March 2

Today in History
• 1121 - Dirk VI becomes count of Holland
• 1458 - Hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia
• 1498 - Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island
• 1776 - Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
• 1789 - Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances
• 1799 - Congress standardizes U.S. weights and measures
• 1807 - Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808
• 1817 - 1st Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Penn


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Adwa Victory Day
• American Citizenship Day
• International Rescue Cat Day
• National Banana Cream Pie Day
• National Egg McMuffin Day
• National Read Across America Day
• Peasants Day
• Texas Independence Day

Birthdays
• 1316 - King Robert II of Scotland, first monach of the House of Stewart
• 1409 - John II, French duke of Alencon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc
• 1459 - Adrian VI [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23)
• 1705 - William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
• 1769 - DeWitt Clinton, Gov/Sen-NY
• 1793 - Samuel Houston, 1st president of Texas, 1836-38, 1841-44
• 1810 - Leo XIII, Vincenzo G Pecci, 256th pope, 1878-1903
• 1860 - Susanna M. Salter, 1st U.S. female mayor and temperance leader