Today is Monday, March 2, 61st day of 2009. There are 304 days left in the year.
1776 _ Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
1807 _ Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808
1819 _ U.S. passed its first immigration law
1919 _ First congress of Communist International opens at the Kremlin
1923 _ TIME magazine debuts
1933 _ ``King Kong" premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy, NYC
1933 _ Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan
1944 _ 16th Academy Awards: ``Casablanca", Jennifer Jones and Paul Lukas win
1946 _ Ho Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam
1965 _ ``Sound Of Music" opens