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==Events==
* [[986]] - [[Louis V of France|Louis V]] becomes King of the [[Franks]].
*[[1127]] - [[Assassination]] of [[Charles the Good]], [[Count]] of [[Flanders]].
*[[1717]] - ''[[The Loves of Mars and Venus]]'' becomes the first [[ballet]] performed in [[England]].
*[[1791]] - Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a [[Semaphore line|semaphore]] machine in [[Paris]].
*[[1807]] - The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] passes an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the [[United States]]... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
*[[1808]] - The inaugural meeting of the [[Wernerian Natural History Society]], a former Scottish [[learned society]], was held in [[Edinburgh]].
*[[1815]] - Signing of Kandyan treaty by [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] invaders and [[Sri Lanka]]n King.
*[[1836]] - [[Texas Revolution]]: [[Texas Declaration of Independence|Declaration of independence]] of the [[Republic of Texas]] from [[Mexico]].
*[[1842]] - The [[Grand National]] [[steeplechase]] at [[Aintree racecourse|Aintree]] near [[Liverpool]] [[England]] is won by [[Gaylad (racehorse)|Gaylad]], ridden by [[Tom Olliver]].
*[[1855]] - [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]] becomes [[Tsar]] of [[Russia]].
*[[1861]] - [[Nevada Territory]] and [[Dakota Territory]] are organized as [[political divisions of the United States]].
* 1861 - [[Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia]]: [[Tsar]] [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]] signed the [[abolitionism|emancipation]] reform into law, abolishing [[Russian serfdom]].
*[[1863]] - The [[United States Congress]] authorizes track width of {{RailGauge|ussg}} for [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
*[[1865]] - [[Second Taranaki War]]: The [[Volkner Incident]] in [[New Zealand]].
*[[1867]] - The [[United States Congress]] passed the 1st [[Reconstruction Act]]
*[[1877]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1876]]: Just two days before inauguration, the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] declares [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] the winner of the election even though [[Samuel J. Tilden]] had won the popular vote on [[November 7]], [[1876]].
*[[1888]] - The [[Convention of Constantinople]] is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the [[Suez Canal]] during war and peace.
*[[1896]] - [[Ethiopia]] defeats [[Italy]] in the [[Battle of Adwa]], marking the first victory of an [[African]] nation over a [[colonial]] power.
*[[1899]] - In the state of [[Washington]], [[United States|USA]], [[Mount Rainier National Park]] is established.
*[[1901]] - The [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Platt amendment]], limiting the autonomy of [[Cuba]] as a condition for the withdrawal of [[United States|American]] troops.
*[[1903]] - In [[New York City]] the [[Martha Washington Hotel]] opens, becoming the first [[hotel]] exclusively for [[women]].
*[[1917]] - The enactment of the [[Jones-Shafroth Act]] grants [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Ricans]] [[United States]] citizenship.
* 1917 - ([[Old Style and New Style dates|Old Style]]) - [[Nicholas II of Russia]] abdicates the throne in favor of his brother [[Michael II of Russia]].
*[[1919]] - The first [[Communist International]] meets in [[Moscow]].
*[[1937]] - The [[Steel Workers Organizing Committee]] signs a surprise [[collective bargaining]] agreement with [[U.S. Steel]], leading to unionization of the [[United States]] [[steel]] industry.
*[[1939]] - [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Eugenio Pacelli]] is elected [[Pope]] and takes the name [[Pope Pius XII|Pius XII]].
*[[1941]] - [[World War II]]: First [[Germany|German]] military units enter [[Bulgaria]] after it joined the [[Tripartite Pact|Axis Pact]].
*[[1943]] - World War II: [[Battle of the Bismarck Sea]] - [[United States]] and [[Australia]]n forces sink [[Japan]]ese convoy ships.
* 1943 - 173 people die in the [[Bethnal_Green_tube_station#The_Bethnal_Green_disaster|Bethnal Green Tube Disaster]], [[London]], the worst civilian disaster of World War 2.
