On this day — March 2

which subsequently began the start of the Russian occupation and military-civilian administration in Kherson. Kherson is the only regional capital in Ukraine that Russia captured.

Tennessine, and Oganesson are officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia.

regarded as one of the most influential and important images of all time, is taken at the 86th Academy Awards.

resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.

Mexico, a man identified as Diego Santoy Riveroll commits a double murder against two children, followed by an attempted murder of his ex-partner, Erika. The incident is popularly known as the Cumbres case.

killing 170 and wounding over 500.

Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).

carrying the ASTRO-2 spacelab observatory.

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, all of which (except San Marino) were former Soviet republics, join the United Nations.

center-left political organization in Kuwait.