HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Mar-02)

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Mar 2, 1998 :: On this day, the famous film 'Titanic' earned the - making it the first ever movie to reach this benchmark.

Mar 2, 1974 :: On this day, the military rule in Myanmar ended after the new took over and Ne Win became its President.

Mar 2, 1972 :: PIONEER 10 :: On this day, Pioneer 10 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to the solar system's .

Mar 2, 1969 :: CONCORDE :: The French built passenger aircraft - It made its first test flight at Toulouse on this day.

Mar 2, 1962 :: MYANMAR :: On this day, General Ne Win carried out a coup d'etat and imprisoned the Prime Minister U Nu and established the of the Union of Burma (now Myanmar).

Mar 2, 1958 :: Sir VIVIAN FUCHS :: A British explorer - On this day, he and his team completed the first land crossing of in 99 days.

Mar 2, 1956 :: MOROCCO :: On this day, it declared its independence from .

Mar 2, 1949 :: Captain James GALLAGHER :: On this day, he completed the first round the globe flight in 94 hours covering 37,742 kms.

Mar 2, 1949 :: Sarojini Naidu, known as the , died this day.

Mar 2, 1946 :: HO CHI MINH :: On this day, he was elected the President of .

Mar 2, 1931 :: Mikhail GORBACHEV :: Born this day, he was a former President of the Soviet Union whose ' ' (Perestroika) led to the downfall of communism and the break-up of Soviet Union in 1991.

Mar 2, 1888 :: On this day, the Convention of Constantinpole was signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the during war and peace.