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This day in history: 2 March

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373 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 2 March.
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2026: The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah launches several projectiles into northern Israel as a response to the assassination of Ali Khamenei, formally initiating the 2026 Lebanon War.

Holidays and observances

Adwa Victory Day (Ethiopia)

Air Force Day (Sri Lanka)

Baloch Culture Day (Balochistan)

Christian feast day: Agnes of Bohemia

Christian feast day: Angela of the Cross

Christian feast day: Blessed Charles the Good, Count of Flanders

Christian feast day: Chad of Mercia (Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast day: John Maron

Christian feast day: March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Feast of 'Alá (Loftiness), First day of the 19th month of the Baháʼí calendar (Baháʼí Faith) and first day of the Baháʼí Nineteen Day Fast

National Read Across America Day (United States)

Peasants' Day (Myanmar)

Events

2026The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah launches several projectiles into northern Israel as a response to the assassination of Ali Khamenei, formally initiating the 2026 Lebanon War.

2022Russian forces capture the city of Kherson during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which subsequently began the start of the Russian occupation and military-civilian administration in Kherson. Kherson is the only regional capital in Ukraine

2017The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson are officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia.

2014The Oscar Selfie, regarded as one of the most influential and important images of all time, is taken at the 86th Academy Awards.

2012A tornado outbreak occurs over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.

2006In Monterrey, Mexico, a man identified as Diego Santoy Riveroll commits a double murder against two children, followed by an attempted murder of his ex-partner, Erika. The incident is popularly known as the Cumbres case.

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

2002U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).

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

1995Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.

1995Space Shuttle Endeavour launches from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-67, carrying the ASTRO-2 spacelab observatory.

1992Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, all of which (except San Marino) were former Soviet republics, join the United Nations.

1992Start of the war in Transnistria.

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

1991Establishment of Kuwait Democratic Forum, center-left political organization in Kuwait.

1990Nelson Mandela is elected deputy president of the African National Congress.

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

1986Aeroflot Flight F-77 crashes near Bugulma Airport, killing all 38 people aboard.

1983Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.

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

1978The late iconic actor Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from his grave in Switzerland.

1977Libya becomes the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the General People's Congress adopts the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People".

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

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

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

1968Baggeridge Colliery closes, marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.

1965The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.

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

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

1955Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.

1949Captain 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.

1943World War II: During the Battle of the Bismarck Sea Allied aircraft defeat a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.

1941World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact.

1939Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.

1937The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.

1933The film King Kong premieres in Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy in New York City.

1932Finnish president P. E. Svinhufvud gives a radio speech, which four days later finally ends the Mäntsälä Rebellion and the far-right Lapua Movement that started it.

1919The first Communist International meets in Moscow.

1917The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1903In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.

Born on this day

2016Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne

2006Windy Zhan, Hong Kong singer and actress

2002Brooks Barnhizer, American basketball player

2000Bárbara Domingos, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast

2000Illan Meslier, French footballer

1999Iñaki Peña, Spanish footballer

1999Isiah Pacheco, American football player

1998Tua Tagovailoa, American football player

1997Arike Ogunbowale, American basketball player

1997Becky G, American singer and actress

1996Jin Longguo, Chinese singer based in South Korea

1995Ange-Freddy Plumain, French footballer

1995Max Domi, Canadian ice hockey player

1995Miguel Andújar, Dominican baseball player

1993Adolis García, Cuban baseball player

1993Nicolás Brussino, Argentine-Italian basketball player

1992Charlie Coyle, American ice hockey player

1991Nick Franklin, American baseball player

1990Luke Combs, American singer-songwriter

1990Malcolm Butler, American football player

1990Rauno Alliku, Estonian footballer

1990Tiger Shroff, Indian actor

1989Alemão, Brazilian footballer

1989André Bernardes Santos, Portuguese footballer

1989Chris Woakes, English cricketer

1989Marcel Hirscher, Austrian skier

1989Nathalie Emmanuel, English actress

1989Shane Vereen, American football player

1989Toby Alderweireld, Belgian footballer

1988Dexter Pittman, American basketball player

1988Édgar Andrade, Mexican footballer

1988Geert Arend Roorda, Dutch footballer

1988James Arthur, English singer-songwriter

1988Laura Kaeppeler, American beauty queen, Miss America 2012

1988Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver

1987Jonas Jerebko, Swedish basketball player

1986Jason Smith, American basketball player

1986Jonathan D'Aversa, Canadian ice hockey player

1985Reggie Bush, American football player

1985Robert Iler, American actor

Died on this day

2024Jaclyn Jose, Filipino actress (born 1963)

2024Janice Burgess, American television executive, screenwriter, and producer (born 1952)

2019Mike Oliver, British sociologist, disability rights activist (born 1945)

2018Billy Herrington, American actor (born 1969)

2018Lin Hu, Chinese lieutenant general (born 1927)

2016Aubrey McClendon, American businessman (born 1959)

2016Benoît Lacroix, Canadian priest, historian, and philosopher (born 1915)

2015Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager (born 1934)

2015Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (born 1917)

2015Mal Peet, English author and illustrator (born 1947)

2014Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet and translator (born 1935)

2013Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player (born 1945)

2013Peter Harvey, Australian journalist (born 1944)

2013Shabnam Shakeel, Pakistani poet and author (born 1942)

2012James Q. Wilson, American political scientist and academic (born 1931)

2012Lawrence Anthony, South African environmentalist, explorer, and author (born 1950)

2012Norman St John-Stevas, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1929)

2012Van T. Barfoot, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1919)

2010Winston Churchill, English journalist and politician (born 1940)

2009João Bernardo Vieira, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1939)

2009Shigeru Morita, Japanese painter (born 1907)

2008Jeff Healey, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1966)

2007Clem Labine, American baseball player (born 1926)

2007Henri Troyat, Russian-French historian and author (born 1911)

2007Ivan Safronov, Russian colonel and journalist (born 1956)

2007Thomas S. Kleppe, American soldier and politician, 41st United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1919)

2005Martin Denny, American pianist and composer (born 1911)

2004Cormac McAnallen, Irish footballer (born 1980)

2004Marge Schott, American businesswoman (born 1928)

2004Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (born 1916)

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