Jubilees in Latvia
In 1848, Dāvids Voldemārs Balodis – historian, teacher. From 1869, a teacher in various schools in Valmiera. He is considered one of the most outstanding researchers of antiquity in the Valmiera area (died in 1918).
In 1858, Dace Akmentiņa – actress. She made her debut as an actress in 1886 at the Latvian Theater of Riga, playing the role of Vania. She was also an actress in the National Theatre, last performing in 1922. She is considered one of the first female actresses in Latvia (died in 1936).
In 1943, Alfred Čepānis – politician, was the chairman of the Saia.
In 1954, Guntis Veits – musician, soloist of the group “Credo”.
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In 1957, Artūrs Segliņš – oboist.
In 1960, Edīte Bauškėniece – singer.
In 1972, Sandis Ozoliņš – a hockey legend.
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In 1974, Rodrigo Laviņš – hockey player, now a coach.
In 1975, Māris Mikhelsons – musician.
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In 1991, Māris Bičevskis – hockey player.
In 1992, Diana Marcinkeviča – tennis player.
Jubilees in the world
In 1770, Friedrich Wilhelm III – King of Prussia (died in 1840).
In 1860, William Kennedy Dixon – Scottish inventor, developer of the cinema camera (died in 1935).
1926 Tony Bennett – American singer (died 2023).
In 1940, Martin Sheen – American actor.
In 1941, Martha Stewart – American TV show host.
In 1950, John Landis – director, actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer, winner of the “Emmy” award.
In 1951, Marcel Dion – Canadian ice hockey player.
In 1963, Isaiah Washington – American actor.
In 1963, James Hetfield – American singer and guitarist (“Metallica”).
In 1977, Tom Brady – an American football player.
In 1977, Oscar Pereiro – a Spanish cyclist. 2006 “Tour de France” winner.
In 1979, Evangeline Lilly – Canadian actress and model.
In 1984, Sunil Chetri – Indian football player, also known as “Captain Fantastic”.
In 1984, Ryan Lochte – American swimmer.
In 1992, Karlie Kloss – an American supermodel.
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In 1994, Corentin Tolisso – French footballer, winner of the 2018 World Cup.
Events in Latvia
In 1998, the Latvian Privatization Agency began to subscribe for the shares of the state joint-stock company “Latvijas gāze”.
In 1998, the outstanding Latvian actor Harijs Liepiņš dies.
In 2001, as part of the annual Ventspils festival, the Seaside Camping is opened.
In 2006, the state link portal “latvija.lv” began to operate.
Events in the world
In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from the port of Palos de la Frontera in Spain.
In 1527, the first known letter from North America is sent. A letter from St. John’s, Newfoundland is sent by John Root.
In 1783, 35,000 people died in the eruption of the Assam volcano in Japan.
In 1860, the Second Maori War begins in New Zealand.
In 1914, Germany declared war on France.
In 1936, black American track and field athlete Jesse Owens won his first of four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, angering Nazi Germany’s Adolf Hitler.
In 1940, Lithuania was added to the Soviet Union.
In 1946, the National Basketball Association (NBA) was founded in the USA.
In 1958, the US nuclear submarine “Nautilus” became the first vehicle to reach the North Pole under the ice.
In 1981, in a strike called by the US air traffic controllers union, the controllers quit their jobs en masse. Because of this action, US President Ronald Reagan fires all 13,000 union members.
In 1988, the German pilot Matthias Rust, who landed a small plane near Moscow’s Red Square in 1987, was released from prison and deported from the Soviet Union.
In 2004, the Statue of Liberty reopened to visitors after reconstruction works following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
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