Jubilees in Latvia: Notable Personalities and Achievements or Notable Jubilees in Latvia and Around the World

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In 1974, Ena Matronika – American singer (“Scissor Sisters”).

In 1973, Hared Borghetti – Mexican football player.

In 1973, Kieran Perkins – Australian swimmer.

In 1973, Jay Jay Okocha – Nigerian football player.

In 1969, Stig Tefting – Danish football player.

In 1966 Halle Berry – American actress, winner of the “Oscar”, “Golden Globe” and “Emmy”.

Halle Berry at the premiere of Kingsman: The Golden Circle

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In 1965, Emmanuelle Bear – French actress.

In 1960, Sarah Brightman – English soprano.

In 1959, Irvin “Magic” Johnson – American basketball player, five-time NBA champion, twelve-time participant in the NBA “All-Star Game”, 1992 Olympic champion.

In 1953, James Horner – American composer.

In 1947, Danielle Steele – American writer.

In 1945, Wim Wenders – a film director born in Germany.

In 1945, Steve Martin – American comedian and actor, winner of the “Emmy” award.

In 1941, David Crosby – American musician.

In 1933, Richard Ernst – Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 2021).

In 1910, Pierre Scheffer – French composer (died in 1995).

In 1867, John Galsworthy – English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1933).

In 1840, Richard Freiherr von Kraftebing – German psychologist, researcher of sexual perversions (died in 1902).

In 1777, Hans Christian Oersted – Danish physicist (died in 1851).

In 1714, Claude Joseph Vernet – French painter (died in 1835).

In 1688, Frederick William I – King of Prussia (died in 1740).

Events in Latvia

In 2007, the prosecutor’s office set additional conditions for the security measure already applied to Ventspils mayor Aivars Lembergs – house arrest. In addition to the house arrest, the prosecutor’s office imposed a ban on performing the duties of the mayor of Ventspils and the chairman of the Ventspils Freeport Council.

In 2007, in order to solve the financial problems of VAS “Latvijas Pasts” by attracting a strategic partner, the government supported the then Minister of Transport Ainars Šleser’s plan to create a new company – Post Bank. In order to establish Post Bank, it was planned to separate the network of post offices and the Payment Services Department from Latvijas Posta, which would be invested in the newly established company.

In 2003, the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary takes place in Aglona. They are visited by around 1,500 pilgrims.

In 2002, Latvijas Pasts held a special sealing for the first time in Aglon on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

In 2001, in Riga, near Vērmanes garden, in front of Benjaminu House, State President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga and Valdis Jākobsons, Chairman of the Council of JSC “Grindeks”, unveiled a monument to Nobel Prize laureate chemist Wilhelm Ostwald.

In 2001, the former mayor of Riga, Andris Ārgalis, renovated the historic swan house at his own expense and decided to donate it to Riga. The swan house designed by the architect H. Scheel in Japanese style with many wood carvings appeared in the city canal in 1892. At first it floated on a pontoon, later it was anchored on the shore near Bastejkalns, where it remained until 1996. Since the swans living there had already died in the early 1990s, it was decided to remove the heavily damaged swan house as well. Before the historic swan house was destroyed, it was carefully surveyed and photographed. The restoration of the swan house cost 2,500 lats to Árgali, he himself also provided the necessary timber.

In 2001, the Second World Congress of Latvian Scientists began in the Riga Latvian Society House.

In 2001, after long discussions, the Riga City Council decided to establish the Road Police Department of the Riga Municipal Police. The task of the new department is to control compliance with the rules for parking and stopping of vehicles. Its employees have the right to make a decision on the imposition of an administrative fine on the spot without the presence of the violator, by attaching the violation protocol – notice to the car.

In 2001, Riga City Council members unanimously supported the establishment of a new City Council institution – the Audit Commission. The creation of the commission was the idea of ​​Jānis Gulbjas, a member of the Latvian Social Democratic Workers’ Party. According to the proposal submitted by Gulbja, the Audit Commission is formed similarly to the Presidium of the Riga City Council – according to the principle of proportionality.

In 2001, in Riga, on Raina boulevard, the restored water tap house was opened.

In 1999, in Riga, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia celebrates a holiday dedicated to the first bishop of Latvia, Maynards – St. Maynard’s Day.

In 1999, the World Assembly of Selians was held in Sēli parish of Valmiera district.

