Jubilees in Latvia
In 1935, Jānis Klovāns – chess player (died in 2010).
In 1974, Ieva Yudinska – sworn lawyer.
In 1976, Kārlis Ketner – Deputy Head of the Department of Customs and Taxation of the Institute of International Economic Relations and Customs, professor.
In 1988, Oskars Cibulskis – hockey player.
Jubilees in the world
In 1336, Timur or Timur the Lame, also Tamerlan – ruler of the Turks, emir of Samarkand, one of the greatest conquerors in human history (died in 1405).
In 1794, Theobald Böhm – German musician, inventor of the modern flute (died in 1881).
In 1821, Charles Baudelaire – French poet (died in 1867).
In 1830, Edward Muybridge – an American photographer and a pioneer of taking moving pictures (died in 1904).
In 1926, Hugh Hefner – American publisher, founder of “Playboy” (died in 2017).
1933 Jean-Paul Belmondo – French actor (died 2021).
In 1954, Dennis Quaid – an American actor.
In 1961, Mark Kelly – British keyboardist (“Marillion”).
In 1966, Cynthia Nixon – American actress.
In 1971, Jacques Villeneuve – Canadian driver, 1997 F1 racing world champion.
In 1974, Jenna Jameson – an American porn actress and businesswoman, known as the “Queen of Porn”.
In 1975, Robbie Fowler – English football player.
In 1977, Gerard Way – American musician (“My Chemical Romance”).
In 1979, Albert Hammond Jr. – American guitarist (“The Strokes”).
In 1987, Jesse McCartney – American singer and actor.
In 1990, Kristen Stewart – American actress.
In 1998, Ella Fanning – American actress.
Events in Latvia
In 1989, combat equipment appeared near the headquarters of the Baltic War area in Riga. The next day, the headquarters announced that planned exercises had taken place in the territory of the Baltic republics and the Kaliningrad region.
In 1999, the official opening of the Italian fashion house “Palazzo Italia” takes place in Riga, K.Barona street 2. State President Guntis Ulmanis, Prime Minister Vilis Kristopans, Riga City Council Chairman Andris Bērziņš and Italian Ambassador to Latvia Aleksandro Pietromarči participate in the opening of the Fashion House.
In 2001, the general meeting of shareholders of AS “Rīgas alus” decides to rename the company to AS “Kimmels Rīga”.
In 2002, State President Vaira Vīke-Freiberga participated in the funeral service of the Queen Mother of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey in London at the invitation of the British Royal House.
In 2002, the Riga City Council decides to liquidate the Riga regional health fund at an emergency meeting.
In 2003, the Council of the Public Services Regulatory Commission approved the natural gas tariff project submitted by AS “Latvijas gāze”, agreeing to gradually increase the average natural gas sales tariff by 16.5% over three years, excluding value added tax.
Events in the world
In 1241, in the Battle of Legnica, the Mongol forces defeated the Polish and German armies.
In 1413, Henry V is crowned as the king of England.
In 1440, Christopher from Bavaria is appointed as the king of Denmark.
In 1770, Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay in Australia.
In 1865, Confederate General Robert Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to Ulysses Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War.
In 1867, the US Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia on the purchase of Alaska.
In 1940, Germany launched an attack on Denmark and Norway in World War II.
In 1942, after a four-month siege, US and Philippine forces on the Bataan Peninsula surrendered to Japanese forces.
In 1945, after a four-day battle, Soviet forces captured the city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad).
In 1969, the supersonic plane “Concorde” made its first flight from Bristol to Fairford in England.
In 1970, Paul McCartney appeals to the Supreme Court of Great Britain, demanding to terminate the business partnership of members of the group “The Beatles”. This effectively ends the existence of the group.
In 1989, the Soviet army suppresses an anti-USSR demonstration in the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi. 20 people are killed and many hundreds injured in the violent expulsion of the demonstrators. April 9 is now celebrated by Georgia as National Unity Day.
In 1991, Georgia declared independence from the USSR, becoming the second breakaway Soviet republic.
In 2001, American Airline’s parent company, AMR Corp, purchased the bankrupt Trans World Airlines for $742 million, creating the world’s largest airline.
In 2003, US forces took control of central Baghdad, ending Saddam Hussein’s 24-year rule in Iraq.
In 2005, Prince Charles of Great Britain married Camilla Parker Bowles.