At A Glance

2 March 1951 at a glance

Day of the week
2 March 1951 was a Friday.
Top Film of 1951
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1951 was Quo Vadis.
Star sign
The star sign for 2 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 2 March 1951 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 2 March 1951 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 2 March

  • 1941 World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact.
  • 1943 World War II: During the Battle of the Bismarck Sea Allied aircraft defeat a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
  • 1949 Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
  • 1955 Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
  • 1962 In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.

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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Events of 1951 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1951 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 2 February – Éamon de Valera visited Newry for the first time since his arrest there in 1924.
  • 11 April – Minister for Health Noel Browne resigned and his Mother and Child Scheme was overturned.
  • 19 April – The Attorney General for Northern Ireland, Ed Warnock, referring to Noel Browne's resignation, said that Ireland is really ruled by Maynooth (i.e. by the Catholic Church).
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Life in Ireland in 1951

Taoiseach

John A. Costello

Petrol (per litre)

1s 8d/gal

Loaf of Bread

5d

Average House

£1,300

Weekly Wage

£3 5s

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