Joe's Daily U.s. History Lesson

MARCH 2 -1749 Happy birthday Revolution Spy Austin Roe (the Paul Revere of Long Island); 1769 Happy birthday politician DeWitt Clinton (Eerie Canal mastermind) 11877 Compromise gives 1876 Presidential Election to Rudd Hayes;  SPORTS: 1951 1st NBA All-Star game; 1962 Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points, 1982 Happy Birthday Ben Roethlesberger, 2005 Jackie Robinson posthumously awarded Congressional Medal of Honor