March 2: The Nineteen Day Fast begins (Bahá'í Faith, 2016)
Vladimir Remek
- 1444 – Skanderbeg organised the League of Lezhë, an alliance of Albanian principalities that is regarded as the first unified Albanian state.
- 1825 – Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, was defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
- 1919 – Communist, revolutionary socialist, and syndicalist delegates met in Moscow to establish the Communist International.
- 1949 – The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
- 1978 – Aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 28, Czech Vladimír Remek (pictured) became the first person not from the Soviet Union or the United States to go into space.
- More anniversaries:
from Wikipedia "On this day..." feed http://ift.tt/1L401xJ
0 commentaires:
Enregistrer un commentaire