On this day, March 2

1867 Howard University, a historically Black school of higher learning in Washington, D.C., was founded.

1877 Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden had won the popular vote.

1917 Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship as President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones-Shafroth Act.

1962 Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a game against the New York Knicks, an NBA record that still stands. (Philadelphia won, 169-147.)

1981 After the state Supreme Court refused to allow Dr. Joshua A. Perper to keep his post, Sanford H. Edberg became Allegheny County coroner. 1985 The government approved a screening test for AIDS that detected antibodies to the virus, allowing possibly contaminated blood to be excluded from the blood supply.

1995 The internet search engine website Yahoo! was incorporated by founders Jerry Yang and David Filo.

Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” (digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology).

— Compiled by Alyssa Brown

Today’s Birthdays: Actor John Cullum, 91. Former Soviet President and Nobel peace laureate Mikhail S. Gorbachev, 90. Actor Barbara Luna, 82. Author John Irving, 79. Actor Cassie Yates, 70. Actor Laraine Newman, 69. Former Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., 68. Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, 66. Singer Jay Osmond, 66. Former tennis player Kevin Curren, 63. Rock singer Jon Bon Jovi, 59. Actor Daniel Craig, 53. Actor Richard Ruccolo, 49. Rock singer Chris Martin (Coldplay), 44. Actor Heather McComb, 44. Actor Rebel Wilson, 41. Actor Bryce Dallas Howard, 40. NFL quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, 39. NHL goalie Henrik Lundqvist, 39. Actor Robert Iler, 36. Actor Nathalie Emmanuel, 32. Country singer Luke Combs, 31. Singer-rapper-actor Becky G, 24.

Thought for today: “Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It’s more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.”

— Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss,

American children’s author (born this date in 1904, died 1991)