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On this day - 1 March

Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.

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Stalin suffers a stroke

Daily Express 01/03/1953

Stalin was the 2nd leader of the Soviet Union and suffered a stroke on March 1st 1953. He has spent the night before drinking and enjoying entertainment with several of his senior leaders before retiring to bed around 4am. When he was found late in the day, evidence of the stroke was apparent including right sided paralysis. He died 4 days later on March 5th.

The Daily Express reported on Stalin's stroke and how the news spread to various world leaders as soon as they knew, but it had taken several days for the news to be officially released outside of the Soviet Union.

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Columbia launched to service Hubble telescope

Daily Star 01/03/2002
The Hubble telescope is a very powerful telescope that remains in orbit around the Earth and allows scientists to view and photograph space. It has been in orbit since 1990. The space shuttle Columbia was launched on March 1st 2002 to perform a routine service upon the telescope. It was the final successful mission of the Columbia space shuttle before it disintegrated during re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere on its next mission.

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