In 1951, Indulis Konoshonoks – former president of the Valmiera district court.
In 1947 Olaf Brewer – theologian, human rights activist, politician.
In 1944, Arvīds Krievs – director.
In 1895, Nikolajs Āboltiņš – a diplomat, was Latvian vice consul in the United States, secretary of the Latvian Foreign Minister, as well as secretary of the embassies in Poland and Lithuania (died 1982).
Jubilees in the world
In 1989, James Harden – American basketball player, Olympic and world champion, ten-time participant in the NBA’s “All-Star Game”.
In 1980, Macaulay Culkin – an American actor.
Macaulay Culkin in the comedy “Home Alone”
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In 1980, Chris Pine – American actor.
In 1976, Zemfira – a Russian singer.
In 1971, Talia – Mexican singer and actress.
In 1970, Melissa McCarthy – American actress, comedian, screenwriter, producer and fashion designer, winner of two “Emmy” awards.
In 1966, Shirley Manson – Scottish musician (“The Garbage”).
In 1957, Dr. Alban – Swedish singer, songwriter and record producer was born in Nigeria.
In 1954, Efren Reyes – billiard player of Filipino origin.
In 1945, Tom Ridge, the first US Secretary of Homeland Security.
In 1944, Maureen Tucker – American musician (“The Velvet Underground”).
In 1941, Barbet Schröder – Swiss director.
In 1910 Mother Teresa – Albanian missionary, Nobel Peace Prize winner (died in 1997).
In 1906, Alberts Sabins – American scientist, creator of the oral polio vaccine (died 1993).
In 1900, Helmut Walters – German engineer and inventor (died 1980).
In 1882, James Frank – German physicist, Nobel laureate (died 1964).
In 1880, Guillaume Apollinaire – French poet (died 1918).
In 1873, Lee de Forest, an American inventor who patented more than 300 inventions (died 1961).
In 1743, Antoine Lavoisier – a French chemist, is considered the father of modern chemistry (died 1794).
In 1676, Robert Walpole – British statesman, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1745).
In 1540 King Great of Livonia (died 1583).
Events in Latvia
In 2005, the Northern Livonian Festival began in Ainaži, organized by the Ainaži city council in close collaboration with the neighboring municipality of Estonia – Hēdemēst.
In 2004 Georgs Lansmanis, general secretary of the “Latvijas ceļs” party, leaves the position he holds because his mandate expires and justifies his choice with the desire to start his own business project. Lansmanis has served as the party’s general secretary since January 2003.
In 2003, the speaker of the Saeima, Ingrīda Údre, attended the meeting of the presidents of the parliaments of three Baltic states and five Nordic countries in Estonia. During the meeting, the presidents of the parliaments recognized that cooperation between the Baltic and Nordic countries is mutually valuable and should be continued by developing new cooperation opportunities.
In 2001, Foreign Minister Indulis Bērziņš concluded his visit to the Republic of Iceland, marking the decade of restoration of diplomatic relations between Latvia and Iceland.
In 2000 a meeting of knights of the Order of the Three Stars took place in Cēsis. He ceremoniously distributes the first 100 membership cards of the Brotherhood of the Order of the Three Stars.
In 1999, two people were killed in a four-car collision on the Jūrmala highway due to opaque fog. One of the victims is Māra Kalniņa, singer of the groups “Iļgi” and “Marana” and DJ of the radio “Amadeus”.
In 1999, the President of the Republic Vaira Vīke-Freiberga signed the order to confer the rank of admiral on the Commander of the Navy Gaidis Andrejas Zeibots.
In 1998, in Veclaicene, representatives of the Latvian and Estonian customs administrations signed an agreement on joint control at the joint border control points Ainaži-Ikla and Veclaicene-Murati.
Events around the world
In 2004, Cuba broke off diplomatic relations with Panama when its outgoing president Mireja Moscoso forgave four Cuban exiles who had planned the assassination of Cuban president Fidel Castro in 2000.
In 2003, the Rwandan Electoral Commission declared incumbent President Paul Kagami the winner of the first presidential election in nine years. The opposition rejects the election results.
In 2002 Ashraf Choudary, the first member of the country’s Muslim parliament, took his seat in the New Zealand parliament, which must bring his own Koran to the swearing-in ceremony.
In 2000, the new parliament of Somalia in exile elected Abdikasim Salad Hassan, the first president of Somalia in nine years, to the presidency of the country.
In 1999, more than 60,000 Brazilians demonstrated in front of the House of Congress, calling for an end to President Fernando Enrique Cardoza’s uncompromising policies.
In 1999, American athlete Michael Johnson set a new world record in the 400m, completing the distance in 43 minutes and 18 seconds.
In 1998, US weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who was at the center of several disagreements with Iraq, resigned from his post at the United Nations.
In 1994, a unique operation took place in Great Britain, when the first person in the world was transplanted with a battery-operated heart.
In 1993, Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed a friendship treaty with the Czech Republic after condemning the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
In 1987, US President Ronald Reagan declared September 11, 1987, 911 Day.
In 1983 a flood destroyed a large part of the historic center of the Spanish city of Bilbao.
In 1982, the Argentine government lifted the ban on political parties.
In 1978, cosmonaut Sigmund Jans became the first German in space.
In 1978, Venetian Cardinal Albino Luciani was elected Roman Catholic Pope, becoming Pope John Paul I. He spent only 33 days in this position, dying on September 28.
In 1976, Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, agrees to step down from his positions in the military and industry following criticism from a commission of inquiry into his handling of the Lockheed corruption scandal.
In 1974 the American aviator Charles Lindbergh died, who in 1927 made the first continuous flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
In 1972 the XX Summer Olympic Games began in Munich.
In 1957, the USSR announced the successful test of an ICBM.
In 1942, during World War II, German Nazi forces arrested local Jews in the Ukrainian city of Chortkiv and imprisoned 2,000 people in the Belzec death camp. About 500 sick Jews and children are killed.
In 1920, with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, American women obtained the right to vote.
In 1914, German forces almost completely destroyed the Russian 2nd Army at the Battle of Tanenberg.
In 1789 the French Legislative Assembly approved the Declaration of the rights of man and citizen.
In 1498 Michelangelo was commissioned to make the sculpture of the Pietà.
In 1346, at the Battle of Crécy, during the Hundred Years War, the army of King Edward III of England made extremely effective use of archers, severely crushing the forces of King Philip of France, which consisted mainly of cavalry. . This battle marks the decline of chivalry in European armies and England’s first serious claim to world power status.
In 55 AD, a Roman army led by Julius Caesar invades the British Isles.
