Happy birthday Mary

Notable Birthdays for March 2

Those born on this day include:
- Statesman DeWitt Clinton, chief sponsor of the Erie Canal project, in 1769
- Sam Houston, first president of the Republic of Texas, in 1793
- Journalist, politician and reformer Carl Schurz in 1829
- Pope Pius XII in 1876
- Publisher Max Schuster in 1897
- German composer Kurt Weill in 1900
- Children's author Dr. Seuss, Theodor Geisel, in 1904
- Entertainer Desi Arnaz in 1917
- Actress Jennifer Jones in 1919 (age 89)
- Actor John Cullum in 1930 (age 78)
- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1931 (age 77)
- Author Tom Wolfe in 1931 (age 77)
- Author John Irving in 1942 (age 66)
- Singer Karen Carpenter in 1950
- Comedian Laraine Newman ( Saturday Night Live ) in 1952 (age 56)
- Rock singer Jon Bon Jovi in 1962 (age 46)