On This Day:
Sunday March 2, 2014 This is the 61st day of the year, with 304 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: Russia Russia is the world's largest country, with an area of 6,591,100 square miles. It is 1.8 times the size of the United States and spans 11 time zones. However, the population density in Russia is one of the world's lowest. It currently has about 22 people per square mile while China has about 353 people per square mile. The longest railway in the world is located in Russia: the Trans-Siberian Railroad or Trans-Siberian Main Railroad, built 1891-1916, is 5,778 miles long and spans eight time zones.
Holidays Feast day of St. Chad and St. Joavan.
Ethiopia: Adwa Day.
Texas: Independence Day.
Events 1807 - The U.S. Congress abolished the African slave trade.
1836 - Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
1867 - The first Reconstruction Act was passed by Congress.
1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes, a Republican, was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden had won the popular vote. Congress accepted an electoral commission's decision that Hayes won the disputed election. Hayes was the only U.S. president to be elected by this particular process.
1889 - Congress passed the Indian Appropriations Bill, proclaiming unassigned lands in the public domain, the first step toward the famous Oklahoma Land Rush.
1899 - Congress established Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state.
1917 - Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship.
1923 - "Time" magazine made its debut.
1925 - State and federal highway officials developed a nationwide route-numbering system and adopted the familiar U.S. shield-shaped numbered marker.
1933 - The motion picture "King Kong," starring Fay Wray, had its world premiere in New York.
1951 - The first NBA All-Star game was held.
1958 - The British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic expedition, led by Dr. Vivian Fuchs, completed the first surface crossing of the South Pole.
1969 - The French-built Concorde made its maiden flight.
1970 - Rhodesia proclaimed itself a republic.
1973 - The Vietnam peace treaty was signed in Paris.
1977 - The U.S. House of Representatives adopted a strict code of ethics.
1984 - The first McDonald's franchise was closed -- in Des Plaines, Illinois.
1985 - The government approved a screening test for AIDS that detected antibodies to the virus, allowing possibly contaminated blood to be excluded from the blood supply.
1987 - Government officials reported that the median price for a new home had topped $100,000 for the first time.
Births 1793 - Sam Houston, first president of the Republic of Texas, U.S. Senator, Texas governor.
1900 - Kurt Weill, German-born American composer.
1904 - Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), American Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
1917 - Desi Arnaz (Desiderio Alberto Arnez y de Acha III), American bandleader, singer, actor.
1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev, Secretary General of the Soviet Union.
1962 - Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi), American musician and lead singer of the band Bon Jovi.
Deaths 1930 - D.H. Lawrence, English novelist.
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