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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2" title="March 2">March 2</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1484" title="1484">1484</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Arms" title="College of Arms">College of Arms</a></b>, one of the few remaining official <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldic_authority" title="Heraldic authority">heraldic authorities</a> in Europe, was incorporated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">royal charter</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776" title="1776">1776</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_(American_Revolution)" title="Patriot (American Revolution)">Patriot</a> militiamen from Georgia and South Carolina <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Rice_Boats" title="Battle of the Rice Boats">attempted to resist</a></b> the British action to seize and remove supply ships anchored at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah, Georgia</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949" title="1949">1949</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress"><span class="nowrap">B-50</span> Superfortress</a> <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Lady_II" title="Lucky Lady II">Lucky Lady II</a></b></i> landed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth, Texas</a>, to complete the first non-stop <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumnavigation" title="Circumnavigation">circumnavigation</a> of the world by airplane.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962" title="1962">1962</a> – Playing for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Philadelphia Warriors</a>, American basketball player <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain%27s_100-point_game" title="Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game">scored 100 points</a></b> in a game against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>, which remains an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> record.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a> – Russian forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kherson" title="Battle of Kherson">captured the city</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kherson" title="Kherson">Kherson</a>, the only regional capital to be taken during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Adrian_VI" title="Pope Adrian VI">Pope Adrian VI</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1459); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bullock" title="Alexander Bullock">Alexander Bullock</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1816); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed%C5%99ich_Smetana" title="Bedřich Smetana">Bedřich Smetana</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1824); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Maclean" title="Ida Maclean">Ida Maclean</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1944)</p>
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