On This Day for March 2 - Moroccan independence declared, Sarojini Naidu is featured, and more

Created: 2020-03-02 11:03 Updated: 2020-03-02 11:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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March 02

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

1879

Sarojini Naidu

FEATURED EVENT

1956

Moroccan independence declared

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2009: President João Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau was assassinated by government soldiers, following years of unrest between Vieira and the military. [ Test your knowledge of African leaders .]

1999: British singer Dusty Springfield—who made her mark during the 1960s beat boom that resulted in the British Invasion, recording such hits as Son of a Preacher Man—died in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. [ Take our musicians quiz .]

Daniel Craig as James Bond in Casino Royale (2006).

1968: Daniel Craig, the sixth actor to assume the role of playboy spy James Bond, was born in Chester, England. [ Discover how well you know fictional characters .]

1965: The Sound of Music, a film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical play, premiered; the movie, which was based on the real-life story of the Trapp family of Austria, was a commercial success and won an Oscar for best picture. [ Take our Academy Award quiz .]

1941: David Satcher, who served as the 16th U.S. surgeon general (1998–2002), was born in Anniston, Alabama.

1931: Soviet official Mikhail Gorbachev, who instituted reforms that led to the end of the Cold War while serving as the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985–91) and president of the Soviet Union, was born. [ Sort fact from fiction in our Russia quiz .]

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1968

Daniel Craig
English actor

1942

Lou Reed
American musician

1931

Mikhail Gorbachev
president of Soviet Union

1904

Dr. Seuss
American author and illustrator

1930

Tom Wolfe
American author