On This Day - March 2nd

Featured Event:

Moroccan independence declared (1956) 🇲🇦

The North African country of Morocco, proclaimed independence from France this day in 1956

Other Events:

1933: The landmark monster movie King Kong had its world premiere 🦍

1962: American basketball player Wilt Chamberlain scored a record 100 points in an NBA game. 🏀

1965: The Sound of Music, a film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical play, premiered. 🎥

2009: President João Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau was assassinated by government soldiers 🔪

Holidays:

Air Force Day 🇱🇰

Peasants' Day 🇲🇲

Texas Independence Day 🇨🇱

Adwa Victory Day 🇪🇹

Featured Birthdays:

1904: Dr. Seuss 🇺🇸 (Author and Illustrator)

1931: Mikhail Gorbachev 🇷🇺 (Politician)

1962: Jon Bon Jovi 🇺🇸 (Singer-Songwriter)

1968: Daniel Craig 🇬🇧 (Actor)

Featured Deaths:

1855: Nicholas I 🇷🇺 (Tsar)

1949: Sarojini Naidu 🇮🇳 (Writer)

1982: Philip K. Dick 🇺🇸 (Author)

1999: Dusty Springfield 🇬🇧 (Singer)