*[[1946]] - [[Ho Chi Minh]] is elected the [[President]] of [[North Vietnam]].
*[[1949]] - [[Captain (United States)|Captain]] [[James Gallagher]] lands his [[B-50 Superfortress]] Lucky Lady II in [[Fort Worth, Texas]] after completing the first non-stop around-the-world [[fixed-wing aircraft|airplane]] flight in 94 hours and one minute.
* 1949 - The first automatic [[street light]] was installed in New Milford, Conn..
*[[1953]] - The [[Academy Awards]] are first broadcast on television by NBC.
*[[1955]] - [[Monarch|King]] [[Norodom Sihanouk]] of [[Cambodia]] abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King [[Norodom Suramarit]].
*[[1956]] - [[Morocco]] declares its independence from [[France]].
*[[1962]] - In [[Myanmar|Burma]], the army led by General [[Ne Win]] seizes power in a [[coup]].
* 1962 - [[Wilt Chamberlain]] sets the single-game scoring [[NBA records|record]] in the [[National Basketball Association]] by [[Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game|tallying 100 points]].
*[[1969]] - In [[Toulouse]], [[France]] the first test flight of the Anglo-French [[Concorde]] is conducted.
* 1969 - [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] forces clash at a border outpost on the [[Ussuri River]].
*[[1970]] - [[Rhodesia]] declares itself a [[republic]], breaking its last links with the [[United Kingdom|British]] crown.
*[[1972]] - The [[Pioneer 10]] space probe is launched from [[Cape Canaveral]], [[Florida]] with a mission to explore the outer [[planet]]s.
*[[1978]] - [[Czechoslovakia|Czech]] [[Vladimír Remek]] becomes the first non-[[Russian (citizen)|Russian]] or non-[[United States|American]] to go into [[outer space|space]], when he is launched aboard [[Soyuz 28]].
*[[1989]] - Twelve [[European Community]] nations agree to ban the production of all [[chlorofluorocarbon]]s (CFCs) by the end of the century.
*[[1990]] - [[Nelson Mandela]] elected deputy President of the [[African National Congress]].
*[[1991]] - Battle at Rumaila Oil Field brings end to the [[Gulf War|1991 Gulf War]].
*[[1992]] - [[Moldova]] joins the United Nations.
*[[1998]] - Data sent from the [[Galileo spacecraft]] indicates that [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]'s moon [[Europa (moon)|Europa]] has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
*[[2002]] - [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|U.S. invasion of Afghanistan]]: [[Operation Anaconda]] begins, (ending on [[March 19]] after killing 500 [[Taliban]] and [[al Qaeda]] fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
*[[2003]] - The first International Symposium on [[Taiwanese Sign Language|Taiwan Sign Language]] [[Linguistics]] is held at Chung Cheng University.
*[[2004]] - Voters in the U.S. state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] vote on a [[referendum]] concerning its [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]-derived [[Stars and Bars|flag]].
* 2004 - [[2003 invasion of Iraq|War in Iraq]]: [[Al Qaeda]] carries out the [[Ashoura Massacre]] in [[Iraq]], killing 170 and wounding over 500.
*[[2008]] - [[2008 Armenian presidential election protests|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.
