** Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland ( d. 2010 )

** Gdańsk-Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport

** Lech, Czech and Rus, legendary brothers who founded Lechnia ( Poland ), Bohemia, and Ruthenia

** Lech Trzeciakowski, Polish historian

** Lech Janerka, Polish musician

** Lech Kaczyński ( 1949-2010 ), president of Poland ( 2005-2010 )

** Lech Wałęsa, president of Poland ( 1990-1995 )

** Vils ( Lech ), tributary of the Lech, in Tyrol and south-western Bavaria.

** In Gdansk there are plans for a railway link between Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport and Gdansk Glowny.

** Oberndorf am Lech, in the district of Donau-Ries, Bavaria

** The Likud Party, led by Menachem Begin, wins the national elections in Israel.

** Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to South Vietnam, wins the New Hampshire Republican primary.

** Senator Barry Goldwater wins the California Republican Presidential primary, making him the overwhelming favorite for the nomination.

** The Labour Party wins the parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom, ending 13 years of Conservative Party rule.

** The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, led by Brian Mulroney, wins 211 seats in the House of Commons, forming the largest majority government in Canadian history.

** The Sandinista Front wins the Nicaraguan general elections.

** Yemeni parliamentary election, 1993: The General People's Congress wins a plurality of 121 seats.

** Andrew Wiles wins worldwide fame after presenting his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, a problem that had been unsolved for more than 3 centuries.

** Miguel Indurain wins the 1993 Tour de France.

** Norwegian parliamentary election, 1993: The Labour Party wins a plurality of the seats, and Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland retains office.

** Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia.

** The 23rd Academy Awards ceremony is held ; All About Eve wins Best Picture and 4 others.

** Gloria Diaz wins the Miss Universe Pageant, with the Philippines receiving its first title.

** The 14th Academy Awards ceremony is held in Los Angeles ; How Green Was My Valley wins Best Picture.

** Romanian general election, 1946: The Romanian Communist Party wins 79. 86 % of the vote through widespread intimidation tactics and electoral fraud.

** In the Hungarian parliamentary election, Hungary's first multiparty election since 1948, the Hungarian Democratic Forum wins the most seats.

** In the Greek legislative election, the conservative New Democracy wins the most seats in the Hellenic Parliament ; its leader, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, becomes Prime Minister of Greece on April 11.

** In the Burmese general election, Burma's first multiparty election in 30 years, the National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi wins in a landslide, but the State Law and Order Restoration Council nullifies the election results.

** In the Algerian local election, Algeria's first multiparty election since 1962, the Islamic Salvation Front wins control of more than half of municipalities and 32 of Algeria's 48 provinces.

** Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni wins a landslide victory in the country's first direct presidential elections, securing 75 % of the vote.

** The Likud Party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a narrow victory in the Israeli general election.

** La, la, la by Massiel ( music and lyrics by Manuel de la Calva and Ramón Arcusa ) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 for Spain, at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

** Team New Zealand wins the America's Cup in San Diego, beating Stars and Stripes 5 – 0.

** South Africa wins the Rugby World Cup.

** Passienus Crispus Agrippina ’ s 2nd husband poisoned ( suet.

** edited by Manfred Fuhrmann, Bibliotheca Teubneriana, Leipzig, 1966, 2nd ed.

** 25px 2nd Battalion

** Modern Compiler Implementation in Java, 2nd edition.

** Ferdinand I, 2nd Duke of Braganza.

** James ( Jaime ), 4th Duke of Braganza and 2nd Duke of Guimarães.

** Teodosius II, 7th Duke of Braganza and 2nd Duke of Barcelos

** 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment ( 2 < sup > e </ sup > REI ), based in Nîmes

** 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment ( 2 < sup > e </ sup > REG ), based in St Christol

** 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment ( 2 < sup > e </ sup > REP ), based in Calvi, Corsica

** Osroene ( 2nd c. BC to 3rd c. AD )

** Adiabene ( 1st to 2nd c. AD )

** Hatra ( 1st to 2nd c. AD )

** Roman Mesopotamia, Roman Assyria ( 2nd c. AD )

** ( formerly MV 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo )

** Vibration damper added into torque tube between 2nd and 3rd support bearing on manual gearbox cars and behind 2nd bearing on automatics.

** including John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

** P. Wigand, Das Femgericht Westfalens ( Hamm, 1825, 2nd ed., Halle, 1893 )

** The United States Post Office Department ( later renamed the United States Postal Service ) begins the 3rd regular airmail service in the world ( between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC ), the 1st being from Allahabad to Naini Junction in India on the 18th February 1911 and the 2nd being from London to Windsor Castle on the 22nd June 1911.

** Gamal Abdal Nasser, 2nd President of Egypt ( d. 1970 )

** John Adams, 2nd President of the United States ( b. 1735 )

** Troops of the New Zealand Army 2nd Division enter Trieste a day after the Yugoslavs ; the German Army in Trieste surrenders to the New Zealand Army.

** Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah, Sultan of Selangor and 2nd Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, dies in office.