2023-10-02 23:01:00
A day in history
1615 — as a result of the anti-feudal uprising of the townspeople in Mazyr, power passed to the town magistrate.
1705 — Stanislav Leshchinsky signed the pacta conventa, and on the second day Archbishop Lviv Konstanzi Zielinski performed his coronation.
1952 – Great Britain conducted the first test of nuclear weapons.
1990 — the reunification of Germany took place. On this day, the Day of German Unity is celebrated.
2021 – “Pandora’s Dossier” was published: the international consortium of investigative journalists exposed the offshore schemes of world leaders. This is the largest leak of documents in history, which showed that about 32 trillion dollars were hidden from taxation. 138 companies from the file are owned by citizens of Belarus.
They were born on this day
1458 — Kazimer Kazimerovich, Catholic saint, patron saint of Poland.
1889 — Michal Petrovsky, Belarusian Khadek activist, Catholic priest.
1895 — Sergey Yesenin, Russian poet.
Sergei Yesenin
1897 — Mikhas Dubrovsky, Belarusian writer, translator.
1897 — Louis AragonFrench writer.
1914 — Yan Novak-JezeranskyPolish journalist, publicist, creator of the Polish service of Radio Free Europe.
Yan Novak-Jezeransky
1978 — Viktor ZhibulBelarusian poet.
Viktor Zhibul
In memory
1226 — Francis of Assisthe founder of the Franciscan order, a Catholic saint.
Francis of Assisi, painting by José de Ribera
1652 — Krystap Hadkevichstatesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
1848 — Michal Bobrovsky, Slavologist and Orientalist, professor of Vilnius University, Uniate priest. A member of the Archaeological Academy in Rome, the Paris and London Asian Scientific Societies, the committee for developing the Croatian orthography in Dalmatia.
Father Michal Bobrovsky
1937 — Paval Voloshyna Belarusian politician.
2013 — Viktar Ivashkevich, Belarusian public and political figure, journalist, one of the leaders of the national revival movement.
Viktar Ivashkevich
2014 — Grigor KiikoBelarusian artist, political prisoner.
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