Today in History
In 1963, the Beatles released their first album, "Please Please Me." Previously, the title song had been released as a single (backed with "Ask Me Why"). The entire album was recorded in just fourteen hours, less time than the Beatles would later spend on individual songs.
The album included eight original songs (all Lennon-McCartney) and six covers. They were:
Original:
I Saw Her Standing There
Misery
Ask Me Why
Love Me Do
P.S. I Love You
Do You Want to Know a Secret
There's a Place
Please Please Me
Covers:
Anna
Chains
Boys
Baby, It's You
A Taste of Honey
Twist and Shout
1791: Semaphore was used in Paris for the first time
1807: Congress banned the importation of slaves
1877: Rutherfurd B. Hayes was declared president over Samuel Tilden
1933: King Kong premiered
1949: The first non-stop around the world flight was completed
1972: Pioneer 10 was launched
1978: Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
2004: Residents of Killington, VT vote to become part of New Hampshire
2004: A UN report stated that Iraw had no Weapons of Mass Destruction after 1994, despite claims by the Bush administration and subsequent belief by many of its supporters.
BIRTHS
1793: Sam Houston
1836: Texas
1902: Moe Berg
1904: Dr. Seuss
1931: Tom Wolfe
1939: jan howard finder
1931: Tom Wolfe, author
1917: Desi Arnaz, actor, bandleader, musician
1931: Mikhail Gorbachev
1935: Al Waxman
1942: John Irving, author
1942: Lou Reed, singer and guitarist
1943: Peter Straub
1949: Gates McFadden
1956: Morocco
1960: ME
1982: Ben Roethlisberger, American football quarterback
DEATHS
1939: Howard Carter
1982: Philip K. Dick
For more Information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2The event I most identify with is the birth of Texas.
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