Jubilees in Latvia
In 1932, Gunārs Krollis – graphic artist.
In 1934, Gunārs Asaris – architect (died in 2023).
In 1941, Vija Dzintare – sculptor.
In 1944, Ingrīda Andriņa – actress (died in 2015).
In 1960, Jānis Reiniks – a general, was the head of the Security Police.
In 1966, Jānis Tutins – a politician.
In 1972, Valery Agesin – politician.
In 1973, Marija Naumova – singer.
Marijas Naumova captivates at the opening ceremony of the album “Uz ilūziju tilta” +51 See more
In 1975, Krišjānis Peters – former Minister of Transport (died in 2014).
Saying goodbye to politician Krišjānis Peters at the Riga crematorium +57 See more
Jubilees in the world
In 1750, in Deod, Grate de Dolomier – a French geologist (died in 1801).
In 1889, Anna Akhmatova – Russian poetess (died in 1966).
In 1894, Edward VIII – King of Great Britain (died in 1972).
In 1912, Alan Turing – an English mathematician, is considered the father of modern computer science (died in 1954).
In 1929, June Carter Cash – American singer (died in 2003).
In 1940, Stuart Sutcliffe – English bass guitarist (“The Beatles”, died in 1962).
In 1941, Robert Hunter – American musician and poet (“The Grateful Dead”).
In 1943, Vint Surf – an American computer scientist, “the father of the Internet”.
1955 Glenn Danzig – American musician (“The Misfits”, “Samhain”, and “Danzig”).
In 1957, Frances McDormand – American actress.
In 1963, Steve Shelley – American musician (“Crucifucks” and “Sonic Youth”).
In 1963, Colin Montgomery – Scottish golfer.
In 1965 Slash – British guitarist (“Guns N’ Roses”, “Velvet Revolver”).
In 1965, Valerijs Meladze is a Russian pop artist born in Georgia.
Valerija Meladze’s concert at Dzintari concert hall +66 See more
In 1972, Zinedine Zidane – French football player and coach, 1998 World Cup winner and 2000 European champion.
In 1972, Selma Blair – American actress.
In 1975, KT Tunstall – Scottish musician.
In 1976, Patrick Vieira – French footballer, winner of the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European champion.
In 1980, Francesca Schiavone – Italian tennis player, winner of the 2010 French Open, three-time winner of the Federation Cup.
In 1984, Duffy – a British singer.
Events in Latvia
In 1998, the public organization “Movement for Neutrality” held a meeting in Riga, on Kalķu Street, between the buildings of the Hotel de Rome and the McDonalds restaurant, with the aim of drawing public attention to the idea of Latvia’s neutrality.
In 2000, the ethnographic open-air museum “Lauku sēta” was opened in Andrupene, Krāslava district.
In 2003, a garden of exotic birds was opened in Lielvārde, next to Uldeven’s wooden castle, on the side of the Riga-Daugavpils road.
In 2004, for the first time in Līgo evening, the Piebalga Ķenča Award, established by Zosēnu Parish and the Museum of Literature, Theater and Music, was presented for the witty presentation of socially relevant problems in art. The Kęča award – a sculpture made by sculptor Jānis Strupulis, a diploma and a cash prize – is received by the creative group of the National Theater – actors Svetlana Bless, Jānis Skanis and director Edmunds Freibergs.
Events in the world
In 1314, in the First War for Scottish Independence, in the Battle of Bannockburn, King Robert I of Scotland manages to defeat King Edward II of England, who is forced to flee the battlefield and also Scotland.
In 1611, the crew of the English sea explorer Henry Hudson mutinies in the Atlantic Ocean, which forces Hudson, his son and seven trusted crew members off the ship and into the open ocean in a boat. Nothing more is known about their fate.
In 1757, in the Battle of Palashi, 3,000 British soldiers defeated an Indian army of 50,000 men. This victory was decisive in the British struggle against the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, allowing Britain to take control of India for the next 190 years.
In 1794, Russian Tsarina Catherine II allows Jews to settle in Kiev.
In 1812, Great Britain lifted its restrictions on trade with America, thereby eliminating one of the main causes of the War of 1812.
In 1858, representatives of the Roman Catholic Pope in Bologna kidnapped the six-year-old Jewish boy Edgard Mortar in order to raise him as a Catholic. This event had far-reaching political consequences, which are still felt in the relations of the Catholic Church with Jewish organizations.
In 1868, the American publisher Christopher Letham Scholes received a patent for his typewriter.
In 1894, the International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne.
In 1919, Estonian forces defeated the German army near Cēsis in the war of liberation of Estonia. This day is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
In 1940, German leader Adolf Hitler visited Paris, the capital of occupied France.
In 1941, between the first Soviet occupation and the Nazi occupation that soon followed, Lithuania declared independence, which lasted only six weeks.
In 1945, after the defeat of the Japanese forces on the island of Okinawa, the Japanese commander Lieutenant General Usidizima committed suicide.
In 1967, Roman Catholic Pope Paul VI issued an encyclical reaffirming that Catholic clergy must observe celibacy.
In 1968, 74 people die and 150 are injured in a soccer stadium in Buenos Aires as people rush to the exit, which is closed.
In 1971, the European Economic Community concludes negotiations on the accession of Great Britain.
In 1990, Moldova declares its independence.
In 2005, former Ku Klux Klan member Edgar Ray Killen was sentenced to 60 years in prison for masterminding the 1964 murders of three civil rights activists in Mississippi.
In 2016, British citizens voted to leave the European Union in a referendum.
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