Talk:March 2
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March 2: Independence Day in Morocco (1956)
- 1836 - The Republic of Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
- 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 - Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a basketball game, still a record in the NBA today.
- 1998 - NASA announced the discovery of water, likely a salty ocean, on Europa (pictured), one of the moons of the planet Jupiter.
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