In 1998, the feast of Our Lady of Aglona was opened with a Holy Mass, which was celebrated by Ervin Jozefs Enders, the envoy of the Pope in the Baltic States.

In 1998, the agreement on mutual recognition of the “Green Card” between Latvia and Portugal came into force.

In 1939, Dāvids Rudzītis, the founder and director of the State Chancellery of Latvia, who is known as the first official of the Republic of Latvia, died unexpectedly in Rotterdam, Holland.

In 1900, Albert Street was established in Riga, which was created in honor of Riga’s 700th anniversary and named after Albert, the first bishop of Riga and the founder of the city. Currently, there is an excellent art nouveau ensemble on Albert Street and it is considered one of the most beautiful streets of Riga.

In 1764, the owner of Aizkraukle and Rīmaņu manors, Baron Šulcs, Landrat of Vidzeme, issued the Aizkraukle Farmers’ Court to the farmers of his manors, which is considered to be the first document in the territory of Latvia that clearly regulates the relations of farmers with the manor. Other nobles of Vidzeme opposed the issuance and adoption of the relevant regulations.

Events in the world

In 2006, the cease-fire reached by the UN between Israel and the Lebanese militant group “Hezbollah” comes into force. Five weeks of fighting claimed the lives of around 1,100 people in Lebanon and 156 in Israel.

In 2006, Nigeria complies with the international judgment and withdraws thousands of soldiers from the northern territory of the Bakassi Peninsula, returning it to Cameroon.

In 2005, a Cypriot airliner crashes in a mountainous area near Athens, killing 121 people.

In 2004, at the age of 93, Czeslaw Milosz, a Polish Nobel laureate, writer in emigration and a symbol of the fight against totalitarianism, died.

In 2003, one of the largest blackouts ever hit large areas of North America, trapping thousands of people in underground transportation and forcing the evacuation of millions of office workers.

In 2000, the Russian Orthodox Church canonized the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II and his family. This is happening 82 years after the Bolsheviks killed the Tsar and his family in 1918.

In 1997, Timothy McVeigh is sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing that killed 168 people.

In 1994, following information provided by France, Sudanese agents capture the international terrorist Ilyich Ramirez Sanchez, known throughout the world as “Carlos the Jackal”.

In 1988, Enco Ferrari, an Italian racing driver and sports car manufacturer, died at the age of 90.

In 1980, Lech Walesa leads anti-communist strikes in the Gdańsk shipyard.

In 1974, after the demands of the Turks to create autonomous regions in Cyprus, the Geneva peace talks broke down and fighting resumed in Cyprus.

In 1972, 156 people were killed when an “Il-62” plane of the German Democratic Republic crashed during a takeoff maneuver in East Berlin.

In 1971, Bahrain declared independence from Great Britain.

In 1969, the British government sends the army to Northern Ireland after three days of rioting in the Catholic town of Londonderry.

In 1962, after three and a half years of work, the transport tunnel under Mont Blanc was opened, connecting France and Italy.

In 1949, Konrad Adenauer became the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.

In 1947, Pakistan gained independence from the British Indian Empire and joined the British Commonwealth.

In 1945, Japan accepts the Allies’ terms of unconditional surrender, thus ending World War II.

In 1941, US President Delano Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter.

In 1936, the last public execution took place in the United States, when an elderly rapist and murderer was hanged in Kentucky.

In 1935, the US passes the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system.

In 1921, the Republic of Tuva was declared an independent state (with the support of Russia).

In 1912, US troops invade Nicaragua in support of a government favored by Washington.

In 1908, the first beauty contest was held in Folkestone resort in England.

In 1900, International forces occupy Beijing, suppressing the Boxer Rebellion, or Peasants’ Revolt, which was aimed at expelling all foreigners from China.

In 1893, France announces the registration of motorized vehicles.

In 1880, the construction of the Cologne Cathedral is completed.

In 1784, Russian fur trader Grigory Shelikhov founded the first permanent Russian settlement in Alaska.

In 1598, the Irish defeated the English troops in the Battle of Yellowford.

In 1385, Lithuania and Poland conclude the Creva Union as a union of dynasties. According to it, Grand Duke Jagailis of Lithuania was promised the vacant Polish king’s throne after his marriage to Queen Jadwiga of Poland, while Jagailis promised to be baptized and add Lithuania to Poland. After marriage, Jagailis took the name Vladislavs II.

In 1040, King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and successor Macbeth.

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