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March 2 is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 304 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 537 – ...
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). 2004 - Voters in the U.S. state of Georgia vote on a referendum concerning its Confederacy -derived flag. Births.
The Three Mile Island accident was a partial nuclear meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor (TMI-2) of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station on the Susquehanna River in Londonderry Township, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The reactor accident began at 4:00 a.m. on March 28, 1979, and released radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into the ...
March 9, 1933 (Thursday) The government of the German state of Bavaria was overthrown by Nazi troops, on the grounds that Minister-President Heinrich Held was unable to maintain order. Governance of the former "free state" was assumed by Nazi MP Franz Ritter von Epp, whom Hitler appointed as Reichsstatthalter.
2011 Libyan civil war. The South Korean Navy ship Choi Young arrives off the coast of Tripoli to evacuate South Korean citizens from Libya. (Yonhap) Supporters and opponents of Muammar Gaddafi fight to control the town of Brega with the rebel held town of Ajdabiya being bombed; government troops later retreat. (BBC), (AP via Gold Coast Telegram)
Related: John Amos' Life in Photos On Oct. 1, K.C. confirmed that the Emmy-nominated actor died nearly two months ago in a statement shared to PEOPLE. “It is with heartfelt sadness that I share ...
Armed conflicts and attacks. Yemeni Civil War. Houthi forces capture the city of Al Hazm, the capital of Al Jawf Governorate in Yemen. (Middle East Monitor) (Al Jazeera) Syrian Civil War, Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–March 2020) Syrian rebels backed by Turkey recapture four towns and villages from the Syrian government forces ...
The following events occurred in March 1943: . March 13, 1943: Liquidation completed of 10,000 Jews from Krakow Ghetto March 1, 1943: First war ration point tokens issued by U.S. government [1] March 2–4, 1943: U.S. and Australian forces sink 12 Japanese Navy ships in battle at Bismarck Sea March 27, 1943: U.S. War Department announces the existence of the first rocket-launcher weapon, the ...