Today's Holidays in March 2

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Ta’anit Esther תענית אסתר holiday
• Jewish: Erev Purim ערב פורים holiday

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2017 — The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson were officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia ↗
• 2012 — A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40... ↗
• 2004 — War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500. ↗
• 2002 — U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11... ↗
• 1998 — Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice. ↗

See all historical events for this day →

🎂 Notable Births

• 2016 — Prince Oscar, duke of Skåne and prince of Sweden
• 1995 — Ange-Freddy Plumain, French footballer
• 1992 — Jack Stockwell, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 — Nick Franklin, American baseball player
• 1990 — Rauno Alliku, Estonian footballer