Memory of the day: Soviet spacecraft “Venera 3” lands on Venus in 1965

CAIRO – 1 March 2022: In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on March 1.

1811 - The ruler of Egypt, Mohammad Ali Pasha, destroys the remnants of the Mamluks with a gorey massacre known as the Castle massacre.

1864 - Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first Negro woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.

1965 - The Soviet spacecraft "Venera 3" lands on Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to land on the planet.