Today in History: March 2, Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in….
March 2, Saturday, 2024, is the 62nd day of the year. The year still has 304 days remaining in it.
The Historical High Point of Today:
An NBA record still remains, set by Wilt Chamberlain on March 2, 1962, when he scored 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors against the New York Knicks. In the end, Philadelphia prevailed 169–147.
Today, this date:
Following its separation from the Union, Texas became a member of the Confederacy in 1861.
Despite Tilden having won the popular vote, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was proclaimed the victor of the 1876 presidential contest in 1877, defeating Democrat Samuel J. Tilden.
Desi Arnaz is a Cuban actor, producer, director, and bandleader who was born in Santiago de Cuba in 1917.
The 20th Amendment to the Constitution was passed by Congress in 1932 and forwarded to the states for approval. It changed the date of the presidential inauguration from March 4 to January 20.
John Wayne and Claire Trevor starred in John Ford’s iconic Western “Stagecoach,” which debuted in New York in 1939.
John Wayne and Claire Trevor starred in John Ford’s iconic Western “Stagecoach,” which debuted in New York in 1939.
In the southwestern Pacific during World War II, the three-day Battle of the Bismarck Sea started in 1943. American and Australian airplanes were able to severely destroy an Imperial Japanese convoy.John Wayne and Claire Trevor starred in John Ford’s iconic Western “Stagecoach,” which debuted in New York in 1939.
In the southwestern Pacific during World War II, the three-day Battle of the Bismarck Sea started in 1943. American and Australian airplanes were able to severely destroy an Imperial Japanese convoy.
The government authorized an AIDS screening test in 1985 that identified antibodies to the virus, enabling blood that may have been tainted to be kept out of the blood supply.
By the end of the 20th century, officials from the 12 countries that make up the European Community decided to outlaw the manufacture of CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), the man-made substances that are thought to be responsible for the depletion of the ozone layer on Earth, in 1989.
