Jubilees in Latvia
In 1975, Mārtiņš Pētersons – musician (“Skyforger”).
In 1974, Aldis Kolosovs – clarinetist.
In 1965, Zigfrīds Muktupāvels – musician (“bet bet” of the group “Zodiaks”), TV and radio presenter.
In 1963, Robert Jurdžs – doctor and politician, former Minister of Internal Affairs and Welfare (died in 2002).
In 1935 Ludmila Azarova-German – poet, writer, singer (died in 2012).
Jubilees in the world
In 1996, Delhi Ali – an English football player.
In 1987, Joss Stone – English singer.
In 1981, Alessandra Ambrozio – Brazilian model.
In 1971, Oliver Riedel – German musician (“Rammstein”).
In 1970, Trevor Linden – Canadian ice hockey player.
In 1966, Lisa Stansfield – English singer.
In 1962, Vincent Gallo – American actor, director, musician.
In 1960, Jeremy Clarkson – English motoring journalist and presenter.
In 1953, Guy Verhofstad – former Prime Minister of Belgium.
In 1948, Marcello Lippi – Italian football coach.
In 1930, Anton Lavey – founder of the Church of Satan (died in 1997).
In 1908, Masaru Ibuka – Japanese industrialist, co-founder of “Sony” (died in 1997).
In 1889, Nick Larocca – an American jazz musician (died in 1961).
In 1869, Gustav Vigelanns – Norwegian sculptor (died in 1943).
In 1841, Otto Wagner – Austrian architect (died in 1918).
In 1770, George Canning – Prime Minister of Great Britain (died in 1827).
In 1755, James Parkinson – an English doctor who studied and described tremor paralysis, which was later named Parkinson’s disease (died in 1824).
Events in Latvia
In 2007, the Association of Latvian Apartment Owners was founded, which works to adopt laws protecting apartment owners, to achieve a much greater possibility of housing renovation financing with the help of state, local governments and European funds, to determine the responsibility of apartment owners for the operation of apartment buildings and to increase the education of apartment owners and competence in residential maintenance and management.
In 2007, the new regulation of drivers’ work and rest time entered into force, stipulated in the regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers “Organization of drivers’ work and rest time checks on roads and in company premises”, which foresees changes in the accounting of driving and rest mode.
2007 marks the 15th anniversary of the existence of the Navy of the National Armed Forces (NBS). In celebration of the anniversary, NBS organizes various events.
In 2006, German Minister of State for European Affairs Günters Glozers visited Latvia, and during the visit he met with State President Vairas Vīkis-Freiberg, Prime Minister Aigaras Kalvītis (TP) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Artis Pabrikas (TP).
In 2006, the Minister of Defense of Moldova Valērijs Plešks arrives in Latvia on an official visit, and the next day he meets with the Minister of Defense of Latvia Ati Slakteri (TP).
In 2006, taking into account the changes in the government, the Cabinet of Ministers appointed the new Minister of Economy, Aigars Štokenbergs (TP), to the position of Chairman of the Council of the Privatization Agency.
In 2005, stubble burning prevention patrols began their work, whose task is to detect and prevent existing and possible stubble burning cases, as well as to call on the residents of Latvian regions not to burn last year’s grass.
In 2003, Minister of Transport Roberts Zīle presented the members of the team of the catamaran “Kaupo” with Certificates of Appreciation from the Ministry of Transport for their courage, self-sacrifice and endurance, during the first circumnavigation of the world by a Latvian yacht in the history of the country. The captain of the catamaran “Kaupo” Valdis Grenenbergs-Grīnbergs, the captain Aleksandrs Popovs, the helmsman Igors Pimenovs, the radio operator Svetlana Timofejeva, the sailors Juris Petrovs and Stanislavs Marcinuks receive certificates of appreciation. “Kaupo’s” trip around the world lasted three years and ended successfully on March 20.
In 2002, the Language Learning Literature Center was opened in the Jānis Roze bookstore in Riga, Berga bazaar.
In 2002, the Minister of Special Tasks for State Reform Affairs, Jānis Krūmiņš, signed an order suspending the Riga City Council’s decision regarding the liquidation of the Riga Housing Privatization Commission and the establishment of the “Rīgas majoklis” agency as illegal. The minister suspends the council’s decisions as inconsistent with several norms of the law “On the privatization of state and local government residential houses”.
In 2001, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Indulis Bērziņš, visited Romania on a working visit to participate in a meeting of the highest officials of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Council of Europe.
In 2000, at an extraordinary session of the Saeima, the deputies did not support the draft decision proposed by the opposition “On the suspension of the Cabinet of Ministers Order No. 82 of February 22, 2000 “On the conditions for the restructuring and privatization of the privatized state joint-stock company “Latvenergo”” until the results of the popular vote on citizens entitled to vote are clarified. of the submitted bill “Amendments to the Energy Law”.
