This Day in History is DUE’s daily dose of trivia for all the history buffs out there. So sit back and take a ride of all the fascinating things that happened 2nd March!
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in people, and hence, every day has been a significant one in the foibles of history. Now, let’s take a tour of “This Day in History – 2nd March”.
1933: The film King Kong premieres
The black and white movie marked a milestone in the history of film, especially due to Willis O’Brien’s stop-motion effects; it was the first significant feature film to star an animated character.
1956: Moroccan independence declared
1959: Miles Davis records Kind of Blue
It is considered the best-selling jazz album in history and one of the most influential works of jazz music ever produced.
1995: The top quark is discovered
Researchers at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, announced the discovery of the top quark, the sixth and most massive quark. The top quark, sometimes also referred to as the truth quark, (symbol: t) is the most massive of all observed elementary particles. The existence of this elementary particle, the bottom quark’s counterpart, had been presumed since the 1970’s.
