March 1909 - March 2, 1909 (Tuesday)

March 2, 1909 (Tuesday)

• The United States Congress passed an act that provided no new ambassadorships would be permitted except by act of Congress. While the U.S. had ministers at legations in many countries, its only embassies at the time were in Austria-Hungary, Brazil, Japan and Turkey.
• With two days left in his term, President Roosevelt extended federal protection over the Zuni National Forest.
• Corson County, South Dakota, was founded.
• Born: Mel Ott, Hall of Fame baseball player who hit 511 home runs between 1926 and 1947; in Gretna, Louisiana (died in auto accident, 1958)