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{{*mp}} [[1865]] - [[Second Taranaki War]]: '''[[Volkner Incident]]''' in [[New Zealand]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1865]] - [[Second Taranaki War]]: '''[[Volkner Incident]]''' in [[New Zealand]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1946]] - '''[[Ho Chi Minh|Hồ Chí Minh]]''' became President of [[North Vietnam]]. (need to confirm date) |
{{*mp}} [[1946]] - '''[[Ho Chi Minh|Hồ Chí Minh]]''' became President of [[North Vietnam]]. (need to confirm date) |
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{{*mp}} [[1962]] - [[Wilt Chamberlain]] '''[[Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game|scored 100 points]]''' in a [[basketball]] game, still a record in the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] today. |
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{{*mp}} [[1998]] - [[NASA]] announced the discovery of [[water]], likely a [[Salinity|salty]] [[ocean]], on '''[[Europa (moon)|Europa]]''', one of the [[Jupiter's natural satellites|moons]] of the [[planet]] [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1998]] - [[NASA]] announced the discovery of [[water]], likely a [[Salinity|salty]] [[ocean]], on '''[[Europa (moon)|Europa]]''', one of the [[Jupiter's natural satellites|moons]] of the [[planet]] [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. |
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Revision as of 15:43, 4 April 2007
March 2: Independence Day in Morocco (1956)
- 1836 - The Mexican state of Texas declared its independence from Mexico, establishing the Republic of Texas
- 1943 - World War II: Australian and American air forces attacked and destroyed a large convoy of the Japanese Navy in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.
- 1962 - A military coup d'état led by General Ne Win seized power in Burma (now Myanmar).
- 1970 - Rhodesia formally broke its links with the British crown and declared itself a republic.
- 1978 - Aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 28 (insignia patch pictured), Czech Vladimír Remek became the first person not from the Soviet Union or the United States to go into space.
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