2023-04-20 23:28:00
Jubilees in Latvia
In 1922, Valentin Skulme – actor (died in 1989).
In 1936, Leonid Alksnis – architect.
In 1951, Maija Kūle – director of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the University of Latvia, professor.
1957 Marris Anderson – journalist (died 2021).
In 1963, Dace Kalvāne – architect.
In 1969, Andis Strod – actor.
In 1969, Juris Opulskis – hockey player.
In 1986, Tom Anderson – track and field athlete.
Jubilees in the world
In 1555, Ludovico Caracci – Italian painter (died in 1619).
In 1729, Catherine II – Empress of Russia (died in 1796).
In 1816, Charlotte Bronte – English novelist and poet (died in 1855).
1915 Anthony Quinn – actor born in Mexico (died 2001).
In 1926, Elizabeth II – Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations (died in 2022).
In 1947, Iggy Pop – an American musician.
In 1958, Andie McDowell – American actress.
In 1959, Robert Smith – British musician (“The Cure”).
In 1959, Jerry Onley – American musician (“Misfits”).
In 1963, Roy Dupuy – Canadian actor.
In 1965, Ed Belfour – Canadian hockey player, winner of the Stanley Cup.
In 1977, Xami Sale – Canadian figure skater.
In 1979, James McEvoy – Scottish actor.
In 1980, Vincent Lecavalier – Canadian hockey player, winner of the Stanley Cup.
In 1992, Isco – a Spanish footballer.
Events in Latvia
In 1802, the University of Turbat was opened. The first Latvian who studied in Türbat from 1803 to 1808 was the son of a luggage locksmith, Karlis William.
In 1998, Riga City Council decides to rename Lazaretes Street to Jeruzalem Street in honor of the 50th anniversary of the State of Israel, which is celebrated on April 30, 1998.
In 1998, around 100 people picketed in front of the representative office of the European Commission on Torņu Street in Riga against the non-observance of civil rights in Latvia and the decision taken at the April 15 government meeting to make changes to the citizenship law.
In 2000, a memorial plaque for the family of Žanis Lipke, who lived in 1941-1944, was unveiled in Ķipsala. saved Jewish families from genocide.
In 2000, the actress Antra Liedskalniņa dies.
In 2004, the first test call in CDMA 2000 technology is made in the mobile telecommunications network of the telecommunications operator “Triatel”. On November 15, “Triatel” starts its operation.
In 2006, several businessmen – Dimitrijs Rautbards, a shareholder of the telecommunications operator “Triatel”, his business partners Ojars Jansons and Denis Uljanovs – reached the North Pole on skis.
In 2006, Prime Minister Aigars Kalviš’s visit to Japan continues, where he meets with representatives of several important Japanese companies and business associations.
Events in the world
753 AD. Romulus and Remus found Rome.
In 1792, the revolutionary Tiradentes, who led the movement to fight for Brazilian independence, was hanged and torn to pieces.
In 1836, the forces of the Republic of Texas led by Sam Houston defeated the army of Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto, paving the way for Texas independence.
In 1910, the American writer Mark Twain dies, whose masterpieces – “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” inspired by his own childhood events – made him famous all over the world.
In 1918, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the most famous German war pilot of the First World War, was killed in a combat operation. Known by the nickname “Red Baron”, the pilot shot down 80 enemy aircraft during his career.
In 1930, 320 people died in a fire at the Columbus Correctional Institution in Ohio, USA.
In 1944, French women are given the right to vote.
In 1945, during the Second World War, the Red Army entered the suburbs of Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany.
In 1956, the American musician Elvis Presley reached the top of the Billboard chart for the first time with the song “Heartbreak Hotel”.
In 1960, Brasilia became the capital of Brazil, taking over the leadership of the country from the previous capital, Rio de Janeiro.
In 1987, a car bomb exploded in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, killing 106 people. The Tamil Tigers are being blamed for the attack.
In 1989, tens of thousands of Chinese students and workers flock to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, ignoring warnings from officials not to participate in anti-government protests.
In 2004, after spending 18 years in an Israeli prison, Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed information about Israel’s nuclear program to the world, is released.
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