Jubilees in Latvia
In 1929, Modris Gëlzis – architect (died in 2009).
In 1938, Vyacheslav Teleš – painter, graphic artist.
In 1943, Naina Cibulska – former chairman of the board of Riga Central Market.
In 1955, Dainis İvāns – the former first chairman of the Latvian People’s Front and deputy chairman of the Supreme Council.
Dainis İvāns meets his admirers at the house of Raina and Aspazija
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In 1969, Edgars Znutiņš – conductor.
In 1977, Inese Lībiņa-Egnere – lawyer and politician, member of the 14th Saeima, Minister of Justice.
In 1987, Krists Pīternieks – basketball player.
Jubilees in the world
In 1599, Francesco Borromini – Swiss sculptor (died in 1667).
In 1683, Jean-Philippe Rameau – French composer (died in 1764).
In 1866, Thomas Morgan – American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1945).
In 1897, William Faulkner – American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1962).
In 1903, Mark Rothko – an American painter born in Latvia (died in 1970).
In 1906, Dmitry Shostakovich – Russian composer (died in 1975).
In 1925, Robert Edwards – British physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate in medicine (died in 2013).
1929 Barbara Walters – American journalist and TV star (died 2022).
In 1932, Glenn Gould – Canadian pianist (died in 1982).
In 1944, Michael Douglas – American actor.
Michael Douglas gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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In 1951, Mark Hamill – American actor (Luke Skywalker in the “Star Wars” movies).
In 1951, Pedro Almodovar – Spanish film director.
1952 Christopher Reeve – American actor (died 2004).
In 1955, Karlheinz Rumenige – a former German football player, now the chairman of the Munich club “Bayern”.
In 1955, Dzuckero – an Italian singer, real name Adelmo Fornachari.
In 1958, Michael Madsen – American actor.
In 1960, Igor Belanov – Ukrainian football player.
In 1961, Heather Locklear – American actress.
In 1965, Scotty Pippen – American basketball player, six-time NBA champion, seven-time NBA All-Star Game participant, two-time Olympic champion.
In 1968, Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands (died 2013).
In 1968, Will Smith – American actor and rapper.
Will Smith with his wife and daughter on the beach
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1969 Catherine Zeta-Jones – Welsh actress.
One of the most beautiful women in the world Catherine Zeta-Jones at an event in London
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In 1970, Dean Ween – American musician (“Ween”).
In 1974, Daniel Kessler – American guitarist (“Interpol”).
In 1976, Chauncey Billups – American basketball player, 2004 NBA champion.
In 1980, TI – American rapper.
In 1983, Donald Glover – American actor, musician and DJ, winner of “Grammy” and “Emmy” awards.
Events in Latvia
In 1990, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia renamed the town of Stučka to Aizkraukli.
In 1992, the chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia, Anatolijs Gorbunovs, speaks at the UN General Assembly and asks for the UN’s support in withdrawing the Russian army.
In 1993, a political party – the union “Latvijas ceļs” (LC) was established in the Great Hall of the University of Latvia at the founding plenary meeting. In the 5th Saeima elections held in 1993, LC won, gaining 36 seats. The party participated in all governments until the 8th Saeima elections, when it did not enter the parliament. Later, LC merged with the First Party of Latvia.
In 2001, in the criminal case of the so-called Daugulis gang, in which 14 persons are on trial, the leaders of the groups, Jānis Daugulis and Oļegs Moisejevs, were sentenced to 15 and 13 years in prison by the Riga District Court.
In 2002, the Riga District Court rejected the request for the early removal of the criminal record of the chairman of the Latvian Socialist Party, Alfrēdas Rubik.
In 2002, the LETA Economic Research Institute (LETA-EPI) of the national news agency presents a new business information service product “Nozare.lv”.
In 2003, the Saeima with 54 votes “for” and 44 “against” adopts amendments to the Law “On Ports”, which provides for increasing the influence of the state in the ports of Riga and Ventspils. The State President Vaira Vīke-Freiberga does not announce the amendments and sends them to the Saeima for a second consideration, presenting legal and economic objections to the law. On October 23, the Saeima will review the changes in the law on ports submitted to the President of the Republic for a second review, anticipating that the boards of the ports of Riga and Ventspils will have four state and four local government representatives, who will elect the chairman of the board in an open vote.
In 2004, the procedure for persons crossing the border of Latvia came into force – the procedure for traveling groups of students, as well as children who are citizens of Latvia, is facilitated.
In 2005, the Transport Department of the Riga City Council launched the “Polite Bus” campaign in Riga, which will run until November 25. The campaign is organized to find out the attitude of Riga residents towards the taxi driving culture.
Events in the world
In 275, the Senate confirms Marcus Claudius Tacitus as Roman emperor.
In 1066, the Battle of Samford Bridge marks the end of the Viking Age in England.
In 1396, the Ottoman emperor Bayezid I defeated the Christian army in the Battle of Nicopolis.
In 1932, the Spanish region of Catalonia is granted autonomy.
In 1956, the first transatlantic telephone cable connecting Scotland to Canada is commissioned.
In 1959, a disgruntled Buddhist monk shot Sri Lankan Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranaike, who died the next day.
In 1962, the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria was formally founded.
In 1963, the army of the Dominican Republic overthrows the seven-month-old government of President Juan Bosch and suspends the operation of the constitution.
In 1967, Great Britain, France and West Germany signed an agreement on cooperation in the development of the Airbus airliner.
In 1970, at the age of 72, the German writer Erich Maria Remarque died, among whose works is the world-famous novel “The Western Front Without Change”. Remarque’s books were banned by the Nazis in 1933.
In 1972, after the negative vote of the Norwegian population on the country’s accession to the European Economic Community, the Norwegian government resigned.
In 1976, during a meeting at drummer Larry Mullen’s house, the Irish rock group “U2” is formed.
In 1978, a Boeing 727-214 and a Cessna 172 collided in mid-air in San Diego, California, killing 144 people.
In 1983, King Leopold III of Belgium dies, who became a national disgrace in 1951 and was forced to abdicate when it became known about his collaboration with the Nazis.
In 1990, the UN Security Council approved a severe air embargo against Iraq and its occupied Kuwait, banning passenger and cargo air traffic except for humanitarian aid.
In 1997, the British “Thrust SuperSonic” car set a new speed record in the state of Nevada, USA, reaching a speed of 714.1 kilometers per hour.
In 2001, Saudi Arabia broke diplomatic relations with the Taliban, the ruling movement in Afghanistan, as the last country to recognize the Taliban government, leaving Pakistan.
In 2002, Indian security forces stormed the Akshardham temple in the state of Gujarat, killing two gunmen who killed 28 people and injured 70 others.
In 2003, at the age of 85, the laureate of the Nobel Prize in economics, Franco Modigliani, who is often called the greatest modern macroeconomist, dies.
In 2003, the prominent American Palestinian Edward Said, who was a professor of literature and a Palestinian activist, died.
In 2004, the world’s largest and most expensive cruise ship “Queen Mary II” goes on its first test voyage. The gigantic $800 million cruise liner stretches the length of four football fields.
In 2005, Spanish “Formula-1” pilot Fernando Alonso becomes the youngest world champion in F-1 history.
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