Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 2
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March 2: The Nineteen Day Fast begins (Bahá'í Faith)
- 1836 – Texas Revolution: At a convention of delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos, the Mexican state of Texas adopted a declaration of independence, 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 Bismarck Sea north of Papua New Guinea.
- 1949 – The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, Texas, US, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
- 1978 – Aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 28, Czech Vladimír Remek became the first person not from the Soviet Union or the United States to go into space.