User:Anthimatter
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Intro
[edit]I'm a front-end web developer, content strategist and librarian at University of Wollongong in Australia.
On this day
[edit]March 2: Fast of Esther (Judaism, 2026); Adwa Victory Day in Ethiopia, Independence Day in Texas
Poster for The Sound of Music
- 1836 – Texas Revolution: At a convention of delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos, the Mexican state of Texas adopted a declaration of independence, establishing the Republic of Texas.
- 1965 – The Sound of Music (poster pictured) was released in American theatres; it became the highest-grossing film up to that time.
- 1970 – The Rhodesian monarchy was abolished by the government of Rhodesia, which declared the internationally unrecognised country to be a republic.
- 1995 – Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois announced the discovery of the top quark, the most massive of all observed elementary particles.
- 2014 – The Oscar selfie, considered to be one of the most influential photographs of all time, was taken at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony.
- Margaret Sibella Brown (b. 1866)
- James A. Gilmore (b. 1876)
- Grete Hermann (b. 1901)
- Bryce Dallas Howard (b. 1981)