2023-04-24 01:24:00
Jubilees in Latvia
In 1830, Jānis Bētiņš – organist, conductor and music teacher, chief conductor of the First Latvian Song Festival in 1873, called the father of Kurzeme music (died in 1912).
In 1891, Jāzeps Grosvalds – artist, archer, one of the pioneers of modernism in Latvian painting (died in 1920).
In 1933, Vilhelms Kozlovskis – a sworn lawyer.
In 1957, Pēters Brūveris – poet, translator (died in 2011).
In 1959, Indra Sāmīte – a businesswoman and politician born in the USA, was the Minister of Finance.
In 1971, Kristiāna Libane-Šķēle – politician, lawyer.
In 1973, Pēteris Skudra – hockey goalkeeper, now a coach.
In 1989, Elina Babkina – basketball player.
Jubilees in the world
In 1620, John Graunt – an English statistician and the founder of the science of demography (died in 1674).
In 1856, Henri Philippe Pétain – French soldier and statesman (died in 1951).
1930 Richard Donner – American film director (died 2021).
In 1934, Shirley MacLaine – American actress, winner of the “Oscar” award.
In 1942 Barbra Streisand – American singer and actress.
In 1952, Jean-Paul Gaultier – French fashion designer.
In 1957, David G. Heskins – British musician (“Bauhaus”).
In 1962, Stuart Pearce – English football player and coach.
1964 Entertainer Cedric – American comedian, actor and TV host.
In 1966, Alessandro Costacurta – Italian football player, silver medal winner of the 1994 World Cup final tournament.
In 1973, Damon Lindelof – American screenwriter, producer and creator of comics, winner of the “Emmy” award.
In 1982, Kelly Clarkson – American singer.
In 1987, Jan Vertonghen – Belgian footballer, winner of the bronze medal of the 2018 World Cup.
Events in Latvia
In 1904, only after 66 years, when the ban on printing was introduced in Latgale after the suppression of the Polish riots in 1830, it was abolished. The lifting of the printing ban made it possible to publish newspapers again in Latgale.
In 1988, the first post-war beauty contest was held – “Miss Riga”. Cynthia Jenert wins the contest.
In 1990, a monument brought from Armenia was unveiled in Riga opposite Bastejkalns – a gift of the Armenian people to Latvia for help after the earthquake.
In 1999, the first Latvian North Pole hot air balloon expedition – Latvian hot air balloon pilot Gunārs Dukšte, businessmen Viesturs Koziols and Vilis Dambiņš – reached the North Pole.
In 2005, Latvian weightlifter Viktors Ščerbatihs became the European champion in the weight category over 105 kilograms in Sofia, lifting a total of 450 kilograms in pulling and pushing.
In 2006, the Minister of Economy Aigars Štokenbergs (TP) decides to reinstate Andris Ozola as director of the Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIAA), because the service’s investigation commission has not found any violations in the acceptance of structural fund projects.
Events in the world
In 1184 AD. – it is believed that on this day Greek soldiers enter Troy, hiding in the Trojan horse.
In 1913, one of the city’s oldest skyscrapers – the “Woolworth Building” – was opened in New York.
In 1915, the genocide against Armenians began with the deportations and murders of Armenian intellectuals of the Ottoman Empire.
In 1916, the Easter Rebellion begins in Dublin, the goal of which is to establish the Republic of Ireland.
In 1918, in the First World War, the first tank battle in history takes place, which is fought by three British and three German tanks.
In 1950, the state of Jordan was founded, combining Jordanian occupied Palestine and the Kingdom of Jordan.
In 1953, Queen Elizabeth II knighted Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
In 1970, China launched its first satellite “Dong Fang Hong I” into orbit.
In 1975, the terrorist organization Red Army Faction blew up the West German embassy in Stockholm.
In 1981, the first personal computer of the company IBM is presented.
In 1990, the spaceship “Discovery” brings the Hubble telescope above the Earth’s atmosphere.
In 2005, the world’s first cloned dog, Snappy, was born in South Korea.
In 2013, a high-rise building collapsed in Bangladesh, killing more than 1,000 people and injuring around 2,500 more.
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