Jubilees and Events in Latvia and the World Throughout History

Jubilees in Latvia

In 1961, Jānis Zaržeckis – plastic surgeon.

In 1958, Ina Druviete – politician, philologist, and former Minister of Education and Science.

In 1954, Māra Cielēna – a poet.

In 1934, Gunārs Balodis – painter and film artist.

In 1933, Eriks Hanbergs – writer, publicist.

Jubilees in the world

In 1984, Carmelo Anthony – American basketball player, ten-time NBA All-Star Game participant, three-time Olympic champion.

In 1978, Pelle Almkvists – Swedish musician (“The Hives”).

In 978, Sebastien Grosjean – French tennis player, Davis Cup winner.

In 1977, Massimo Ambrozini – Italian football player, silver medal winner of the 2000 European Championship final tournament.

In 1976, David Buckner – American musician (“Papa Roach”).

In 1975, Melanie Brown – English singer (“Spice Girls”).

In 1970, Roberto di Mateo – Italian football player and coach.

In 1967, Noel Gallagher – English musician (“Oasis”).

In 963, Blaise Bailey – British singer (“Iron Maiden”).

In 1961, Melissa Etheridge – American musician.

In 1959, Rupert Everett – English actor.

In 1959, Eidrian Pols – English actor (“Kalnietis”).

1958 Annette Bening – American actress.

In 1956, Latoya Jackson – American musician.

In 953, Danny Elfman – American composer, musician, singer and record producer, winner of two “Emmy” awards and one “Grammy”, composed the opening music of the “Simpsons” series, received four “Oscar” nominations.

In 1949, Francis Rossi – English musician, vocalist and guitarist of the rock group “Status Quo”.

In 1944, Helmut Berger – Austrian actor (died in 2023).

In 1940, Farooq Leghari – former president of Pakistan (died in 2010).

In 1926, Charles Denet – French actor (died in 1995).

In 1920, Jan Harsanji – Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 2000).

In 1917, John Fitzgerald Kennedy – the 35th president of the USA (died in 1963).

1903 Bob Hope – British actor (died 2003).

In 1894, Josef von Sternberg – Austrian-born writer and film director (died in 1969).

In 1880, Osvalds Spengler – German philosopher and historian (died in 1936).

In 1874, Gilbert Keith Chesterton – English writer (died in 1936).

In 1630, Charles II – King of England (died in 1685).

In 1439, Pius III – Pope of Rome (died in 1503).

Events in Latvia

In 2007, the Rector of the University of Latvia (LU) Professor Ivars Lācis presented the Latvian State President Vaira Vīkei-Freiberga, Honorary Doctor of the LU, with the University of Latvia Coat of Arms Gold Seal for her contribution to the development of higher education and science during the State Presidency.

In 2005, the first Latvian children’s school opens its doors in Ireland and the first classes are held there. The main task of the school is to preserve the Latvian environment and the Latvian language for Latvian children living in Ireland. Children of all age groups are invited to attend the school.

In 2005, a new international train route from Riga to the Ukrainian city of Truskovets was opened, it goes through Vilnius and Lviv.

In 2003, the first joint congress of Baltic and Scandinavian neurosurgeons, organized by the Latvian Association of Neurosurgeons, begins in Riga.

In 2003, the Saeima adopts the law on preservation and protection of the historical center of Riga. The law provides that the Cabinet of Ministers will issue regulations on the preservation, protection, use of the historical center of Riga and its protection zone, transformation of the cultural-historical environment, as well as the procedure for the implementation of development projects, setting requirements corresponding to the value of the relevant cultural-historical environment.

In 2003, the Saeima adopts a new Maritime Code, which further ensures the regulation of civil relations in the maritime transport sector in accordance with the requirements of international conventions.

