This Day In History: 03/02/1904 - Dr. Seuss Born

Russell Mitchell gives us a recap of some of the major historical events that occurred on March 2nd in this video clip from "This Day in History". Famous writer, Theodor Geisel, or more commonly known as Dr. Seuss was born. Also, the movie King Kong premiered in New York where it's most popular scene on top of the Empire State Building was shot. Texas declared it's independence from Mexico, even though the United States did not recognize the new Republic, and George W Bush announced the deal that was made with India concerning nuclear cooperation.

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