Today is Wednesday, March 2, the 62nd day of 2016. There are 304 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1793, the first president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, was born near Lexington, Virginia.
In 1865, Congress established the position of Naval Judge Advocate General.
In 1877, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden had won the popular vote.
In 1917, Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship as President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones-Shafroth Act.
In 1933, the motion picture “King Kong” had its world premiere at New York’s Radio City Music Hall and the Roxy.
In 1939, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected pope.
The Associated Press
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