1934, 2 March
At the Destour Party congress at Ksar Hellal, Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba leads a breakaway movement by younger members alienated by the aristocratic and overcautious party leaders. Bourguiba becomes secretary-general of the new Neo-Destour Party.
1956, 2 March
French-Morocco, Maroc, is granted independence.
1961, 2 March
Following his deportation from South Africa, for being an outspoken critic of the government's Apartheid policies, Dr Ambrose Reeves resigns as Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg.
1966, 2 March
Ugandan Prime Minister Apollo Milton Obote arrests five of his cabinet ministers, abrogates the constitution, and assumes the presidency in a successful attempt to (personally) avoid a scandal involving a hidden cache of gold and ivory captured during a revolt in the Congo.
