Football player Mauricio Pochettino

Events in 1972 and 2-3

Events in the world in the birth year of Mauricio Pochettino

• President Nixon makes unprecedented eight-day visit to Communist China and meets with Mao Zedong (Feb. 17).
• Britain takes over direct rule of Northern Ireland in bid for peace (March 24).
• Eleven Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich are killed after eight members of an Arab terrorist group invades Olympic Village; five guerrillas and one policeman are also killed (Sept. 5).
• Nixon orders "Christmas bombing" of North Vietnam (Dec.). Background: Vietnam War

Birthday Mauricio Pochettino (2-3) in history

• Day 2-3 year 1836: Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
• Day 2-3 year 1877: Rutherford B. Hayes was declared president by a U.S. electoral commission since the original result was too close to call. He was the only president elected this way.
• Day 2-3 year 1917: Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory and Puerto Ricans gained American citizenship.
• Day 2-3 year 1923: The first issue of Henry Luce's TIME magazine appeared on newsstands.
• Day 2-3 year 1933: King Kong, starring Fay Wray, premiered in New York City.
• Day 2-3 year 1949: Captain James Gallagher completed the first non-stop around the world flight. He completed the 23,452-mile journey in 94 hours, 1 minute.
• Day 2-3 year 1956: Morocco gained independence from France.
• Day 2-3 year 1962: Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scored an NBA-record 100 points in a basketball game.
• Day 2-3 year 2001: The Taliban began the destruction of ancient Buddha statues in Afghanistan.
• Day 2-3 year 2008: Dmitri A. Medvedev, a former aide to Russian president Vladimir Putin who has never held elected office, won the Russian presidential election in a landslide. Putin remained in a position of power, serving as Medvedev's prime minister.