Date of the day
On April 6, 1999, he died suddenly and mysteriously Gennady Karpenko, Belarusian scientist and politician, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the 12th and 13th convocations. In 1996, Karpenko, then deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet, led the process of impeachment of the president Lukashenka.
Also on this day
1814 — Napoleon renounced his position and, according to the verdict, was sent into exile on the island of Elba.
1869 — Dmitri Mendialeyev publicly presented his periodic table of elements.
1896 — the first modern Olympic Games were officially opened in Athens.
1917 — entry of the United States of America into the First World War on the side of the Entente.
1990 — the Association of Belarusians of the World “Fatherland” was created in Minsk, which organizationally unites all Belarusian circles around the world.
2010 — the beginning of the revolution in Kyrgyzstan, which led to the overthrow of the president Kurmanbek Bakiev.
They were born on this day
1483 — Rafael SantiItalian painter and architect.
1896 — Trace KharykBelarusian Jewish poet.
1905 — Mykola KhvedarovichBelarusian poet.
1910 — Boris Keithscientist, figure of the Belarusian emigration.
1928 — Khvedar Nyunka, social and cultural figure, participant of the national-democratic movement of the 1980s — beginning. XXI century.
In memory
1656 — Shiman Starovolskyhistorian and writer of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
2017 — Mikhas KavylBelarusian poet, novelist, critic.
