, king of Poland (b. 1261)
1430 – Emir Sultan, descendant of Muhammad, son-in-law of Yıldırım Bayezid Khan and Islamic Scholar (b. 1366)
1572 – Mem de Sá, Portuguese soldier and Governor-General of the Brazilian colony (b. 1500)
1589 – Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian Cardinal (b. 1520)
1619 – Anne, Queen of Scotland and Queen of England and Ireland from 24 March 1603 until her death in 1619 (b. 1574)
1729 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1662)
1755 – Louis de Rouvroy, French actor (b. 1675)
1758 – Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French Cardinal (b. 1679)
1791 – John Wesley, English priest and founder of Methodism (b. 1703)
1793 – Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish painter (b. 1711)
1797 – Horace Walpole, English politician and actor (b. 1717)
1830 – Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755)
1835 – II. Franz, Roman-Germanic Emperor (b. 1768)
1840 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer (b. 1758)
1855 – Nicholas I, Czar of Russia (b. 1796)
1865 – Carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary (b. 1819)
1880 – John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)
1887 – Alfred von Gutschmid, German historian and orientalist (b. 1835)
1895 – Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
1895 – Ismail Pasha, governor of Ottoman Egypt (b. 1830)
1930 – DH Lawrence, English poet and author (b. 1885)
1938 – Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (b. 1871)
1939 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist (b. 1874)
1943 – Gisela Januszewska, Austrian doctor (b. 1867)
1946 – Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian noble pro-Nazi (b. 1895)
1947 – ‎Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels‎‎, Dutch architect and urban planner (‎b. 1882)
1953 – James Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)
1957 – Selim Sırrı Tarcan, Turkish athlete and trainer (b. 1874)
1959 – Eric Blore, English actor (b. 1887)
1960 – Stanisław Taczak, Polish soldier and Chief of Staff (b. 1874)
1962 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1866)
1972 – Adnan Cahit Ötüken, Turkish educator, writer and one of the founders of the National Library (b. 1911)
1974 – Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948)
1975 – Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician (b. 1929)
1982 – Philip K. Dick, American author (b. 1928)
1987 – Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
1991 – Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (b. 1928)
1992 – Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
1997 – Bloodshed, American rapper (b. 1975)
1999 – Dusty Springfield, English singer (b. 1939)
2001 – John Diamond, British journalist (b. 1953)
2003 – Hank Ballard, American musician (b. 1927)
2003 – Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (b. 1931)
2004 – Marge Schott, American businessperson (b. 1928)
2004 – Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
2004 – Ömer İnönü, Turkish businessman (b. 1924)
2005 – Rick Mahler, American baseball player (b. 1953)
2007 – Henri Troyat, Russian-born French writer and historian (b. 1911)
2008 – Jeff Healey, Canadian rock-blues and jazz musician and guitarist (b. 1966)
2009 – João Bernardo Vieira, politician from Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)
2010 – Yılmaz Duru, Turkish actor, producer, director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2010 – Josef Allerberger, German sniper (b. 1924)
2015 – Dave Mackay, Scottish former football player and manager (b. 1934)
2016 – Marion Patrick Jones, Trinidad-Tobago poet and writer (b. 1930)
2017 – Thomas “Tommy” Gemmell, Scottish former footballer and coach (b. 1943)
2017 – David Rubinger, Israeli photographer (b. 1924)
2018 – Jesús López Cobos, Spanish conductor (b. 1940)
2018 – Gillo Dorfles, Italian art critic, painter, and philosopher (b. 1910)
2019 – Arnulf Baring, German lawyer, journalist, political scientist, historian and author (b. 1932)
2019 – Fred Hill, football and baseball coach (b. 1934)
2019 – Med Hondo, Mauritanian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and voice actor (b. 1936)
2019 – János Koós, Hungarian singer and actor (b. 1937)
2020 – Viktor Josef Dammertz, German Bishop (b. 1929)
2020 – Maria Janion, Polish academic, critic, literary theorist and famous feminist (b. 1926)
2020 – Lance James, South African singer and radio host (b. 1938)
2020 – James Lipton, American author, composer, actor, and television host (b. 1926)
2020 – Mohammed Mirmuhammedi, Iranian politician (b. 1948)
2020 – Abdullah Turhan, Turkish comics and writer (b. 1933)
2020 – Ulay, German artist who works on Contemporary Art (b. 1943)
2020 – Suat Yalaz, Turkish cartoonist, illustrator, comics writer, film director, screenwriter and film producer (b. 1932)
2021 – Christopher Barber, English jazz musician, conductor and songwriter (b. 1930)
2021 – Àlex Casademunt, Spanish singer, actor and television presenter (b. 1981)
2021 – Claudio Coccoluto, Italian DJ and politician (b. 1962)
2021 – Gil Rogers, American actor (b. 1934)
2021 – Bunny Wailer, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
2021 – Zhou Yulin, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1923)
2022 – Yosef Carmon, Israeli actor and theater director (b. 1933)
2022 – Alan Ladd Jr., American film industry executive and producer (b. 1937)
2022 – Autherine Lucy, American activist, academic, and educator (b. 1929)
2022 – Jean-Pierre Pernaut, French television presenter and journalist (b. 1950)
2022 – John Stahl, Scottish actor (b. 1953)
2022 – Volodymyr Struk, Ukrainian politician (b. 1964)

Holidays and special occasions

Liberation of Rize from Russian and Armenian occupation (1918)
Liberation of Ardahan's Posof district from Russian and Armenian occupation (1921)