WHAT HAPPENED ON 2. MARCH
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Morocco gains its independence from France. (2. March 1956)

In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état. (2. March 1962)

Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points. (2. March 1962)

The US and South Vietnamese Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam. (2. March 1965)

In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted. (2. March 1969)

Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River. (2. March 1969)

Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown. (2. March 1970)

The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets. (2. March 1972)

Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28. (2. March 1978)

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. (2. March 1983)

Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century. (2. March 1989)

Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress. (2. March 1990)

Battle at Rumaila Oil Field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War. (2. March 1991)

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan join the United Nations. (2. March 1992)

Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark. (2. March 1995)

Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice. (2. March 1998)

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). (2. March 2002)

War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500. (2. March 2004)

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. (2. March 2012)