Five Fascinating Facts That Happened in History on March 2, 2014
by San Jose REALTOR® Michelle Carr Crowe
Do you enjoy learning new things daily? If you’ve read my blog, you know one of the pastimes I enjoy is discovering new facts and interesting pieces of history.
I like to share intriguing stories from our local newspaper the San Jose Mercury News, as well as from some of my favorite print and online sources such as Mental Floss, the National Geographic Society or Wikipedia. These events for today’s blog post are primarily from The People History.
While these interesting items are intriguing, they have nothing to do with my real estate business, helping families buy and sell Silicon Valley dream homes for sale in San Jose, Cupertino and Saratoga. They just add fun and fascination to life.
Here are today’s Five Fascinating Facts That Happened in History on March 2, 2014.
1807 – The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, forbidding the practice of importing new slaves for sale into the country.
1836 – Texas declarares independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.
1877 – Just two days before the presidential inauguration, U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
1917 – The Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
1962 – Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
BONUS QUESTION: In 1903 the Martha Washington Hotel opened in New York City, becoming the first hotel exclusively for what people group? (Scroll down for answer.)
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Bonus answer: women
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