Born on 2 March 2016

At A Glance

2 March 2016 at a glance

Day of the week

2 March 2016 was a Wednesday.

Irish Chart Song in 2016

The Irish chart song for 2016 was “One Dance” by Drake.

Top Film of 2016

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.

Star sign

The star sign for 2 March is Pisces.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 2 March 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 2 March 2016 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 2 March

• 1995 Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.
• 1998 Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
• 2014 The Oscar Selfie, regarded as one of the most influential and important images of all time, is taken at the 86th Academy Awards.
• 2017 The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson are officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia.
• 2022 Russian forces capture the city of Kherson during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which subsequently began the start of the Russian occupation and military-civilian administration in Kherson. Kherson is the only regional capital in Ukraine that Russia captured.

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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