==Births==
*[[1316]] - [[Robert II of Scotland]], (d. [[1390]])
*[[1409]] - [[John II of Alençon]], [[Duke of Alençon]] and [[Count of Perche]] (d. [[1476]])
*[[1459]] - [[Pope Adrian VI]] (d. [[1523]])
*[[1545]] - [[Thomas Bodley]], English diplomat and library founder (d. [[1613]])
*[[1578]] - [[George Sandys]], English colonist and poet (d. [[1644]])
*[[1705]] - [[William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield]], Scottish judge and politician (d. [[1793]])
*[[1760]] - [[Camille Desmoulins]], French journalist and politician (d. [[1794]])
*[[1770]] - [[Louis Gabriel Suchet]], French Marshal (d. [[1826]])
*[[1779]] - [[Joel Roberts Poinsett]], American statesman and botanist (d. [[1851]])
*[[1793]] - [[Sam Houston]], President of the Republic of Texas (d. [[1863]])
*[[1800]] - [[Evgeny Baratynsky]], Russian poet (d. [[1844]])
*[[1810]] - [[Pope Leo XIII]] (d. [[1903]])
*[[1816]] - [[Alexander H. Bullock]], 26th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. [[1882]])
*[[1820]] - [[Multatuli]], Dutch writer (d. [[1887]])
*[[1824]] - [[Bedřich Smetana]], Czech composer (d. [[1884]])
*[[1829]] - [[Carl Schurz]], German revolutionary and statesman (d. [[1906]])
*[[1836]] - [[Henry Billings Brown]], U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. [[1913]])
*[[1842]] - [[Carl Jacobsen]], Danish brewer (d. [[1914]])
*[[1843]] - [[Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy]] (d. [[1911]])
*[[1849]] - [[Robert Means Thompson]], U.S. Naval Officer (d. [[1930]])
*[[1859]] - [[Sholom Aleichem]], Russian novelist (d. [[1916]])
*[[1860]] - [[Susanna M. Salter]], American politician (d. [[1961]])
*[[1862]] - [[Boris Borisovich Galitzine]], Russian physicist (d. [[1916]])
*[[1876]] - [[Pope Pius XII]] (d. [[1958]])
*[[1878]] - [[William Kissam Vanderbilt II]], member of the [[Vanderbilt family]] (d. [[1944]])
*[[1886]] - [[Willis O'Brien]], American animator (d. [[1962]])
*[[1900]] - [[Kurt Weill]], German composer (d. [[1950]])
*[[1902]] - [[Moe Berg]], American baseball player and spy (d. [[1972]])
*[[1904]] - [[Dr. Seuss]], American author (d. [[1991]])
*[[1908]] - [[Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov]], Yakut-born Soviet sniper (d. [[1968]])
*[[1908]] - [[Walter Bruch]], German engineer (d. [[1990]])
*[[1909]] - [[Mel Ott]], American baseball player (d. [[1958]])
*[[1912]] - [[Henry Katzman]], American composer and pianist (d. [[2001]])
*[[1913]] - [[Godfried Bomans]], Dutch author and television personality (d. [[1971]])
* 1913 - [[Celedonio Romero]], Spanish guitarist (d. [[1996]])
* 1913 - [[Mort Cooper]], American baseball player (d. [[1958]])
*[[1914]] - [[Martin Ritt]], American director (d. [[1990]])
*[[1917]] - [[Desi Arnaz]], Cuban-born American actor and bandleader (d. [[1986]])
* 1917 - [[Jim Konstanty]], American baseball player (d. [[1976]])
* 1917 - [[David Goodis]], American writer (d. [[1967]])
*[[1918]] - [[Peter O'Sullevan]], Irish horse racing commentator
*[[1919]] - [[Jennifer Jones]], American actress
* 1919 - [[Tamara Toumanova]], Russian ballerina and actress (d. [[1996]])
*[[1923]] - [[Orrin Keepnews]], American writer and critic
* 1923 - [[Robert H. Michel]], American politician
*[[1926]] - [[Murray Rothbard]], American economist (d. [[1995]])
*[[1927]] - [[Roger Walkowiak]], French cyclist
*[[1928]] - Father [[John S. Romanides|John Romanides]], Greek priest and professor (d. [[2001]])
*[[1930]] - [[Emma Penella]], Spanish actress (d. [[2007]])
*[[1930]] - [[John Cullum]], American actor and singer
*[[1931]] - [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], [[President of the Soviet Union]] and recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]
* 1931 - [[Tom Wolfe]], American author
*[[1935]] - [[Al Waxman]], Canadian actor (d. [[2001]])
*[[1937]] - [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]], [[President of Algeria]]
*[[1938]] - [[Ricardo Lagos]], former President of Chile
* 1938 - [[Lawrence Payton]], American singer and songwriter ([[The Four Tops]]) (d. [[1997]])
*[[1940]] - [[Tony Croatto]], Italian-born composer (d. [[2005]])
*[[1941]] - [[David Satcher]], 16th [[United States Surgeon General]]
*[[1942]] - [[Peter Guber]], American film producer
* 1942 - [[John Irving]], American author
* 1942 - [[Luc Plamondon]], French Canadian lyricist
* 1942 - [[Lou Reed]], American singer and guitarist
* 1942 - [[Kwang Jo Choi]], the founder of Choi Kwang- do and is one of the twelve original Masters of Taekwon-Do.
