Day in History - Archive March 2
March 2
1784:
Jean Blanchard made his first successful ascent in a balloon
he built himself. 1861: The
Patent Act of 1861 increased term of a patent grant from 14
to 17 years (now it is 20 years). 1902:
Edward Condon, of radar development and Franck-Condon fame,
was born. 1904:
Theodor
Seuss Geisel, aka "Dr. Seuss," was born. 1949: Captain James
Gallagher and his 13-man US Air Force crew completed the first around-the-world
non-stop flight in 94 hours in a
B-50 Superfortress, the "Lucky
Lady II." 1969: The
Concorde
supersonic aircraft made its first flight. 1972: U.S. spacecraft
Pioneer 10 was launched and became the first man-made object
to leave the solar system. 1995:
Yahoo!
was incorporated. 2002:
Operation Anaconda began in Afghanistan.
1784:
Jean Blanchard made his first successful ascent in a balloon
he built himself. 1861: The
Patent Act of 1861 increased term of a patent grant from 14
to 17 years (now it is 20 years). 1902:
Edward Condon, of radar development and Franck-Condon fame,
was born. 1904:
Theodor
Seuss Geisel, aka "Dr. Seuss," was born. 1949: Captain James
Gallagher and his 13-man US Air Force crew completed the first around-the-world
non-stop flight in 94 hours in a
B-50 Superfortress, the "Lucky
Lady II." 1969: The
Concorde
supersonic aircraft made its first flight. 1972: U.S. spacecraft
Pioneer 10 was launched and became the first man-made object
to leave the solar system. 1995:
Yahoo!
was incorporated. 2002:
Operation Anaconda began in Afghanistan.| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Note: These historical tidbits have been collected from various sources, mostly on the Internet. As detailed in
this article,
there is a lot of wrong information that is repeated hundreds of times because most websites do not validate with authoritative
sources. On RF Cafe, events with hyperlinks have been verified.
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from postage stamps from the country where the person or event occurred.