Wednesday March 02, 2016

Historical Events

• According to the official Xinhua News Agency, one Chinese national was killed and three more were injured in a militant attack on a Chinese-invested firm in Laos.
• Conflict between Israel and Palestine: Two Palestinian teens from Qaryout stabbed an Israeli settler at the Eli settlement in the occupied West Bank. The army stopped them and shot them dead. The wounded settler was taken by the army to a hospital.
• Two teenagers from Qaryout in Palestine stabbed an Israeli settler near Nablus in occupied West Bank. The army stopped them and shot them dead. The wounded settler was taken by the army to a hospital.
• Spillover from the Syrian Civil War. Jordan reports that seven militants and one security guard were killed in an overnight raid on an ISIL cell located in Irbid. Five others are also injured. According to the General Intelligence Directorate, (GID), the victims were planning to attack civilian and military targets within the country.
• According to Jordan, seven militants and one security guard were killed in an overnight raid on an ISIL cell located in Irbid. Five others were also injured. According to the General Intelligence Directorate, (GID), the terrorists were planning to attack civilian and military targets within the country.
• War in Afghanistan (2001-present: Nine people were killed in an attack against the Indian consulate in Jalalabad in Afghanistan.
• An attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad (Afghanistan) results in nine deaths
• Libyan Crisis (2011-present: Five ISIL militants were killed by the Tunisian Army near Ben Gardane, after they crossed the border from Libya.
• Five ISIL militants were infiltrated from Libya by the Tunisian Army and they were killed by the Tunisian Army.
• Samarco Mining Company agrees to pay $4.4bn (PS804m), in compensation for victims of the Bento Rodrigues dam catastrophe in Brazil.
• Iraqi engineers warn of the possibility that the Mosul Dam could fall at any time. This could cause a flash flood that could kill as many as one million people along Tigris. The major cities of Baghdad, Tikrit and Samarra are all at risk. American citizens are being urged to evacuate the area by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
• 2016 Sumatra earthquake. The Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology have issued tsunami warnings following an earthquake of 7.9 magnitude that struck southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia, in the Indian Ocean.
• After an earthquake of 7.9 magnitude that struck southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia, the Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia, (BMKG), and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, (BOM), tsunami warnings were issued by the Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia, (BMKG) and Australian Bureau of Meteorology, respectively.
• The Gulf Cooperation Council has officially designated Lebanon's Hezbollah militia as a terrorist organization. GCC members include Bahrain, Kuwait Oman Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia.
• Due to the continued development of a nuclear weapons program, the United Nations Security Council has adopted the harshest sanctions against North Korea in 20 years.
• Spanish general election 2015: The conservative People's Party and the left-leaning Podemos parties, which hold 192 seats each in Spain's 350 seat parliament, have confirmed that they will vote against Pedro Sanchez, leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
• The conservative People's Party and the left-leaning Podemos parties, which jointly hold 192 seats in Spain's 350 seat parliament, have confirmed that they will vote against Pedro Sanchez's bid to form a new government.
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Who was born on March 02, 2016?

• Prince Oscar Carl Olof

  Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne is the youngest child of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland. He was born at Karolinska University Hospital in Solna. A grandson of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, he is third in the line of succession to the Swedish throne, after his mother, and his sister Princess Estelle, Duchess …

• Óscar de Suecia

Other March 2nd famous birthdays

• Mikhail Gorbachev

  Russian politician who succeeded Konstantin Chernenko as General Secretary of the Communist Party on 11 March 1985. He served as a party official for 22 years before his appointment as Agricultural Secretary in 1978, after which he soon became part of the Kremlin's inner circle. He has indicated a desire for peaceful coexistence with the west, and signed an Arms …

• Jon Bon Jovi

  American musician, the superstar leader of "Bon Jovi." He played in rock bands from the time he was a kid, and formed his own band in March 1983. They signed with the Mercury label on 7/01/1983 and began a live tour of the circuit with band mates Dave Bryan, Richie Sambora, Alec John Such and Tico Torres. Their first album, …

• Chris Martin

  English musician (Coldplay)

• Daniel Craig

  English actor

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Pisces

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Chinese Zodiac

Monkey

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March 2nd marks the 61st day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2016.

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March 2016 calendar

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Rihanna Featuring Drake - Work
2. Justin Bieber - Love Yourself
3. twenty one pilots - Stressed Out
4. Justin Bieber - Sorry
5. Flo Rida - My House

Top #5 R&B songs

1. Rihanna Featuring Drake - Work
2. G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself & I
3. The Weeknd - In The Night
4. Bryson Tiller - Don't
5. Yo Gotti Featuring Nicki Minaj - Down In The DM

Top #5 Rock songs

1. twenty one pilots - Stressed Out
2. Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime
3. Elle King - Ex's & Oh's
4. James Bay - Let It Go
5. X Ambassadors - Renegades

Top #5 Latin songs

1. J Balvin - Ginza
2. Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizarraga - Solo Con Verte
3. Nicky Jam - Hasta El Amanecer
4. Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias - El Perdon
5. Maluma - Borro Cassette

Bundesliga 1

• Bayern Munich - Mainz : 1 - 2
• Darmstadt - Dortmund : 0 - 2
• Hertha - Ein Frankfurt : 2 - 0
• Hoffenheim - Augsburg : 2 - 1
• Leverkusen - Werder Bremen : 1 - 4

Bundesliga 2

• Bielefeld - Freiburg : 1 - 4
• Frankfurt FSV - Duisburg : 3 - 3
• RB Leipzig - Heidenheim : 3 - 1

La Liga Primera Division

• Ath Bilbao - La Coruna : 4 - 1
• Celta - Villarreal : 0 - 0
• Levante - Real Madrid : 1 - 3
• Malaga - Valencia : 1 - 2
• Sevilla - Eibar : 1 - 0

Premier League

• Arsenal - Swansea : 1 - 2
• Celtic - Dundee : 0 - 0
• Dundee United - Aberdeen : 0 - 1
• Liverpool - Man City : 3 - 0
• Man United - Watford : 1 - 0

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $80.95
• Apple AAPL: opens at $100.51
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $52.41
• General Electric GE: opens at $29.78
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $133.70

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 0.9197 EUR
• 1 USD = 113.6 JPY
• 1 USD = 0.7103 GBP
• 1 USD = 1.3724 AUD
• 1 USD = 1.3427 CAD