Jubilees in Latvia and the World: Noteworthy Figures and Events

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In 1960, Māris Martinsons – film director, producer and screenwriter.

Mar Martinson’s comedy “New Year’s Taxi” begins its way to the audience in a jestry group of actors.

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In 1929, Lilija Dzene – writer and theater scholar (died in 2010).

In 1922, Ojārs Ābols – painter and art theoretician (died in 1983).

In 1898, Wilhelm Munter – a diplomat, was the Minister of Foreign Affairs (died in 1967).

Jubilees in the world

In 1988, Paulinho – Brazilian footballer, winner of the 2013 Confederations Cup.

In 1986, Hulk – Brazilian football player, 2012 Olympic silver medal winner, 2013 Confederations Cup winner.

In 1985, Nelson Angelo Piquet – a Brazilian racing driver, was the Formula E champion.

In 1979, Alistair Carter – snooker player.

In 1978, Louise Brown – the first child created as a result of artificial insemination.

In 1967, Matt LeBlanc – American actor, winner of the “Golden Globe” award.

The series “Friends”

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In 1958, Thurston Moore – American singer and guitarist (“Sonic Youth”).

In 1946, Rita Marley – Jamaican singer, wife of Bob Marley.

In 1934, Don Ellis – American jazz trumpeter (died in 1978).

In 1920, Rosalind Franklin – English scientist (died in 1958).

In 1918, Jane Frank – American artist (died in 1986).

In 1905, Elias Kaneti – Bulgarian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1994).

In 1848, Arthur James Belfour – English political worker and diplomat (died in 1930). In 1918, as the British foreign minister, he was the first of the high-ranking politicians of the western countries who agreed to recognize the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In 1918, he supported the struggle of the Baltic states for independence and allowed the introduction of British warships into the Baltic Sea for the defense of the Baltic states.

In 1839, Francois Garnier – a French researcher (died in 1873).

In 1750, Henry Knox – American general (died in 1806).

In 1109, Afonso I – King of Portugal (died in 1185).

Events in Latvia

In 2004, the Latvian country music group “Dakota” won second place at the 23rd European country music festival “Country Piknik Mragovo 2004” in Poland.

In 2003, a new four-star hotel “Hotel Bergs” was opened in Riga, in Berga bazaar.

In 2003, the Deputy Minister of Energy of the United States, Kyle Makslarovs, visited Riga. After a meeting with Latvian government and business representatives, he confirms that US businessmen are interested in cooperating with Latvia.

In 2002, there was a picket of the employees of SIA “Riga Bestsprit”, the operator of the Kalsnava distillery production plant, at the Ministry of Finance, where no compromise was reached with the director of the State Revenue Service, Andrejs Sončikas, regarding the calculation of excise tax for the alcohol production plant.

In 2001, the men’s choir presented the restored outer bell of the tower of St. Jēkab’s Church to Riga on its 800th anniversary.

In 2000, the descendants of the former owners of Dole, the Levis of Menari family, from Western Europe – Germany, France and Scotland – visited the Dole manor.

In 1998, the State Social Insurance Agency (VSAA) started a campaign to send social insurance account notifications. In accordance with the Law “On State Pensions” from 1997, the Social Insurance Institution must notify socially insured persons about the insurance account and the size of the registered pension capital once a year.

In 1985, the Baltic Peace and Freedom Ship cruises across the Baltic Sea.

In 1772, Austria, Prussia and Russia signed an agreement on the partition of Poland – the first partition of Poland. According to this agreement, Russia acquires Latgali. In 1773, the Polish Seimas was forced to recognize this partition agreement.

In 1448, at the end of the war between the Livonian Order and Novgorod, a peace treaty was concluded for 25 years between all Livonian states on the one hand and Novgorod and Pskov on the other, in which the parties agreed on borders, free trade and diplomatic relations.

In 1211, in a solemn ceremony, Bishop Alberts laid the foundation stone for the Cathedral of St. Mary, or Riga Dome. Unfortunately, no information about the initial period of the construction of Riga Cathedral has been preserved to this day, but it is believed that the construction of the current Riga Cathedral began a rapid development phase in the spring of 1215, when the first Riga Cathedral burned down in the inner city. Next to the cathedral, the Domkapitula monastery of the diocese and the Riga Cathedral school were also built in the classic Romanesque cathedral style.

Events in the world

In 2010, the web media “WikiLeaks” distributed about 77,000 secret US military documents about the war in Afghanistan. The documents reveal details of the killing of civilians, as well as possible links between Pakistan and Taliban insurgents.

In 2000, the “Concorde” Air France passenger plane crashed after taking off from the Paris airport, killing 109 passengers and crew members and four people on the ground.

In 1994, the leaders of Israel and Jordan signed a historic declaration in Washington, ending the official state of war between the two countries since 1948.

In 1993, Israel launched a massive offensive against Lebanon, which Israel called Operation Responsibility, and Lebanon called the Seven Day War.

In 1992, the Olympic Games began in Barcelona, ​​which for the first time in history were not boycotted by any country, and the participation bans of several countries were also lifted. Athletes from 169 countries participate in the Olympics.

In 1980, the Australian group “AC/DC” released their album “Back in Black”, which sold 42 million copies and became the second best-selling album in history.

In 1978, the first child born through artificial insemination, Louise Joy Brown, was born at the Lancashire Hospital in the British city.

In 1965, Bob Dylan performs with an electric guitar for the first time in a concert. Fans accustomed to acoustic instruments chase Dylan off the stage with a scream.

In 1963, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain agree to ban nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, in space, and under water.

In 1957, the former French colony Tunisia becomes an independent republic.

In 1952, the US-owned Puerto Rico adopts a constitution approved by the US Congress.

In 1946, the United States conducted the first underwater nuclear test explosion, detonating the USS Saratoga warship in the Bikini Atoll of the Pacific Ocean.

In 1943, the Italian Grand Coalition deposes the dictator Benito Mussolini and appoints Pietro Badoglio in his place.

In 1940, in World War II, General Henri Guissans orders the Swiss army to resist the German invasion and declares surrender illegal.

In 1934, the Nazis killed Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in Vienna.

In 1929, Pius XI became the first Pope of Rome to leave the Vatican since the fall of the Papal States in 1870.

In 1920, the first transatlantic two-way radio transmission is made.

In 1917, Dutch spy Margaret Gertrude Celle, known as Mata Hari, was sentenced to death by a French court for spying for Germany during the First World War.

In 1909, French inventor Louis Bleriot flies an airplane from Calais, France to Dover, Great Britain, the first time a person has crossed the English Channel in flight.

In 1907, Korea became a protectorate of Japan.

In 1898, the United States begins an invasion of Puerto Rico, with American forces landing in the port of Guanica.

In 1897, American writer Jack London went to the Klondike to join the “Gold Rush”, during which he wrote his first successful stories.

In 1894, when Japanese forces fired on a Chinese warship, the first Sino-Japanese war broke out.

In 1892, the football club “Hertha BSC Berlin 1892” was founded in Germany.

In 1868, Wyoming becomes a US territory.

In 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte’s forces defeat 10,000 Ottoman soldiers in Egypt.

In 1603, King James VI of Scotland is crowned the first king of Great Britain.

In 1593, Henri IV of France publicly converted from Protestantism to Catholicism, which allowed him to become the king of France less than a year later.

In 1567, Don Diego de Losada founded Caracas, the capital of modern Venezuela.

In 1547, King Henri II of France is crowned.

In 1261, the forces of the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII recapture Constantinople, thus restoring the Byzantine Empire.

In 306, Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his soldiers.

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