1887 – 1st salaried fish and game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan)
1917 – Nicholas II, the last Russian Tsar abdicates and nominates his brother Grand Duke Michael to succeed him [OS Mar 2]
1922 – 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia)
1926 – Belgium’s “black monday”, franc falls
1949 – WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1958 – “Body Beautiful” musical closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 60 performances
1959 – WILX TV channel 10 in Lansing, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1978 – China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1986 – Scotland (10-9 v Ireland) and France (29-10 v England) win their final round matches to share the Five Nations Rugby Championship with 3-1 records
1994 – Experts from AL certify the Cleveland Indians Jacobs Field is properly lit