Born on 2 March 1983

At A Glance

2 March 1983 at a glance

Day of the week

2 March 1983 was a Wednesday.

UK Number One

The UK Number One single was “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson.

Top Film of 1983

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1983 was Return of the Jedi.

Star sign

The star sign for 2 March is Pisces.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 2 March 1983 fell in the Year of the Pig.

Birthstone

The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 2 March 1983 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 2 March

• 1977 Libya becomes the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the General People's Congress adopts the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People".
• 1978 Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Soviet or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
• 1978 The late iconic actor Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from his grave in Switzerland.
• 1983 Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.
• 1989 Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.

Famous people born on 2 March

• Chris Martin, English singer-songwriter (Coldplay) (born 1977)
• Daniel Craig, English actor and producer (born 1968)
• Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress (born 1981)
• Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian lawyer and politician, the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union, Nobel Prize laureate (1931–2022)

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