Jubilees in Latvia and Worldwide: Notable Figures and Historical Events

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In 1943, Aina Muze – textile artist (died in 2017).

Jubilees in the world

In 1989, Gareth Bale – Welsh football player, bronze medal winner of the 2016 European Championship final tournament.

In 1988, Sergio Busquets – Spanish footballer, winner of the 2010 World Cup and 2012 European champion.

In 1987, Moussa Dembele – Belgian football player, bronze medal winner of the 2018 World Cup final tournament.

In 1976, Anna Smashnova – Israeli tennis player.

In 1971, Kory Feldmanis – American actor and singer.

In 1968, Larry Sanger – American philosopher, co-founder of “Wikipedia”.

In 1967, Will Ferrell – American actor.

In 1965, Claude Lemieux – Canadian hockey player, four-time Stanley Cup winner.

In 1964, Miguel Indurain – Spanish cyclist, five-time “Tour de France” winner, two-time “Giro d’Italia” winner, Olympic and world champion.

In 1963, Srečko Katanec – Slovenian football player and coach.

In 1958, Michael Flatley – Irish-American dancer (“Lord of the Dance”, “Feet of Flames”).

In 1952, Stuart Copeland – American drummer (“The Police”).

In 1950, Dennis Priestley – English darts thrower.

In 1948 Pinkas Zukerman – Israeli violinist.

In 1942 Margaret Kurt – Australian tennis player.

1941 Desmond Decker – Jamaican musician (died 2006).

In 1928, Robert Shackley – American writer (died in 2005).

In 1926, Irwin Rose – American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate.

In 1911, Ginger Rogers – American actress and dancer (died in 1995).

1907 Barbara Stanwyck – American actress (died 1990).

In 1896, Trygve Lee – Norwegian politician, the first Secretary General of the UN (died in 1968).

In 1888, Fritz Zernike – Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1966).

In 1872, Roald Amundsen – Norwegian explorer (died in 1928).

In 1796, Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot – French painter (died in 1875).

In 1723, Joshua Reynolds – English painter (died in 1792).

In 1486, Andrea del Sarto – Italian painter (died in 1530).

In 1194, Saint Clare of Assisi – an Italian saint (died in 1253).

Events in Latvia

In 1705, the Battle of Mūrmuiža takes place. The Swedish army under the leadership of General Löwenhaupt, after the victory at Murmuiža, expels the Russian regiments from Vidzeme, and they hold only the eastern part of Estonia in their hands. However, this cannot prevent the Russians from occupying Jelgava and Bauska.

In 1818, the first theater performance in Latvian was held in Dikļi, Valmiera district, at Dikļu manor.

In 1999, an extraordinary session of the Saeima takes place, where the deputies express their confidence in the government formed by Andras Škēle.

In 1999, the UN headquarters was officially opened in Riga. The opening is attended by the Deputy Secretary General of the UN, the Director General of the UN Headquarters in Geneva, Vladimirs Petrovskis.

In 1999, the Board of the Bank of Latvia makes a decision to put 500 lat banknotes into circulation. This decision completes the monetary reform of Latvia, which was successfully introduced by putting the Latvian ruble into circulation in 1992 and the gradual return of lat banknotes and coins into circulation since March 1993.

In 2000, a charity event – a concert – was held at the Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia on the shores of Lake Jugla to collect funds for the restoration of the Kurzeme estate of the Open-Air Museum, which was destroyed in the fire on May 26.

In 2001, the inaugurated deputy of the military representative of the Republic of Latvia to NATO for security affairs, first lieutenant Ivars Erčums, began to fulfill his duties.

In 2002, around 60 farmers picketed near the Cabinet of Ministers building, demanding the representatives of the Latvian government to provide opportunities for the sale of grain to SIA “Riga Bestsprit”, the operator of the Kalsnava distillery’s production facility.

In 2003, the Office for the Prevention and Combating of Corruption (KNAB) asks the General Prosecutor’s Office to initiate criminal prosecution against the former head of the Spine Surgery Center of the Traumatology and Orthopedic Hospital and ex-minister Āri Auder. KNAB states that Auders has abused the trust of patients and unjustifiably received double fees for operations.

In 2004, the board of the People’s Party (TP) unanimously nominated Arti Pabrikas, a member of the Saeima and head of the Foreign Affairs Commission, for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs. On July 21, the Saeima appoints Arti Pabrikas, nominated by TP, to the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs.

In 2005, the European Championship for strongmen begins on the Mežaparka Grand Stage.

Events in the world

In 622, the Prophet Muhammad begins his journey from Mecca to Medina. This event marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.

In 1054, Cardinal Humbert, the emissary of the Roman Pope Leo IX, placed a bull of excommunication drawn up on behalf of the Pope on the church altar before a service led by the Patriarch of Constantinople. This event usually marks the beginning of the Great Schism, or the schism of Christianity.

In 1661, the Bank of Stockholm issues the first banknotes in Europe.

In 1782, the premiere of Mozart’s opera “Escape from the Serai” takes place in Vienna.

In 1931, the Ethiopian Emperor Else Selassie signed the first constitution of Ethiopia.

In 1935, the world’s first parking fee machines are installed in Oklahoma City, USA.

In 1941, Hitler called senior Nazi leaders to a meeting at his headquarters in East Prussia to announce how to govern the newly occupied eastern territories. According to Hitler’s plan, Ukraine – the crown jewel of the Nazi empire – would become a German colony.

In 1942, during the Second World War, the French Vichy government orders the imprisonment of 13 to 20 thousand Jews in the Winter Velodrome. The responsibility of the French police for what happened in 1995 is recognized for the first time by French President Jacques Chirac.

In 1945, the USA conducted the first tests of plutonium weapons, nicknamed “Trinity”, in the New Mexico desert.

In 1948, Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus Christ, surrenders to the Israeli army after minimal resistance during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

In 1950, the largest ever number of spectators was recorded in a football race, when 199,000 fans watched the final match of the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, in which Uruguay defeated Brazil 2:1.

In 1951, King Leopold III of Belgium abdicated in favor of his son Baudouin I.

In 1951, Jerome David Salinger’s story “On the Precipice in the Rye Field” was published.

In 1965, French President Charles de Gaulle and Italian President Giuseppe Saragat opened the 11.6 kilometer long tunnel through Mont Blanc, connecting the two countries.

In 1969, the American spaceship “Apollo 11” goes on its historic mission to the moon.

In 1979, Iraqi President Hassan al-Bakr resigns and Saddam Hussein comes to power in his place.

In 1981, Mahathir Mohamad became the Prime Minister of Malaysia, who held this position until October 31, 2003, thus becoming the longest-serving Asian political leader.

In 1989, one of the most outstanding conductors of the 20th century died – the Austrian Herbert von Karajan.

In 1990, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake killed more than 1,600 people in the Philippines.

In 1993, the first version of the open source operating system “Linux Slackware 1.00” is released, which is one of the oldest operating systems still in use.

In 1994, the Rwandan civil war ends.

In 1999, a plane carrying John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife and sister crashes in the United States, all of whom die.

In 2001, Juan Antonio Samaranch, who held this position since 1980, resigned from the position of president of the International Olympic Committee. The Belgian Jacques Rogge, who is a surgeon by profession, takes his place.

In 2003, the government of Sao Tome and Principe is overthrown in a military coup while its president is abroad.

In 2004, at the age of 84, Charles Sweeney died, who in 1945 led the US bomber that dropped an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Nagasaki.

In 2005, Joan Kathleen Rowling’s book “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” was released, which sold 8.9 million copies in the first 24 hours in the United States and Great Britain, becoming the fastest-selling book in history.

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