π San Marino's founding day
Where: Mount Titano, San Marino
Nearby on the globe: Florence Cathedral β π Open the 3D globe
π On This Day: September 3
September 3: San Marino's founding day. Legend says that on 3 September 301, a stonemason named Marinus built a small chapel on Mount Titano in Italy, and San Marino began. San Marino calls itself the oldest republic still in existence. It is a tiny country surrounded by Italy, with its capital on top of a mountain.
β¨ More events on this day
- 1933 π§ Yevgeniy Abalakov became the first person to climb Communism Peak in 1933; now called Ismoil Somoni Peak, it is the highest mountain in Tajikistan.
- 1948 π Astronomer Lyudmila Karachkina was born in 1948; she is credited with discovering 130 minor planets, and the asteroid 8019 Karachkina is named after her.
- 1950 π Italian driver Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina won the 1950 Italian Grand Prix and became the very first Formula One world champion.
π§ Question of the day
In the legend, what was Marinus's job?
- A cook
- A fisherman
- A stonemason
Show the answer
Answer: A stonemason
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What happened on September 3?
September 3: San Marino's founding day. It happened in Mount Titano, San Marino.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino