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What happened in history on this day: March 2?
On March 2 in ...
- 1874 - Baseball batter's box is officially adopted.
- 1890 - Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 5 km (9:19).
- 1896 - George Lohmann takes 9-28 versus South Africa at Johannesburg.
- 1902 - Jimmy Collins leaves Boston Beaneaters (National League) club to manage American League's new Boston Somersets.
- 1904 - "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" is adopted.
- 1918 - New York Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers and immediately trades him to Philadelphia Athletics.
- 1927 - Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year).
- 1929 - Chicago Black Hawks are shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game.
- 1936 - Donald Bradman scores 369 in 253 minutes, South Africa versus Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes.
- 1940 - First intercollegiate track meet telecast, Madison Square Garden, New York City.
- 1951 - First NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-94 at Boston.
- 1952 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open.
- 1958 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open.
- 1962 - Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 points in an NBA game.
- 1968 - World Ice Dance Championship in Geneva, Switzerland won by Diane Towler and Bernard Ford (Great Britain).
- 1968 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Geneva, Switzerland won by Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov (USSR).
- 1968 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva, Switzerland won by Peggy Fleming (USA).
- 1968 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva, Switzerland won by Emmerich Danzer (Austria).
- 1969 - Phil Esposito becomes first NHL Player to score 100 points in a season.
- 1974 - Greg Chappell makes 247 versus New Zealand, 410 minutes, 29 fours 1 six.
- 1980 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic.
- 1980 - Mike Bratz (Phoenix Suns) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games.
- 1982 - 60th hat trick in New York Islanders' history-Bryan Trottier.
- 1986 - Mary Beth Zimmerman wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational.
- 1989 - NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers win 22nd straight home game.
- 1989 - New York Mets' Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez.
- 1990 - Mark Tewsksbury swims world record 50 metre backstroke (25.06 seconds).
- 1991 - Deb Richard wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1991 - Del Ballard Jr, throws most famous gutter ball in PBA Tour history.
- 1991 - North Carolina State Chris Corchiani becomes first NCAA player to get 1,000 assists.
- 1992 - Anita Hall swims female world record 200 metre freestyle (2:05.35).
- 1992 - The highest-paid player in baseball is now Ryne Sandberg, after signing a four-year contract extension worth US$7.1 million per season.
- 1996 - Tendulkar scores 137 for India versus SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose.
- 1997 - Gail Graham wins LPGA Alpine Australian Ladies Masters.
- 1997 - Nick Faldo wins Nissan Golf Open.
- 2005 - President George W. Bush awards the nation's highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, posthumously to Jackie Robinson's widow. Robinson died in 1972.
- 2007 - Mike Young signs an $80 million, five-year contract extension offered by American baseball's Texas Rangers.
- 2010 - Wade McGilberry of Alabama pitches a perfect game in video game MLB 2K10, winning $1 million in a contest sponsored by the gamemaker's company, 2K Sports.
Births of sports figures on March 2
- 1909 - Birth of Mel Ott; first National League player to hit 500 homeruns, hall of famer (New York Giants).
- 1912 - Birth of Arthur Beaumont C Langton; cricket player (South African pace bowler of 1930s).
- 1913 - Birth of Mort Cooper; baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1942).
- 1917 - Birth of Jim Konstanty; baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1950).
- 1923 - Birth of Don Taylor; cricket player (New Zealand 3 Tests, Auckland stands with Sutcliffe in Wisden).
- 1938 - Birth of Donald Schwall; baseball player (1961 American League rookie of year).
- 1955 - Birth of Steve Small; cricket player (stalwart New South Wales opening batsman).
- 1958 - Birth of Ian Woosnam; Welsh golfer.
- 1958 - Birth of Kevin Curren in South Africa; tennis star.
- 1962 - Birth of Al Del Greco; NFL kicker (Houston/Tennessee Oilers).
- 1962 - Birth of Philip Jonas in Johannesburg, South Africa; Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Payless-second).
- 1962 - Birth of Terry Steinbach in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA; catcher (Oakland Athletics).
- 1965 - Birth of Ron Gant in Victoria, Texas, USA; outfielder (Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1966 - Birth of Judith Wiesner in Hallein, Austria; tennis star (1994 Schenectady).
- 1967 - Birth of Allan Boyko; Canadian Football League slot back/twin of Bruce (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1967 - Birth of Bruce Boyko; Canadian Football League fullback/twin of Allan (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1967 - Birth of Leo Gomez in Canovanas, Puerto Rica; infielder (Chicago Cubs).
- 1968 - Birth of Penny "Stamper" Davis in Carlisle, England; Canadian 470 yachter (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Kevin Miniefield; NFL defensive back (Chicago Bears).
- 1970 - Birth of Steve Holman in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; mile runner.
- 1971 - Birth of James Hammerstrand in LaMesa, California, USA; volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Ray Hall; NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1971 - Birth of Ruffin Hamilton; NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1973 - Birth of John Elmore; guard (Baltimore Ravens).
- 1974 - Birth of Martine Dessureault in Montréal, Québec, Canada; 50-metre swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1976 - Birth of Lars Bruggemann; hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998).
- 1980 - Birth of Chris Barker; English football player.
- 1980 - Birth of Lance Cade; American professional wrestler.
- 1982 - Birth of Mike Nugent; American football player (New York Jets).
- 1982 - Birth of Henrik Lundqvist; Swedish hockey goaltender.
- 1982 - Birth of Ben Roethlisberger; American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1985 - Birth of Reggie Bush; American football player.
- 1988 - Birth of Vito Mannone, Italian football player.
Deaths of sports figures on March 2
- 1985 - John B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympics Committee, dies at age 57.
- 1991 - James "Cool Papa" Bell, Negro baseball league great, dies at age 87.
- 2004 - Death of Cormac McAnallen, Irish football player (born 1980).
- 2004 - Death of Marge Schott, baseball team owner (born 1928).
- 2007 - Five Bluffton University baseball players and the driver and his wife are killed in a chartered bus accident in Atlanta. The players, Zach Arend, David Betts, Scott Harmon, Cody Holp, and Tyler Williams, were en route to to Sarasota, Florida.
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