2023-05-19 23:01:00
Date of the day
May 20, 1954 The Belarusian section of Radio Vyzvalenje (now the Belarusian service of Radio Svaboda) started broadcasting in Munich. The first Belarusian-language program was prepared Vincent Zhuk-Gryshkevich, Petro Sych, Simon Kandybovich, Yanka Limanovsky, Leon Karas.
Also on this day
1902 – Cuba gained independence from Spain.
1962 – the Gomel trolleybus started running.
1983 — for the first time published information about the human immunodeficiency virus. An article in the journal Science was prepared Robert Gallo and Luke Montagnier.
2002 – East Timor gained independence from Indonesia.
2019 — Inauguration of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelenskyi.
They were born on this day
1923 — Vasyl Rakashevicha member of the anti-Soviet underground.
1944 — Joe Cockeran English singer.
1946 — SherAmerican actress and singer.
1962 — Alexander DyadyushkaBelarusian and Russian theater and film actor.
1985 — Anna Ulanova, writer, singer, participant of the national-democratic movement of the 1990s — beginning XXI century.
In memory
1506 — Christopher Columbusthe discoverer of America.
1918 — Karus KaganetsBelarusian writer, translator, artist and politician.
2006 — Vladimir Pleshchenko, engineer, participant of the national-democratic movement of the 1980s — beginning. XXI century.
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