The Signing of the Constitution of the United States, with
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas
Jefferson at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

The first session of the U.S. Congress was held in New York City
as the U.S. Constitution took effect. However, of the 22 senators
and 59 representatives called to represent the 11 states who had
ratified the document, only nine senators and 13 representatives
showed up to begin negotiations for its amendment.

John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994)

The comedic star John Candy died suddenly of a heart attack
on March 4, 1994, at the age of 43. At the time of his death, he
was living near Durango, Mexico, while filming Wagons East,
a Western comedy co-starring the comedian Richard Lewis.

1987

On March 2, 1966, in Dearborn, Michigan, the Ford Motor
Company celebrated the production of its 1 millionth
Mustang, a white convertible.

The sporty, affordable vehicle was officially launched two
years earlier, on April 17, 1964, at the World’s Fair in
Flushing Meadows, New York.

That same day, the new car debuted in Ford showrooms
across America; almost immediately, buyers snapped up
nearly 22,000 of them. More than 400,000 Mustangs were
sold within that first year, exceeding sales expectations.

The movie King Kong premiered in the Radio City Music Hall and
RKO Roxy in New York City on March 2, 1933. U. S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt declared the four-day nationwide bank
holiday three days after the film’s premiere in New York City.

Pioneer 10, the world’s first outer-planetary probe, was launched
from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to Jupiter, the solar
system’s largest planet.