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| March 2nd, 2008 (March 02 2008) | Event | Riots in Yerevan, Armenia concerning the Armenian presidential election, 2008 come to a fatal end, with police forces clashing with civilians in their peaceful protest, resulting in 8 deaths. | |
| March 2nd, 2008 (March 02 2008) | Death | Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (born in 1966) | |
| March 2nd, 1998 (March 02 1998) | Event | Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter s moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice. | |
| March 2nd, 1988 (March 02 1988) | Birth | Nadine Samonte, Filipino actress | |
| March 2nd, 1988 (March 02 1988) | Birth | Keith Jack, British singer and actor | |
| March 2nd, 1978 (March 02 1978) | Event | Czech Vladimir Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28. | |
| March 2nd, 1978 (March 02 1978) | Birth | Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer | |
| March 2nd, 1968 (March 02 1968) | Birth | Daniel Craig, English actor | |
| March 2nd, 1958 (March 02 1958) | Birth | Ian Woosnam, Welsh golfer | |
| March 2nd, 1958 (March 02 1958) | Birth | Peter Arnold, American architect | |
| March 2nd, 1958 (March 02 1958) | Birth | Kevin Curren, South African-born tennis player | |
| March 2nd, 1958 (March 02 1958) | Death | Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (born in 1888) | |
| March 2nd, 1948 (March 02 1948) | Birth | Larry Carlton, American guitarist | |
| March 2nd, 1948 (March 02 1948) | Birth | Rory Gallagher, Irish guitarist (died in 1995) | Gallagher Quotes |
| March 2nd, 1948 (March 02 1948) | Birth | Jeff Kennett, Australian politician | |
| March 2nd, 1938 (March 02 1938) | Birth | Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile | |
| March 2nd, 1938 (March 02 1938) | Birth | Lawrence Payton, American singer and songwriter (The Four Tops) (died in 1997) | |
| March 2nd, 1938 (March 02 1938) | Death | Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (born in 1871) | |
| March 2nd, 1928 (March 02 1928) | Birth | Father John Romanides, Greek priest and professor (died in 2001) | |
| March 2nd, 1918 (March 02 1918) | Birth | Peter O Sullevan, Irish horse racing commentator | |
| March 2nd, 1908 (March 02 1908) | Birth | Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (died in 1968) | |
| March 2nd, 1908 (March 02 1908) | Birth | Walter Bruch, German engineer (died in 1990) | |
| March 2nd, 1888 (March 02 1888) | Event | The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace. | |
| March 2nd, 1878 (March 02 1878) | Birth | William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (died in 1944) | |
| March 2nd, 1808 (March 02 1808) | Event | The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, was held in Edinburgh. | |
| March 2nd, 1758 (March 02 1758) | Death | Pierre Guerin de Tencin, French cardinal (born in 1679) | |
| March 2nd, 1578 (March 02 1578) | Birth | George Sandys, English colonist and poet (died in 1644) | |
