On this day

On this day

Aleksey Mikhailovich Romanov, Russian tsar, was born

29 March 1629

19 (29) March 1629 was born Aleksey Mikhailovcih (Alexis of Russia), the second Russian tsar of the Romanov dynasty, the father of Peter I. During his rule was strengthened central state authority, serfdom was legalized; Ukraine was reunited with the Russian State (1654).
 

The Gagarin Air Force Academy established

29 March 1940

On March 29, 1940 the People’s Defense Commissar of USSR, Marshal of the Soviet Union K. E. Voroshilov signed a decree on creation of Military academy of air force which was renamed to the Air force academy n. a. Ya. A. Gagarin in 1968.