What happend on 2nd March

01.03
03.03
1989

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

1978

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

1972

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

1969

Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River.

1969

In Toulouse, France the first test flight of the Concorde is conducted.

1963

Release of Please Please Me in the United Kingdom, the first LP from The Beatles.

1962

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

1962

In Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers scores 100 points against the New York Knicks, breaking several National Basketball Association records.

1959

Miles Davis holds the first recording session for Kind of Blue at Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York, NY.

1956

Morocco declares its independence from France.