March 2, 2017

March 2nd in History Part VII


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Part VII

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On March 2nd in 1945 US 8th Air Force bombs Dresden

On March 2nd in 1946 Ho Chi Minh elected President of North Vietnam

On March 2nd in 1946 Kingman Douglass becomes deputy director of CIA

On March 2nd in 1949 1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct)

On March 2nd in 1949 Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Tx, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hrs

On March 2nd in 1958 Yemen announces it would join the United Arab Republic

On March 2nd in 1962 JFK announces US will resume above ground nuclear testing

On March 2nd in 1966 215,000 US soldiers in Vietnam

On March 2nd in 1967 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

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