On Today's Date - March 1 #history #facts #shorts

1966. Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.

1953. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.

1692. Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.

1872. Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.

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