Everybody has a different way of waking up in the morning. Here's a way to start out your morning, by gathering with a like minded bunch of people to swap stories about geocaching over a cup of Joe.
It's the first Saturday of the month and Spring is almost here as evidenced by the longer days and warmer temperatures. Let's all meet and enjoy a fresh brew of your favorite beverage while sharing stories with other geocachers doing the same thing.
Come on down and grab a cup of coffee and spend some time shooting the breeze with other local geocachers. You'll be able to trade travel bugs and just hang out for awhile while you recharge your batteries with your favorite type of morning beverage.
This event will be held at the Starbucks in San Dimas, Bonita and San Dimas Ave. The event will start at 8:00 AM and end somewhere around 9:30 in the morning. That way, you'll still have plenty of time to do whatever you wanted to do for the rest of the day. There should be plenty of parking for this event and there's a nice outdoor patio where we will be meeting, so if you want to bring your pooches to the event, you can.
On this date in history:
March 2, 1877 : Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
March 2, 1962 : Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
March 2, 1978 : Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
March 2, 1983 : Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.
March 2, 1992 : Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, all of which (except San Marino) were former Soviet republics, join the United Nations.
March 2, 2017 : The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson are officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia.
Notable birthdays on this date in history:
March 2, 1793: Sam Houston, American soldier and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)
March 2, 1876: Pope Pius XII (d. 1958)
March 2, 1904: Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (d. 1991)
March 2, 1917: Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1986)
March 2, 1931: Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian lawyer and politician, the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022)
March 2, 1950: Karen Carpenter, American singer (d. 1983)
Notable deaths on this date in history:
March 2, 1855: Nicholas I, Russian emperor (b. 1796)
March 2, 1921: Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
March 2, 1958: Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
March 2, 1999: Dusty Springfield, English singer (b. 1939)
March 2, 2004: Marge Schott, American businesswoman (b. 1928)
March 2, 2009: João Bernardo Vieira, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)