2nd March 1919
Belgian troops in occupied Germany guarding the bridge to Dusseldorf.
First Congress of the Communist International (Comintern) is held in Moscow, attended by representatives from more than two dozen countries.
Ship Losses:
Lewis McDonald (United States) The 9-gross ton motor vessel sank while at anchor in a cove in the southwestern part of Red Bay (56°20′N 133°18′W) on the coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska when large waves broke over her during a snowstorm with high winds. The two people aboard survived.
Milos (Sweden) The cargo ship, en route from Blyth, Northumberland to Halmstad, struck a mine and sank off the Swedish west coast, with the loss of one crew.