Historic Milestones: Patents, Politics, and Natural Disasters
Radio Moldova presents the Day's Calendar - highlighting the significant events observed today, March 28.
1797: The inaugural patent for a washing machine was granted.
1837: Chicago was officially chartered as a city.
1882: Compulsory schooling was introduced in France.
1930: The renaming of the Turkish cities Constantinople and Angora to Istanbul and Ankara, respectively, was enacted.
1939: Conclusion of the civil war in Spain.
1947: Establishment of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific within the UN.
1947: Formation of the UN Economic Commission for Europe, one of the five regional commissions under the administrative jurisdiction of the United Nations. It comprises 56 member states, including European countries, Canada, the Central Asian republics, Israel, and the United States of America. The headquarters of the ECE-UN is situated in Geneva, Switzerland, with a budget of approximately 50 million dollars. The Republic of Moldova has been a member of this commission since March 1992.
1974: The Great National Assembly established the presidency in the Socialist Republic of Romania, electing Nicolae Ceaușescu.
1979: A coolant leak at reactor 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania led to core overheating and a partial reactor meltdown, classified as a "major accident."
1992: President Mircea Snegur declared a state of emergency in the Republic of Moldova through a presidential decree.
1995: Inauguration of the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova in Germany.
2005: A significant earthquake, measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale, struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, resulting in casualties and substantial material damage on the island of Nias, south of Sumatra. The earthquake occurred three months and two days after the catastrophic event on December 26, 2004, which claimed around 300,000 lives and led to disappearances. This seismic activity caused land subsidence by a meter in certain coastal regions, triggering floods in 2011.
Translation by Iurie Tataru