In 2002, an extraordinary conference of Latvian judges takes place, where an invitation is accepted to the President, legislators and the executive branch to address the issue of organizing the judiciary in accordance with the requirements of the European Union. The participants of the conference – almost 300 judges from all over Latvia – express their disappointment that the State President Vaira Vīke-Freiberga is not coming to the conference, as the conference is called to discuss the president’s statements about corruption in the judicial system.

In 2002, the Jūrmala City Council established a public services regulator at an extraordinary meeting.

In 2001, in Riga, in the alley opposite the Cabinet of Ministers building, a meeting organized by the Latvian Student Union “Against the Collapse of Universities” was held.

In 2000, a plenary meeting of the European Business Register was held in Riga, attended by representatives of 20 European commercial registers from 11 European countries.

In 1999, a unification congress of Latvian social democrats takes place in Riga, where the Latvian Social Democratic Workers’ Party (LSDSP) is founded. It unites the former LSDSP, the Latvian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) and the Democratic Party of Latgale. Juri Bojar is elected as the chairman of the united social democratic party.

In 1999, representatives of farmers’ organizations founded the public organization “Peasant’s Parliament” in Bulduri, the purpose of which is to unite forces for the development of Latvian countryside.

In 1999, Māris Grīnblats was re-elected as the chairman of the party at the “Tēvzemei ​​und Brīvība”/LNNK congress.

In 1999, the 14th session of the Baltic Assembly adopted a resolution calling on the Russian Federation to immediately fulfill its international obligations and return the buildings of the former Baltic states’ embassies in Paris and Rome to their rightful owners – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

In 1998, Minister of Finance Roberts Zīle on behalf of the Government of Latvia and Secretary General Antonio Maria Kosta on behalf of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed a memorandum of agreement on the organization of the annual general meeting of the EBRD in 2000 in Riga.

Events in the world

In 2009, a Los Angeles court sentenced legendary record producer Phil Spector to 19 years in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.

In 2005, one of the founding countries of the European Union, France, rejected the European Constitution in a referendum.

In 1999, the US spaceship Discovery docked with the International Space Station, becoming the first spacecraft to dock with the station.

In 1994, East German communist leader Eric Honecker died in exile in Chile at the age of 81.

In 1990, Boris Yeltsin was elected president of Russia.

In 1988, US President Ronald Reagan arrives in Moscow, beginning his first visit to the Soviet Union.

In 1985, 39 football fans died and hundreds more were injured in riots after the “Liverpool” and “Juventus” football match in Brussels.

In 1972, three armed Japanese men opened fire on a crowd at Lod International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 26 people and injuring dozens more.

In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay conquered the summit of Everest. Their achievement is announced to the world on July 1.

In 1942, the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, ordered all Jews in occupied Paris to wear yellow six-pointed stars sewn to their clothing.

In 1935, the construction of the Hoover Dam was completed.

In 1919, Arthur Eddington Observatory in Principe and Andrew Cromelin in Sobral, Brazil test and later confirm Einstein’s theory of relativity during a total solar eclipse.

In 1919, the American Charles Strait from Minnesota patents an electric toaster, from which buns jump out after being toasted.

In 1914, after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship, the ocean liner “Empress of Ireland” sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off the coast of Canada, killing 1,024 people.

In 1903, Serbian King Aleksandar Obrenović and Queen Draga were killed in Belgrade by members of the “Black Hand” organization.

In 1886, the American chemist John Pemberton publishes his first advertisement for the drink “Coca-Cola” in the “Atlanta Journal”.

In 1867, the Austro-Hungarian Compromise comes into force, establishing the Austro-Hungarian Empire. On June 8, Emperor Francis Joseph is crowned King of Hungary.

In 1848, Wisconsin becomes the 30th state of the United States.

In 1727, Peter II became the Tsar of Russia.

In 1660, Charles II regains the British throne.

In 1453, the army of the Ottoman Empire under the leadership of Sultan Mehmet II Fatih conquered Constantinople, ending the existence of the Byzantine Empire.