*[[1943]] - [[Zygfryd Blaut]], Polish footballer (d. [[2005]])
* 1943 - [[Claude Larose (ice hockey b. 1943)|Claude Larose]], French Canadian ice hockey player
* 1943 - [[Tony Meehan]], English drummer ([[The Shadows]]) (d. [[2005]])
* 1943 - [[Peter Straub]], American author
*[[1944]] - [[Uschi Glas]], German actress
*[[1947]] - [[Harry Redknapp]], English football manager
*[[1948]] - [[Larry Carlton]], American guitarist
* 1948 - [[Rory Gallagher]], Irish guitarist (d. [[1995]])
* 1948 - [[Jeff Kennett]], Australian politician
*[[1949]] - [[Alain Chamfort]], French singer
* 1949 - [[Gates McFadden]], American actress
* 1949 - [[J. P. R. Williams]], Welsh Rugby Union player
*[[1950]] - [[Karen Carpenter]], American singer and drummer ([[The Carpenters]]) (d. [[1983]])
* 1950 - [[Jeffrey Chodorow]], American restaurateur and financier
*[[1952]] - [[Mark Evanier]], American writer
* 1952 - [[Laraine Newman]], American actress
*[[1953]] - [[Russ Feingold]], American politician
*[[1955]] - [[Shoko Asahara]], Japanese cult leader
* 1955 - [[The Osmonds|Jay Osmond]], American musician ([[The Osmonds]])
* 1955 - [[Ken Salazar]], American politician
*[[1956]] - [[Mark Evans (musician)|Mark Evans]], Australian bassist ([[AC/DC]])
* 1956 - [[John Cowsill]], American musician ([[The Cowsills]])
*[[1958]] - [[Ian Woosnam]], Welsh golfer
* 1958 - [[Peter Arnold]], American architect
* 1958 - [[Kevin Curren]], South African-born tennis player
*[[1960]] - [[Hector Calma]], Filipino basketball player
*[[1961]] - [[Simone Young]], Australian conductor
*[[1962]] - [[Jon Bon Jovi]], American musician ([[Bon Jovi]])
* 1962 - [[Al Del Greco]], American football player
* 1962 - [[Morioka Hiroyuki]], Japanese writer
* 1962 - [[Michael Salinger]], American poet
* 1962 - [[Scott Sterling]], American musician ([[Scott La Rock]])
* 1962 - [[Raimo Summanen]], Finnish ice hockey player and coach
*[[1963]] - [[Tuff Hedeman]], American bull rider
* 1963 - [[Tanyu Kiryakov]], Bulgarian pistol shooter
*[[1964]] - [[Megan Leigh]], American porn star (d. [[1990]])
* 1964 - [[Mike Von Erich]], American professional wrestler (d. [[1987]])
*[[1965]] - [[Ron Gant]], American baseball player
* 1965 - [[Lembit Öpik]], British politician
*[[1968]] - [[Daniel Craig]], English actor
*[[1971]] - [[Dave Gorman]], English documentary comedian
*[[1971]] - [[Elizabeth Lackey]], American actress
*[[1972]] - [[Richard Ruccolo]], American actor
* 1972 - [[Amber Smith]], American actress and model
*[[1973]] - [[Trevor Sinclair]], English footballer
* 1973 - [[Dejan Bodiroga]], Serbian basketball player
*[[1974]] - [[Monika Niederstätter]], Italian athlete
* 1974 - [[Hayley Lewis]], Australian swimmer
*[[1976]] - [[Glenn Rubenstein]], American writer and journalist
*[[1977]] - [[Chris Martin]], English musician ([[Coldplay]])
* 1977 - [[Heather McComb]], American actress
* 1977 - [[Andrew Strauss]], English cricket player
* 1977 - [[Jay Gibbons]], American baseball player
*[[1978]] - [[Giannis Skopelitis]], Greek footballer
