This Day, That Year – March 2

Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was an American children’s author, illustrator, poet, and animator born on this day in 1904.

Did you know that:

• Frederick Cook of New Orleans patented a cotton-bale metallic tie on this day in 1858
• The first automatic street lights appeared in New Milford on this day in 1949
• 5020 Asimov, an asteroid named after Isaac Asimov, the American author of science-fiction, was discovered by Schelte J. Bus on this day in 1981