Date of the day
March 23, 1942 year died Anton Lutskevich, Belarusian politician, publicist and scientist. Anton Lutskevich was the initiator of the declaration of independence of the Belarusian People’s Republic, the author of the Third Charter and the Prime Minister of the Belarusian People’s Republic.
Also on this day
1933 — Adolf Hitler received dictatorial powers from the German Reichstag.
1991 — the 2nd congress of the Belarusian People’s Front “Revival” began in Minsk.
2006 — participants of the tent camp on October Square in Minsk began collecting signatures for re-election. The camp was established after the presidential elections on March 19, 2006.
2007 — the Il-76 plane of the Belarusian Transaviaexport airline was shot down in Somalia. There were 11 citizens of Belarus on board the plane, all of them died.
They were born on this day
1865 — Vladislav Sivy-Sivitskyi (Stari Vlas), poet, writer, collector of Belarusian folklore.
1906 — Isak LubanBelarusian composer, author of the music for the song “Be Healthy”.
1910 — Akira Kurosawaa Japanese film director, producer and screenwriter.
1948 — Gennady PashkovBelarusian writer and translator.
In memory
1978 — Grigor Shirma, Belarusian choral conductor. In 1927–1936, he was the secretary of the Belarusian School Society.
2016 – died of cancer Anna Volskayafrontwoman of the band “Krambambulya” and wife of Levon Volsky.
