Jubilees in Latvia
In 1937 Astra Baumane – actress.
In 1954, Karina Pētersone – politician, former Minister of Culture and Minister of Special Tasks in Social Integration Affairs, was a member of the Saeima and Secretary General, headed the Institute of Latvia.
In 1955, Inese Ramute – actress.
In 1959, Velta Puriņa – TV journalist.
Andrejs Volmārs and Velta Puriņa at the 60th anniversary of LTV
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In 1963, Ingus Ulmanis – musician.
In 1969, Jānis Lazdiņš – lawyer, politician.
In 1970, Artūrs Rubiks – a politician.
Jubilees in the world
In 866, Leon VI “the Wise” – Byzantine emperor (died in 912).
In 1882, Christopher Stone – the first British DJ (died in 1965).
In 1909, Ferry Porsche – Austrian car designer, head of the “Porsche” company (died in 1998).
In 1911, William Golding – English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1993).
In 1913, Frances Farmer – American actress (died in 1970).
In 1934, Brian Epstein – English music manager, “the fifth Beatle” (died in 1967).
In 1941, Mama Cass Elliot – American singer (died in 1974).
In 1948, Jeremy Irons – English actor, winner of the “Oscar” award.
In 1949, Twiggy – an English model and actress, a fashion icon of the sixties.
In 1963, Jarvis Cocker – English musician (“The Pulp”).
In 1963, David Seaman – English football goalkeeper.
In 1964, Trisha Yearwood – American country music singer.
In 1969, Candy Dalfer – Dutch saxophonist.
In 1979, Mikaels Telkvist – Swedish hockey goalkeeper, 2006 Olympic champion.
In 1990, Yuliya Jima – Ukrainian biathlete, Olympic champion.
Events in Latvia
In 1241, the historical unit of mass of Latvia – the stone – is mentioned for the first time in written sources. The stone was used as a unit of measurement until the 18th century not only in Latvia, but also in Lithuania, Poland and Prussia.
In 1341, the Alsunga castle was mentioned in documents for the first time, which was destroyed and rebuilt several times.
In 1386, the first and only brotherhood of beer and wine carriers was founded in Riga, which existed until the second half of the 19th century. The first statutes (shrāgas) of the brotherhood have been preserved from 1466, and they determined that the brotherhood unites Latvians employed in the transport of beverages.
In 1885, the Misiņa library was founded. Jānis Misiņš, a 23-year-old young man from Tirza, receives the governor’s permission to open a public library in his father’s home in “Krācės”.
In 1896, a semi-professional theater named – Alunān’s theater was established in Jelgava, directed and managed by Ādolfs Alunāns. The theater existed until 1904, and it gave guest performances in Latvian cities and rural centers. Also, actors from Riga visited the performances.
In 1898, Āgenskalns market was established in one of the areas of Nometņu Street in Riga. The construction of the now known market building began only in 1911, but was completed in 1923.
In 1998, instead of channel 31, the television company “TV3 Latvija” started broadcasting, which is included in the well-known broadcasting network TV 3 in the Nordic countries.
In 1999, about 30 so-called National Bolsheviks of Latvia, or Limonovites, agreed at a meeting to establish the organization “Limonka”. Konstantin Mauser is elected as the chairman of the organization.
In 1999, the “Nedėda” program of the “LNT” television company shows a story about the sexual abuse of minors. In the plot, authored by Vairis Stašāns, Ainars Eisaks, the president of the “Mrs. Latvija” office, is insulted for pedophilia, and suspicions are expressed that two members of the government are involved in the pedophilia case.
In 2002, the Coast Guard ship of the naval forces near Ventspils rescued Hans Rogers Ekstrom, a Swedish citizen born in 1931, who had spent 20 days in the Baltic Sea with his small boat “Angelika”.
Events in the world
In 1356, during the Hundred Years’ War, the English defeated the French in the Battle of Poitiers.
In 1778, the Continental Congress approves the first US budget.
In 1893, New Zealand gave women the right to vote.
In 1905, the pioneer of British social work, Thomas Bernardo, who founded more than 90 homes for poor children, dies.
In 1928, in the short film “Steam Boat Willy”, the audience gets to know Mickey Mouse for the first time.
In 1952, the USA forbids the comedian Charlie Chaplin to return to the country after a trip to Great Britain, because the USA accuses him of sympathizing with communists.
In 1957, the United States conducted the first underground nuclear test in Nevada.
In 1970, an English dairy farmer organizes a music festival on his farm in the village of Pilton, Somerset, England, which becomes the first Glastonbury Music Festival. The event featured a few bands, including T.Rex, and was attended by 1,500 people. Back then, a festival ticket cost £1 and included free milk from a nearby farm.
In 1982, American computer specialist Scott Felman first publicly uses the electronic sign “:-)” to represent an emotion, in this case a smile.
In 1985, about 12,000 people are killed and 40,000 injured when an earthquake shakes Mexico City and the surrounding area. The strength of the earthquake reaches eight magnitudes.
In 1995, “The Washington Post” and “The New York Times” publish the manifesto of the letter bomb terrorist Unabomber.
In 2000, European farmers, truck drivers and fishermen go on strike from the North Sea to the Mediterranean to protest high oil prices, which have reached ten-year highs.
In 2001, the United States begins combat operations in Afghanistan.
In 2005, NASA announced a $104 billion program to send American astronauts to the moon by 2018 in a capsule spacecraft.
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