Titanic broke all kinds of records after its release in 1997, but the acclaim that it received failed to be reflected on the cast at the Academy Awards.

In a landmark decision that underscored the urgency of environmental protection, representatives from the 12 nations of the European Community convened in 1989 and reached a significant agreement to ban the production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

In a seminal moment for public health, the United States government approved a groundbreaking screening test for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1985, marking a critical advancement in the fight against the epidemic.

On March 2, 1978, news outlets report one of history’s most famous cases of body-snatching: Sometime in the middle of the previous night, two men had stolen the corpse of the revered film actor Sir Charles Chaplin from a cemetery in the Swiss village of Corsier-sur-Vevey, located in the hills above Lake Geneva, near Lausanne, Switzerland.

Pioneer 10, the world’s first outer-planetary probe, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet.

On March 2, 1966, in Dearborn, Michigan, the Ford Motor Company celebrates the production of its 1 millionth Mustang, a white convertible.

On March 2, 1962, Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points against the New York Knicks during a home game in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

On March 2, 1944, a train stops in a tunnel near Salerno, Italy, and more than 500 people on board suffocate and die.

On March 2, 1939, the cinematic landscape was forever changed with the premiere of John Ford’s classic Western, “Stagecoach,” at the historic City Center in New York.

In 1932, a significant constitutional amendment was passed by Congress, marking a pivotal shift in the timing of presidential inaugurations in the United States.