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It's March 2. Here's what happened on This Day in History.
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This Day in History — March 2. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
0:00On this day, March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single NBA game, a defeat widely regarded as the greatest individual performance in basketball history. Played in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the game instantly became legend and remains unmatched decades later. Also on this day, in 1836, Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico. Also on this day, in 1969, the Concord Supersonic Jet completed its first successful test flight.
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