Today is Saturday, March 2, the 61st day of 2013. There are 304 days left in the year.
1855
― Aleksandr Romanov becomes tsar of Russia
1919 ― First congress of Communist International opens at the Kremlin 1923 ― TIME magazine debuts 1927 ― Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year) 1946 ― Ho Chi Minh elected President of North Vietnam 1962 ― Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 points in an NBA game 1964 ― Beatles begin filming “A Hard Day's Night”; George Harrison meets Patti Boyd 1965 ― “Sound of Music” opens 1983 ― Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced 1983 ― Final episode of “MASH”; 125,000,000 viewers