Major Jubilees and Historical Events in Latvia and the World

Jubilees in Latvia

In 1935, Alfred Rubiks – former chairman of the Socialist Party of Latvia, former member of the European Parliament.

In 1957, Ilgvars Pauls – mountaineer.

In 1960, Arvīds Babris – director, producer.

In 1962, Ilgvars Zalāns – painter.

In 1964, Robert Remes – an economic expert.

In 1969, Laima Žurgina – film director.

In 1971, Juris Lujāns – former chairman of the First Party of Latvia.

In 1981, Līva Krūmiņa – actress.

In 1983, Zane Tamane – basketball player.

Jubilees in the world

In 1501, Gerolamo Cardano – Italian Renaissance mathematician (died in 1576).

In 1724 Arthur Guinness – Irish beer brewer, founder of “Guinness Breweries” (died in 1803).

In 1884, Ismet Ineni – the 2nd president of Turkey (died in 1973.)

In 1884, Hugo Schmeisser – a German weapons inventor (died in 1953).

In 1895, André Frederiks Cournans – French physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1988).

1896 F. Scott Fitzgerald – American writer (died 1940).

In 1898, Howard Walter Florey – Australian pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1968).

In 1905, Severo Ochoa – American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1993).

In 1930, John Watts Young – an American astronaut who set foot on the moon in 1972 (died in 2018).

In 1934, Manfred Werner – German politician (died in 1994).

In 1936, Jim Henson – American puppet master, creator of “The Muppets” (died in 1990).

In 1941, Linda McCartney – American photographer, wife of musician Paul McCartney (died in 1998).

In 1954, Marco Tardelli – Italian football player and coach, winner of the 1982 World Cup.

In 1962, Ali McCoist – Scottish football player.

In 1969, Sean Crain – American musician (“Slipknot”).

In 1978 Jons Arne Rīse – Norwegian football player.

In 1981, Drew Gooden – an American basketball player.

In 1982, Paul Ham – an American gymnast.

Events in Latvia

In 1985, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia and the Council of Ministers of the LPSR make a decision on the construction of a metro in Riga. Public protests and the collapse of the USSR prevent this project from being implemented.

In 1998, at the end of the investigation into the possible activities of the 6th Saeima member Jānis Ādamsons in the former USSR State Security Committee (KDK), the prosecutor’s office admits that he was a staff member of the KDK.

In 2000, at the Sydney Olympic Games, gymnast Igor Vikhrov won a gold medal in gymnastics, becoming the Olympic champion in free movements. It is Latvia’s first Olympic gold medal since independence.

In 2002, the Cabinet of Ministers allocated 5.3 million lats to the “Eurovision” song contest, including investments in Latvian Television.

In 2002, the Cabinet of Ministers, after listening to the informative report prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture “On the stabilization of the agricultural crisis situation caused by agro-climatic conditions – drought”, supports the allocation of 5.92 million lats for compensation of losses caused by the prolonged drought to farmers.

in 2002. taking into account the initiative of the Prime Minister Andras Bērzis, the Cabinet of Ministers decides to nominate Deputy Chief of the Security Police Gunti Rutki to the post of head of the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB). He later becomes the first head of KNAB, but due to his health, he is soon forced to leave the position.

In 2004, athlete Edgars Bergs won a bronze medal in the discus throwing competition at the Paralympic Games in Athens.

In 2004, at the plenary assembly of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (LZA), the director of the Rundāle Palace, the art scientist Imants Lancmanis, received the LZA’s highest award – the Grand Medal, which was awarded to him for the restoration of the Rundāle Palace complex and his outstanding contribution to Latvian culture.

In 2004, in the Daugavpils district, during the Medumu parish festival, the parish flag is hoisted on the mast and the parish coat of arms is presented. The flag and coat of arms of Medumu Parish have been approved by the President of the State.

In 2005, in the rural area of ​​Salacgriva, “Kraukli” the World Nature Fund organizes the third night mushroom picking championship. The competition took place from 10 p.m. to midnight and about 100 people participated.

Events in the world

In 1493, Christopher Columbus started his second journey to the new world.

In 1789, the US Supreme Court and the position of Attorney General are established.

In 1890, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy in order to be registered as an official religion.

In 1948, “Honda Motor Company” was founded.

In 1973, Guinea declared independence from Portugal.

In 1980, the Iraqi army crossed the border into Iran and laid siege to Abadan, setting fire to the world’s largest oil refinery and thereby starting an all-out war.

In 1988, Canadian Ben Johnson sets a new world record in the 100 meters at the Seoul Olympics, covering the distance in 9.79 seconds, beating superstars Carl Lewis and Linford Christie. Six days later, Johnson is stripped of his medal for doping.

In 1991, the influential “Nirvana” album “Nevermind” was released.

In 1993, Norodom Sihanouk reclaims the Cambodian throne, which he abdicated in 1955, and approves a constitution that declares his devastated country a democratic, constitutional monarchy.

In 1993, the court found the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, guilty of corruption and sentenced her to at least 18 years in prison.

In 1995, 16-year-old French teenager Eric Borel kills 13 people with a rifle in the south of France. The day before, he killed his mother, stepfather and half-brother after a dispute over where he should live.

In 1996, the United States, China, France, Russia, and Great Britain became the first countries to sign an international treaty banning nuclear tests.

In 1996, the American writer Stephen King released two books at the same time – one book “Desperation” under his own name, and the other “The Regulators” under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.

In 1998, Britain and Iran reached an agreement to raise the level of diplomatic relations when Tehran distanced itself from the death sentence handed down to the writer Salman Rushdie.

In 2002, Britain publishes a dossier on Iraq’s weapons program that claims Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is capable of launching a weapon of mass destruction within 45 minutes of giving the order.

In 2003, the European Union institution OLAF, which investigated fraud in the Eurostat agency, announced that millions of euros had been wasted due to inappropriate accounting practices.

In 2004, at the age of 69, the French writer Françoise Sagan, who gained world fame in 1954 with her first novel “Bonjour Tristesse” (“Hello, sadness”), died.

In 2004, the Czech parliament approved a law abolishing conscription from 2005, ending 140 years of compulsory military service and paving the way for a professional army.

In 2013, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Pakistan killed more than 340 people and injured several hundred.

In 2015, at least 1,400 people lost their lives in a crowded pilgrim crowd near Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

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