In 2000, the Cabinet of Ministers reconfirms Jānis Nagli as the General Director and Chairman of the Board of the Privatization Agency (PA) at an extraordinary meeting. Naglis was confirmed in office until the end of PA’s term of office.
In 1998, Armands Stendzeniek, arrested on suspicion of misappropriation of credit, announces the start of a hunger strike, demanding a change in security measures and the termination of the criminal case against him, because he believes that he has given exhaustive answers to the questions of the parliamentary investigation commission “Latvenergo” in the case of the missing 3 million and has not done anything illegal.
In 1997, one of Latvia’s small power plants, the renovated Ārgli HES, was opened in Ārgli.
In 1997, in Washington, the Association of Latvian Customs Warehouse Keepers was officially admitted to the International Federation of Public Warehousing Associations (The International Federation of Public Warehousing Associations).
In 1995, the flag of the Latvian Navy, which was lost in 1940, but miraculously preserved and found, was returned to the Latvian Navy under solemn circumstances.
In 1936, after the coup d’état of May 15, 1934, when Prime Minister Kārlis Ulmanis came to power, the then President Alberts Kviesis was not expelled from the post of President, but he was allowed to perform the duties of the President until the end of his term – in 1936. And only on April 11, 1936, Prime Minister Kārlis Ulmanis appointed himself to the position of President, thus starting the era of the Leader in Latvia.
Events in the world
In 2011, 15 people died and more than 200 were injured in a terrorist attack in the Minsk metro.
In 2011, forces of the internationally recognized winner of the Ivorian presidential election, Alassane Ouattara, arrest the defeated incumbent leader, Laurent Gbagbo, who refused to recognize the election results and leave his post. The months-long power struggle that followed the November elections left around 3,000 people dead, according to the UN.
In 2007, at the age of 84, the American writer Kurt Vonnegut died, who gained world fame with such works as “Slaughterhouse No. 5” and “Cat’s Cradle”.
In 2006, Europe’s first Venus probe enters Venus orbit and sends data back to Earth.
In 2006, the leader of the Sicilian mafia, Bernardo Provenzano, who had been on the run from the authorities for more than four decades, was arrested in Sicily.
In 2005, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda, Somalia, Kenya and Rwanda signed an agreement to create a 3,000-strong army brigade in combat readiness to intervene in crises in Africa.
In 2004, during Easter, which this year falls at the same time for both Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, the Roman Catholic Pope John Paul II unexpectedly calls Christians to be united.
In 2003, US and Kurdish forces capture Iraq’s third largest city, Mosul, without a fight.
In 1994, the communists and their allies won the first general elections in Ukraine after gaining independence from the Soviet Union, winning almost a quarter of the seats in the parliament.
In 1987, the Italian Jewish writer Primo Levi, who is best known for his book “If It’s a Man”, in which he described his time in Auschwitz, commits suicide.
In 1984, the first baby developed from a pre-frozen embryo was born in a hospital in the Australian city of Melbourne.
In 1982, British travelers Ranulph Fiennes and Charles Burton complete the world’s first circumnavigation of the globe through the poles.
In 1979, exiled Ugandan forces together with Tanzanian forces occupy the capital of Uganda, Kampala, ending the rule of authoritarian dictator Idi Amin. Amin fled to Libya. The number of victims of Amin’s dictatorship ranges from 300,000 to 500,000. In 1970, the US spaceship “Apollo 13” departs on its unsuccessful journey to the moon. Due to the explosion, the spacecraft lost its oxygen supply and electricity, so it is forced to turn back, and after several days of excitement, it lands successfully on April 17.
In 1961, the trial against former Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann for his participation in the Holocaust begins in Jerusalem. Eichmann is sentenced to death by hanging.
In 1957, Great Britain guarantees self-government to Singapore.
In 1952, the National Revolutionary Movement (MNR) seized power in Bolivia in a violent coup.
In 1951, for making critical political statements, US President Harry Truman stripped General Douglas MacArthur of all positions and positions, including the position of commander of UN forces in Korea.
In 1945, American forces occupy the German cities of Essen and Weimar in the final stages of World War II and liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
In 1915, Charlie Chaplin’s film “The Tramp” premiered.
In 1913, French pilot Gustave Amell flew across the English Channel from Dunkirk in France to Dover in England and back in 90 minutes, setting a new record.
In 1905, Albert Einstein presents his Theory of Relativity.
In 1899, Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States.
In 1775, the last known execution of a witch was carried out in Germany.
In 1713, with the signing of the Peace Treaty of Utrecht, the European countries ended the war for the right of succession to the Spanish throne.
In 1079, on the orders of the Polish king Boleslaw, the bishop of Kraków, Stanislaus, is executed.