Births on March 2

Martin Ritt

Born on March 2, 1914

Martin Ritt, American actor and film director (d. 1990)

Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director and actor who worked in both film and theater, noted for his socially conscious films.Some of the movies he directed include The Long, Hot Summer (1958), The Black Orchid (1958), Paris Blues (1961), Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962), Hud (1963), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), Hombre (1967), The Great White Hope (1970), Sounder (1972), The Front (1976), Norma Rae (1979), Cross Creek (1983), Murphy's Romance (1985), Nuts (1987), and Stanley & Iris (1990).

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Events on 1914

28 Jun

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
26 Jul

Bulgaria
Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship.
5 Aug

Traffic light
In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
15 Aug

Frank Lloyd Wright
A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
1 Sep

Petrograd
St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.

Births on March 2

Martin Ritt

Born on March 2, 1914

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Events on 1914

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Bulgaria

Traffic light

Frank Lloyd Wright

Petrograd