On this day …
March 2, 2018
- In 1797, the Bank of England issued the first one- and two-pound banknotes.
- In 1807, the U.S. Congress passed the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves.
- In 1855, Alexander II became czar of Russia.
- In 1877, just two days before the scheduled inauguration, the U.S. Congress declared Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 presidential election.
- In 1901, Carnegie Steel and Federal Steel merged to become U.S. Steel.
- In 1917, the Jones-Shafroth Act granted Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship.
- In 1939, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected as Pope Pius XII.
- In 1983, compact discs and players went on sale for the first time in the United States.
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