Czech politician, diplomat, cosmonaut and military pilot

Vladimír Remek

Vladimír Remek is a Czech politician and diplomat, as well as a former cosmonaut and military pilot. He flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978, becoming the first and only Czechoslovak in space. As the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States, and with the entry of the Czech Republic and Slovakia into the European Union, Remek is considered to be the first astronaut from the European Union. Remek was a member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2013 for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia.

Born

1948

September 26

Died

Living

Era

1940s

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Key dates

1948 Born

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-46 Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.
715 Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
1087 William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.
1142 Stephen of Blois's army approached Oxford, beginning the siege of Oxford.

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The world in 1948

When Vladimír arrived

april 1 Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
april 1 Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
april 13 In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
april 16 The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on September 26

Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah 932– Arab caliph (died 975) Andrew Bolt 1959– Australian journalist Anne Robinson 1944– English journalist and game show host Cindy Herron 1961– American singer-songwriter and actress Cuthbert Collingwood 1750–1810 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (born 1748) Daniel Sedin 1980– Swedish ice hockey player George Gershwin 1898–1937 American pianist, songwriter, and composer (born 1898) George Raft 1901–1980 American actor and dancer (born 1901) Gloria E. Anzaldúa 1942– American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (died 2004)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1948

Art Spiegelman 1948– Swedish-American cartoonist and critic Buck Martinez 1948– American baseball player and manager Carl Weathers 1948–2024 American football player and actor (born 1948) Carlos Salinas de Gortari 1948– Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico Christopher Guest 1948– British-American actor and director Claude Jade 1948–2006 French actress (born 1948) Cliff Thorburn 1948– Canadian snooker player Davíð Oddsson 1948– Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland (died 2026) Dayle Haddon 1948– Canadian model and actress (died 2024)

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