What happend on 2nd March

01.03
03.03
2004

War in Iraq: A United Nations report from the weapons inspection teams states that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction of any significance after 1994, despite President Bush's objection to the contrary before the invasion.

2004

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

2004

Disgruntled by the state's education act (Act 60), residents of Killington, Vermont vote to become part of New Hampshire.

2004

Voters in the U.S. state of Georgia vote on a referendum concerning its Confederacy-derived flag.

2002

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

1998

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

1995

Yahoo! is incorporated, establishing the Internet Portal as a model.

1995

Nick Leeson is arrested for his role in the collapse of Barings Bank.

1992

Moldova joins the UN

1990

Nelson Mandela elected deputy President of the African National Congress.