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In 1957, Guntars Krasts – politician, former prime minister.

In 1953, Juris Vectirāns – retired brigadier general, former inspector general of the national armed forces.

In 1949, Raita Karnīte – economist, full member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.

Jubilees in the world

In 1997, Naomi Osaka – Japanese tennis player, winner of the US “open” and Australian “open”, was the leader of the world rankings.

In 1983, Lorina – Swedish singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

In 1983, Philipp Kohlschreiber – German tennis player.

In 1977, John Mayer – American musician, winner of seven “Grammys”.

In 1974, Paul Curry – Canadian ice hockey player, world champion and Olympic champion, seven times member of the NHL “All-Star Game”.

In 1972, Darjus Kasparaitis – NHL hockey player of Lithuanian origin.

In 1970, Mehmet Scholl – a German football player.

In 1968, Ilya Lagutenko – Russian musician (“Mumiy Troll”).

In 1962, Flea – an Australian-born musician (“Red Hot Chili Peppers”).

In 1962, Dmitry Hvorostovsky – Russian opera singer (died 2017).

In 1959, Erki Sven Tir – Estonian composer.

In 1958, Tim Robbins – American actor and director.

In 1947, Bob Weir – American musician (“Grateful Dead”).

In 1947, David Zucker – American director.

In 1938, Niko – German singer, model and actress (died 1988).

In 1936, Andrei Chikatilo – Russian mass murderer (died 1994).

In 1927, Günter Grass – German writer, Nobel laureate (died 2015).

In 1925 Angela Lansbury – British, Irish and American actress, singer and producer, winner of the honorary “Oscar” (died in 2022).

In 1918, Louis Pierre Altisseur – French philosopher (died 1990).

In 1914, Mohammed Zahir Shah – King of Afghanistan (died 2007).

In 1908, Envers Hoxha – dictator of Albania (died 1985).

In 1890, Michael Collins – Irish patriot (died 1953).

In 1888, Eugene O’Neill – American writer, Nobel laureate (died 1953).

In 1886, David Bengurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel (died 1973).

In 1863, Austen Chamberlain – English statesman, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (died 1937).

In 1854, Oscar Wilde – Irish writer (died 1900).

In 1758, Noah Webster – American lexicographer (died 1843).

In 1663, Prince Eugene of Savoy – Austro-Hungarian general (died 1736).

In 1430, James II – King of Scotland (died 1460).

Events in Latvia

In 2007, Anete Midrijane, a 12th grade student of Viļas Plūdoņas Kuldīga Gymnasium, won the 2008 Olympic Games torch relay final at the Olympic Sports Center, which later represented Latvia in the ambitious relay race of the 2008 Olympic Games. Olympic torch before the XXIX Summer Olympic Games.

In 2007, in the Aula Magna of the University of Latvia, the US Ambassador to Latvia, Ketrīna Todd Bailey, delivered a speech titled “Preserving Common Values”, stating that the government of Latvia must serve the nation and ” the whole nation, not just a part of it “. Bailey’s speech, which was greeted with loud applause and delivered in a crowded Lecture Hall of the University of Latvia, where students and many famous people had gathered, provoked a strong reaction from politicians.

In 2006, the new President of Estonia Tomas Hendriks Ilves arrives in Latvia for his first visit.

In 2000 the SIA “Rīgas nami” signed a contract with the companies “Kalnozols”, “RRB” and “Moduls – Rīga” for the construction of the Town Hall.

In 1998, the agreement between the governments of Latvia and Slovenia on mutual visa waiver entered into force.

In 1998, the Institute for International Economic and Customs Relations (SESMI) issued the first customs broker certificates of the Republic of Latvia in Latvia. They are assigned to 26 graduates of the courses organized by the Institute of International Economic Relations and Customs.

In 1998, the joint working group of Latvia and Estonia solved the long problems of Valka and Valga and agreed on the procedure for crossing the border between the two countries. According to the agreement, from now on border residents-non-citizens can remain in the other country without a visa for 180 days a year, twice as much as before.

In 1968, at the 19th Olympic Games in Mexico City, the javelin thrower Jānis Lūsis throws his javelin 90.10 meters away. He becomes the Olympic champion and sets a new Olympic record.

In 1939, the first hydroelectric unit of the Ķegum hydroelectric power plant began to operate, construction of which began in 1936.

In 1786, the Rāte of Riga received the order from the governor general Georg Braun to organize elections for the head of the city. On 22 October, the Elterman of the Grand Guild, Heinrich Strauh, is elected the first head of the city of Riga.

Events around the world

In 2004, the London football super club “Arsenal” hit the record of 49 consecutive unbeaten games in the English Premier League.

In 2001, US warplanes mistakenly bombed a Red Cross warehouse in Kabul in Afghanistan.

In 1996, 84 people died and more than 180 were injured when 47,000 fans tried to squeeze into the 36,000 seats at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala.

In 1992, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, sued French tabloids for $ 1.4 million for posting photos of her topless or for compromising scenes with Texas millionaire John Bryan.

In 1991, 35-year-old George Hennar drove his car into crowded Luby’s in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and injuring 20. Surrounded by police and injured, Hennar shot himself.

In 1984 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Desmond Tutu, an opponent of the apartheid policy of the Republic of South Africa.

Born in Poland in 1978, Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II of Rome.

In 1974, during a prison riot, a large fire was started in the Northern Irish “Maze” prison, which is located near Belfast. More than 130 prisoners are wounded.

In 1973, US politician and diplomat Henry Kissinger and Vietnamese general Le Duc were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

In 1966, Grace Slick performed for the first time with the group “Jefferson Airplane”.

In 1964, the People’s Republic of China conducted its first nuclear test.

In 1951, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, was assassinated.

In 1949, the leader of the Communist Party of Greece, Nik Zakiariadis, declared a “temporary truce”, essentially ending the Greek civil war.

In 1946, ten World War II criminals sentenced by the Nuremberg Tribunal were hanged.

In 1945, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization was founded in the Canadian city of Quebec, leading the world’s efforts in the fight against hunger.

In 1940, during the Second World War, the Warsaw ghetto was established, the largest Jewish ghetto in the territories occupied by the Nazis. Warsaw’s Jewish ghetto initially housed 450,000 people, of whom only 37,000 survived.

In 1940, Benjamin Davis became the first black general in the US Army. In 1934, the encircled Chinese Communist forces break through the nationalist ranks and begin the “long march”, fleeing from southwest China to the north. The Communist army of tens of thousands of men fled for more than 370 days, covering some 8,000 kilometers.

In 1923, film producer and animator Walt Disney and his brother Roy Disney founded the “Walt Disney Company”.

In 1906 the division of Bengal (India) takes place.

In 1834, most of the Palace of Westminster in London perished in a fire.

In 1813, when the Sixth Coalition attacked the forces of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Battle of Leipzig began, in which more than half a million soldiers participated. This battle is considered to be the largest military conflict in Europe until the First World War.

In 1793, during the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette was executed by beheading.

In 1775, British troops burned Portland.