*[[1979]] - [[Damien Duff]], Irish footballer
*[[1979]] - [[Sergei Davydov]], Belarusian figure skater
*[[1979]] - [[Amanda Ireton]], Cast member of [[MTV|MTV's]] [[A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila]]
*[[1980]] - [[Édson Nobre]], Angolan footballer
* 1980 - [[Lance Cade]], American professional wrestler
*[[1981]] - [[Bryce Dallas Howard]], American actress
*[[1982]] - [[Kevin Kurányi]], German footballer
* 1982 - [[Henrik Lundqvist]], Swedish ice hockey player
* 1982 - [[Ben Roethlisberger]], American football player
* 1982 - [[Corey Webster]], American football player
*[[1983]] - [[Glen Perkins]], American baseball player
*[[1984]] - [[Elizabeth Jagger]], English model and actress
*[[1985]] - [[Robert Iler]], American actor
* 1985 - [[Reggie Bush]], American football player
* 1985 - [[Luke Pritchard]], British singer ([[The Kooks]])
*[[1988]] - [[Nadine Samonte]], Filipino actress
* 1988 - [[Keith Jack]], British singer and actor
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==Deaths==
* [[855]] - [[Lothair I|Lothair]], King of the Franks and [[Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[795]])
*[[1316]] - [[Marjorie Bruce]], daughter of [[Robert I of Scotland]] (b. [[1296]])
*[[1572]] - [[Mem de Sá]], Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil
*[[1589]] - [[Alessandro Cardinal Farnese]], Italian cardinal (b. [[1520]])
*[[1729]] - [[Francesco Bianchini]], Italian philosopher and scientist (b. [[1662]])
*[[1755]] - [[Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon]], French writer (b. [[1675]])
*[[1758]] - [[Pierre Guérin de Tencin]], French cardinal (b. [[1679]])
*[[1791]] - [[John Wesley]], English founder of Methodism (b. [[1703]])
*[[1793]] - [[Carl Gustaf Pilo]], Swedish-born artist
*[[1797]] - [[Horace Walpole]], English politician and writer (b. [[1717]])
*[[1830]] - [[Samuel Thomas von Sömmering]], German physician (b. [[1755]])
*[[1835]] - [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[1768]])
*[[1840]] - [[Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers]], German astronomer (b. [[1758]])
*[[1855]] - [[Nicholas I of Russia]], Emperor of Russia (b. [[1796]])
*[[1865]] - [[Carl Sylvius Völkner]], German missionary to New Zealand (b. [[1819]])
*[[1880]] - Sir [[John MacNeill]], Irish civil engineer (b. [[1790]])
*[[1895]] - [[Berthe Morisot]], French painter (b. [[1841]])
* 1895 - [[Isma'il Pasha]], Governor of Egypt (b. [[1830]])
*[[1919]] - [[Melchora Aquino]], Filipino revolutionary hero (b. [[1812]])
*[[1921]] - [[Champ Clark]], American politician (b. [[1850]])
* 1921 - King [[Nicholas I of Montenegro]] (b. [[1841]])
*[[1930]] - [[D. H. Lawrence]], English writer (b. [[1885]])
*[[1938]] - [[Ben Harney]], American composer and pianist (b. [[1871]])
*[[1939]] - [[Howard Carter (archaeologist)|Howard Carter]], British archaeologist (b. [[1874]])
*[[1945]] - [[Emily Carr]], Canadian artist (b. [[1871]])
*[[1946]] - [[Fidél Pálffy]], Hungarian National socialist (b. [[1895]])
*[[1953]] - [[Jim Lightbody]], American runner (b. [[1882]])
