History for March 2

History for March 2 - On-This-Day.com

Sam Houston 1793 - First President of the Republic of Texas

• 1807 - The U.S. Congress passed an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
• 1836 - Texas declared its independence from Mexico and an ad interim government was formed.
• 1877 - In the U.S., Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election by the U.S. Congress. Samuel J. Tilden, however, had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
• 1917 - The Russian Revolution began with Czar Nicholas II abdicating.
• 1917 - Citizens of Puerto Rico were granted U.S. citizenship with the enactment of the Jones Act.
• 1925 - State and federal highway officials developed a nationwide route-numbering system and adopted the familiar U.S. shield-shaped, numbered marker.