2016-03-02

Russian forces captured the city of Kherson, the only regional capital to be taken during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A naming ceremony for the chemical elements moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson took place at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.

the Oscar selfie, one of the most influential and important photographs of all time, is taken at the 86th Academy Awards.

Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois announced the discovery of the top quark, the most massive of all observed elementary particles.

As a cosmonaut on Soyuz 28, Czechoslovak military pilot Vladimír Remek (pictured) became the first person from outside the Soviet Union or the United States to go into space.

The internationally unrecognised Rhodesia abolished their monarchy and declared themselves a republic.

The maiden flight of Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic jet, was conducted in Toulouse, France using a prototype aircraft with the registration F-WTSS.

Vietnam War: The American and South Vietnamese air forces began Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam that eventually became the most intense air–ground battle waged during the Cold War period.

The Sound of Music (poster pictured) is released in American theatres; it later became the highest grossing film of all time.

Led by General Ne Win, the Burmese military seized power in a coup d'état.