This Day In History, March 2nd.
Five Historical Events That Happened on March 2nd.
The Republic of Texas formally proclaimed its separation from Mexico in 1836.
The 1876 US presidential election was declared won by Republican Rutherford B. Hayes.
The U.S. in 1917 The Jones-Shafroth Act, passed by Congress, gave Puerto Rican citizens citizenship in the United States.
The first spacewalker was cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who performed a spacewalk in 1965.
The Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, which the Soviet Union conquered in 1940, were granted freedom by the European Community in 1991.
March 2nd, 1836: The Republic of Texas Proclaimed Freedom from Mexico.
Following a successful revolution that had started the year before, the Republic of Texas formally proclaimed its independence from Mexico on March 2nd, 1836. The Convention of 1836, which served as the interim state's administration, approved the declaration. Up until 1846, when the United States annexed it, the Republic of Texas was a sovereign state.
This Day In History, 2nd: When Did Rutherford B. Hayes Actually Become The 19th President of The United States?
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden engaged in a turbulent and highly contested race for the presidency of the United States in 1876. Despite some states disputing the results, Tilden won the popular vote. A special electoral commission was formed to settle the disagreement, and on January 15, 1877, it declared Hayes the election's victor by awarding him all of the contested electoral votes. Rutherford B. Hayes was proclaimed the victor of the 1876 U.S. Presidential Election on March 2, 1877, and was inaugurated as the 19th President of the United States on March 4. However, the Congress did not officially count the electoral votes until March 2nd, 1877.
The Jones-Shafroth Act Passed On March 1st, 1913.
The Jones-Shafroth Act, also known as the "Jones Act," was passed by the U.S. Congress on March 2, 1917. It gave Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship but did not give them full constitutional rights as U.S. citizens and did not extend full protection of the U.S. Constitution to Puerto Rico. The Jones Act gave Puerto Rico a certain degree of autonomy and established the island as an unincorporated territory of the United States.
When Was The First Ever Spacewalk? Did it actually happen on March 2nd?
Although some reports have the first spacewalk happening on March 2nd, the truth is, Alexei Leonov, a Soviet cosmonaut, did the first spacewalk, which is also called an extravehicular activity (EVA), on March 18, 1965. Leonov abandoned the Voskhod 2 spacecraft, which was in orbit above the Earth, to float in space while attached to it by a 5.35 meter tether. The spacewalk lasted 12 minutes and 9 seconds. This expedition was significant because it was the first time a human has entered space without the safety and security of a spacecraft.
March 2nd, 1991: The Independence of The Baltic States:
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were granted independence by the European Community, which later became the European Union, on March 2nd, 1991. In 1940, the Soviet Union acquired the Baltic States, and they remained a part of their territory for more than 50 years. These nations were able to declare their independence once again after the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the European Community's acceptance of their sovereignty was a critical step in their global recognition.
It should be noted that these nations' independence from the Soviet Union was declared before the European Community recognized them.