*[[1958]] - [[Fred Merkle]], American baseball figure (b. [[1888]])
*[[1959]] - [[Eric Blore]], English actor (b. [[1887]])
*[[1960]] - [[Stanisław Taczak]], Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (b. [[1874]])
*[[1962]] - [[Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin]], Belgian mathematician (b. [[1866]])
*[[1967]] - [[José Martínez Ruiz]], Spanish poet and writer (b. [[1873]])
*[[1970]] - [[Marc-Aurèle Fortin]], Quebec painter (b. [[1888]])
*[[1973]] - [[Cleo A. Noel, Jr.]], US Chief of Mission to Sudan (b. [[1918]]). See [[1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations]].
*[[1974]] - [[Salvador Puig Antich]], Spanish anarchist (b. [[1948]])
*[[1975]] - [[Josiah Mwangi Kariuki]], Kenyan politician (b.[[1929]])
*[[1979]] - [[Christy Ring]] Irish hurler (b. [[1920]])
*[[1982]] - [[Philip K. Dick]], American author (b. [[1928]])
*[[1987]] - [[Randolph Scott]], American actor and director (b. [[1898]])
*[[1991]] - [[Serge Gainsbourg]], French singer (b. [[1928]])
*[[1992]] - [[Sandy Dennis]], American actress (b. [[1937]])
*[[1994]] - [[Anita Morris]], American actress (b. [[1943]])
*[[1999]] - [[David Ackles]], American singer and songwriter (b. [[1937]])
* 1999 - [[Dusty Springfield]], English singer (b. [[1939]])
*[[2001]] - [[John Diamond (journalist)|John Diamond]], British journalist (b. [[1953]])
*[[2003]] - [[Hank Ballard]], American musician (b. [[1927]])
* 2003 - [[Malcolm Williamson]], Australian composer (b. [[1931]])
*[[2004]] - [[Cormac McAnallen]], Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (b. [[1980]])
* 2004 - [[Mercedes McCambridge]], American actress (b. [[1916]])
* 2004 - [[Marge Schott]], American baseball team owner (b. [[1928]])
*[[2005]] - [[Rick Mahler]], American baseball player (b. [[1953]])
* 2005 - [[Martin Denny]], American musician (b. [[1911]])
*[[2006]] - [[Milton Katims]], American violist and conductor (b. [[1909]])
* 2006 - [[Jack Wild]], British actor (b. [[1952]])
*[[2007]] - [[Ivan Safronov]], Russian journalist (b. [[1956]])
* 2007 - [[Clem Labine]], American baseball player (b. [[1926]])
* 2007 - [[Thomas S. Kleppe]], U.S. politician (b. [[1919]])
* 2007 - [[Henri Troyat]], French writer, dean of the Académie française (b. [[1911]])
*[[2008]] - [[Jeff Healey]], Canadian musician (b. [[1966]])
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Bahá'í Faith]] - Feast of 'Alá (Loftiness) - First day of the 19th month of the [[Bahá'í calendar]].
*[[Texas Independence]] Day ([[1836]]).
*[[Church of England]] - [[Chad of Mercia|Saint Chad's Day]].
*[[March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
Catholic Church:
*[[Saint Jovinus]]
*[[Blessed Charles the Good, Count of Flanders]] (+Bruges 1127)
==External links==
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/2 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=03|day=02}}
*[http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Mar&day=02 On This Day in Canada]
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