Quick glance of 2 March in the pages of History

March 2: Here are the major events that occurred on 2 March….

• 2 March, 1796: Napoléon Bonaparte is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French Army in Italy.
• 2 March, 1807: US Congress bans the slave trade within the US, with effect from January 1, 1808.
• 2 March, 1882: Queen Victoria narrowly escapes assassination when Roderick Maclean shoots at her while boarding a train in Windsor
• 2 March, 1930: English writer and poet David Herbert Lawrence passed away on this day.
• 2 March, 1949: Indian political activist and poet Sarojini Naidu passed away om this day. She was known as the Nightangle of India.
• 2 March, 1956: Morocco gets its independence from France.
• 2 March, 1968: Famous for playing the role of James Bond,  british actor Daniel Craig was born on this day.
• 2 March, 1972: First space Mission to Jupiter. NASA’s Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt, and the first spacecraft to make direct observations of Jupiter.
• 2 March, 1977: British singer, songwriter and co-founder of the rockcband ColdPlay was born on this day.
• 2 March, 1995: Founded by engineers Jerry Yang and David Filo, Yahoo ! was incorporated on this day. The search engine was one of the pioneers of the early internet era.