On this day in history, March 2, the famous basketball player Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors against the New York Knicks, a record that still stands today. In other historical events, President Thomas Jefferson signed the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves in 1807. The state of Texas was admitted to the Confederacy in 1861. In 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election despite losing the popular vote. The Battle of the Bismarck Sea began in 1943 during World War II. In 1955, before Rosa Parks’ famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama. In 1985, a screening test for AIDS was approved by the U.S. government. In 2011, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church’s right to protest near a Marine’s funeral.
Today, notable birthdays include John Irving (83), Jon Bon Jovi (63), Daniel Craig (57), and Rebel Wilson (45).
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