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On this day March 02

2017


The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson were officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia

2012


A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities

2004


War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.

2002


U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).

1998


Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.

1995


Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.

1992


Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan join the United Nations.

1991


Battle at Rumaila oil field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.

1990


Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.

1989


Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.

1983


Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.

1978


Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.

1977


Libya becomes the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the General People's Congress adopted the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People".

1972


The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.

1970


Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.

1969


In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.

1968


Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.[1]

1965


The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.

1962


Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.

1962


In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.

1961


John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.

1956


Morocco gains its independence from France.

1955


Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.

1949


Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.

1946


Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.

1943


World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea: United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.

1941


World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact.

1939


Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.

1937


The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.

1933


The film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.

1919


The first Communist International meets in Moscow.

1917


The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1903


In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.

1901


The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.

1901


United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.

1896


Ethiopian victory over the Italian forces in the Battle of Adwa.

1882


Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.

1877


U.S. presidential election, 1876: Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.

1867


The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.

1865


East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.

1859


The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, begins.

1855


Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.

1836


Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.

1825


Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.

1815


Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the leaders of the Kingdom of Kandy.

1811


Argentine War of Independence: A royalist fleet defeats a small flotilla of revolutionary ships in the Battle of San Nicolás on the River Plate.

1808


The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.

1807


The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, disallowing the importation of new slaves into the country.

1797


The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.

1791


Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.

1776


American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.

1717


The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.

1657


Great Fire of Meireki: A fire in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, caused more than 100,000 deaths; it lasted three days

1561


Mendoza, Argentina is founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro del Castillo.

1498


Vasco da Gama's fleet visits the Island of Mozambique.

1484


The College of Arms is formally incorporated by Royal Charter signed by King Richard III of England.

1476


Burgundian Wars: The Old Swiss Confederacy hands Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, a major defeat in the Battle of Grandson in Canton of Neuchâtel.

1458


George of Poděbrady is chosen as the king of Bohemia.

1444


Skanderbeg organizes a group of Albanian nobles to form the League of Lezhë.

1127


Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.

986


Louis V becomes King of the Franks.

537


Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his bucellarii are almost cut off.

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