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Anniversary on the 2nd of March 0617

Anniversary
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100 years anniversary
02 Mar 1924   Albert TLCA Vogel: Dutch elocutionist
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02 Mar 1924   Renos Apostolidis, Greek philologist, author, and critic (d. 2004)
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02 Mar 1924   Cal Abrams, American baseball player (d. 1997)
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75 years anniversary
02 Mar 1949   Rory Gallagher: Donegal, Ireland -- Rock guitarist (See Here)
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02 Mar 1949   1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct)
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02 Mar 1949   Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round-the-world flight at Fort Worth, Tx, covering 23,452 miles in 94 hours
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02 Mar 1949   The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut.
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02 Mar 1949   Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
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02 Mar 1949   Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (b. 1879)
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02 Mar 1949   J.P.R. Williams, Welsh rugby player and surgeon
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02 Mar 1949   Gates McFadden, American actress and choreographer
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02 Mar 1949   Alain Chamfort, French singer
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02 Mar 1949   birth Eddie Money, (former policeman Edward Mahoney), US singer, (1978 US No.11 single 'Baby Hold On').
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02 Mar 1949   Non-stop world flight lands
In 1949, the first round the world nonstop airplane flight was completed in a U.S. Air Force B-50 Superfortress bomber, the Lucky Lady II with a crew of 14 headed by Captain James Gallagher. They landed back at Carswell Air Force base, Fort Worth, Texas, which they had left on 26 Feb 1949, about 94 hours earlier. The airplane was refueled several times in midflight on its 23,452 journey. Its average speed was 249-mph. This was at the time of the Berlin Airlift and the Cold War. The flight showed that the USAF was capable of projecting air power anywhere in the world. The first jets - three U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers - to fly nonstop around the world - took 45 hours (16-18 Jan 1957), completing 24,325 miles at an average speed of 525-mph.
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02 Mar 1949   Automatic street light
In 1949, the first automatic street light was installed in New Milford, Conn.
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50 years anniversary
02 Mar 1974   Martine Dessureault: Montreal, Quebec -- 50m swimmer (1996 Olympics)
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02 Mar 1974   16th Grammy Awards: Killing Me Softly, Bette Midler wins
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02 Mar 1974   1st class postage raised to 10 cents from 8 cents
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02 Mar 1974   Grand jury concludes President Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up
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02 Mar 1974   Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948)
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02 Mar 1974   Hayley Lewis, Australian swimmer and television host
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02 Mar 1974   At this year's Grammys Stevie Wonder won four awards: Album of the year for 'Innervisions', Best R&B song and Best vocal for ‘Superstition’ and Pop vocal performance for ‘You Are The Sunshine Of My Life’.
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02 Mar 1974   Terry Jacks started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Seasons In The Sun', also No.1 in the UK. The song (written in French by Belgian, Jacques Brel), had English lyrics by poet Rod McKuen.
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25 years anniversary
02 Mar 1999   Dusty Springfield, English singer (The Lana Sisters and The Springfields) (b. 1939)
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02 Mar 1999   David Ackles, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1937)
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02 Mar 1999   Dusty Springfield died after a long battle against cancer, aged 59. The British singer had her first UK hit single in 1963 with ‘I Only Want To Be With You’, which reached No.4, the 1966 UK No.1 & US No.4 single with 'You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me’ plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles.
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20 years anniversary
02 Mar 2004   War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
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02 Mar 2004   Marge Schott, American businesswoman (b. 1928)
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02 Mar 2004   Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
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02 Mar 2004   Cormac McAnallen, Irish footballer (b. 1980)
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15 years anniversary
02 Mar 2009   João Bernardo Vieira, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)
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02 Mar 2009   Chris Finnegan, English boxer (b. 1944)
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02 Mar 2009   DJ and Ivor Novello award winner Norman Cook checked himself into rehab to battle an alcohol addiction. His manager Garry Blackburn said. "Norman is voluntarily seeking help for his alcohol problem but he's in good shape."
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02 Mar 2009   Liverpool University launched a Masters degree on The Beatles, popular music and society. Liverpool Hope University claimed the course which looked at the studio sound and compositions of The Beatles was the first of its kind in the UK and "probably the world".
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10 years anniversary
02 Mar 2014   Gail Gilmore, Canadian-American actress and dancer (b. 1937)
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02 Mar 2014   Porky Chedwick, American radio announcer (b. 1918)
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02 Mar 2014   Molly Bobak, Canadian painter and educator (b. 1922)
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02 Mar 2014   Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet and translator (b. 1935)
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