Jubilees in Latvia
In 1947, Vitalijs Gavrilovs – former general director of “Aldara”, former president of the Confederation of Employers of Latvia.
In 1950, Larisa Bulava – organist.
In 1956, Ārijs Údris – economist and politician, former Minister of Agriculture of Latvia.
In 1957 Dainis Kärkluvalks – photo artist.
In 1960, Ināra Liepa – doll artist.
In 1961, Pēteris Ugryumovs – cyclist.
In 1976, Raivis Belohvoščiks – cyclist.
In 1976, Igor Stepanov – football player and football coach.
In 1987, Oskars Bārtulis – hockey player.
In 1988 Rolands Freimanis – basketball player.
Jubilees in the world
In 1338, Charles V – King of France (died in 1380).
In 1804, Elaise Roxy Snow – American poet (died in 1887).
In 1824, Thomas Jackson – general of the American Confederate army (died in 1863).
In 1829, Oscar II – King of Sweden and Norway (died in 1907).
In 1855, John Moses Browning – American gun inventor (died in 1926).
In 1867, Maxims Veigans – French general (died in 1965).
In 1882, Pavel Florensky – Russian theologian, philosopher, mathematician and engineer (died in 1937).
In 1885, Umberto Nobile – Italian engineer and traveler (died in 1978).
In 1905, Christian Dior – French fashion designer (died in 1957).
In 1906, Igor Moiseyev – Russian choreographer (died in 2007).
In 1912, Konrads Emils Bloch – German-born biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 2000).
1924 Benny Hill – British comedian (died 1992).
In 1941, Placido Domingo – Spanish tenor.
In 1941, Richie Havens – an American folk musician who opened the legendary Woodstock rock festival in 1969 (died in 2013).
In 1950, Billy Ocean – a British musician born in Trinidad and Tobago.
In 1953, Paul Allen – an American businessman, one of the founders of “Microsoft” (died in 2018).
In 1956, Geena Davis – American actress, producer and archer, winner of the “Oscar” award.
In 1962, Marie Trentignan – French actress, singer Bertrand Kant’s girlfriend, whom he beat to death (died in 2003).
In 1963, Hakim Olajuwan – a basketball player born in Nigeria, two-time NBA champion, twelve-time NBA “All-Star Game” participant, 1996 Olympic Games champion.
In 1963, Detlef Schrempf – German basketball player.
In 1965, Jam Master Jay – American DJ and rapper (“Run DMC”, died in 2002).
In 1972, Chen Marshall – American musician (“Cat Power”).
In 1975, Nicky Butt – English football player.
In 1976, Emma Banton – English singer (“Spice Girls”).
In 1977, Philip Neville – English football player, now a coach.
In 1981, Danny Heatley – a Canadian hockey player born in Germany, recognized as the best NHL rookie in 2002, Olympic champion in 2010, two-time world champion.
In 1989, Henrik Mhitarian – Armenian football player.
Events in Latvia
In 1991, Ilmārs Bišer and Aloiz Vaznis meet with Boris Pugo, who denies that he ordered OMON to invade the Ministry of the Interior or occupy the Press House.
In 1991, the Supreme Council of Latvia makes a decision inviting young people to work in the system of the Ministry of the Interior of Latvia.
In 2000, the Riga District Court found former Red Partisan Vasilija Kononov guilty of war crimes and sentenced him to six years in a closed prison. At the end of January, Kononov’s lawyer submits an appeal to the Supreme Court.
In 2003, the Riga City Council adopts amendments to the Council’s decision, which envisages renting out the former Triangula bastion on the 11 November embankment in Riga until 2049. It was leased to SIA “Spēks-R” until 2049 for the construction of the multifunctional center “Triangula bastions”, conservation of the walls of the Triangula bastion and the construction and management of the publicly available exposition of the remains of the walls of this bastion, as well as for the arrangement and landscaping of the territory.
In 2005, European Union Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs made a solemn promise at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg in connection with taking up the position of commissioner. With this ceremony, the approval procedure of the new European Commission (EC) ends. The President of the EC, José Manuel Durao-Barrozo, as well as other commissioners, also make a promise.
In 2006, at a council meeting in Daugavpils, the association of political organizations “Saskaņas centrs” decided to include the Socialist Party of Latvia led by Alfred Rubiks.
In 2007, the shy Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka became the laureate of the 44th international Francisco Vinjas singing competition in Barcelona, winning the third place.
In 2007, the Latvian National Opera and the family of businessman Vitalij Gavrilov founded the Education Studio, thereby starting a new tradition of patronage in the history of the LNO – family funding for the growth of the LNO and the cultivation of the artistic potential of creative employees.
Events in the world
In 1189, King Philip II of France and King Richard I of England begin gathering troops to go on the Third Crusade.
In 1525, the Swiss Anabaptist movement was born, which tried to break the centuries-long tradition of the union of the state and the church.
In 1643, the Dutch traveler Abel Tasman discovered Tonga.
In 1793, King Louis XVI of France was executed by guillotining when the French Convention found him guilty of treason.
In 1899, the car manufacturer “Opel Motors” begins its work.
In 1911, the first Monte Carlo car rally begins.
In 1919, the first Irish constitution was approved at a session of the Irish Parliament.
In 1921, the Italian Communist Party was founded.
In 1921, women were given the right to vote in Sweden.
In 1924, Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, who led the October 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, died of a brain hemorrhage.
In 1925, Albania declared itself a republic.
In 1936, after the death of George V, his son Edward VIII was proclaimed king of Great Britain.
In 1950, the British writer George Orwell, the author of the novels “Animal Farm” and “1984”, dies.
In 1954, the first nuclear submarine “USS Nautilus” was commissioned in the state of Connecticut, USA.
In 1968, the American duo Simon and Garfunkel released their “Original Soundtrack to The Graduate”, which quickly reached number one in the charts and brought Paul Simon a Grammy Award.
In 1976, the supersonic passenger plane “Concorde” made its first commercial flights simultaneously in Paris and London.
In 1977, US President Jimmy Carter granted amnesty to all Americans who avoided military service to avoid being sent to the Vietnam War. Many Americans had even emigrated to Canada.
In 1990, the American tennis player John McRoy, famous for his intemperance, was disqualified for unsportsmanlike behavior during the match at the Australian Open tennis tournament.
In 1997, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Czech Prime Minister Václav Klaus signed a declaration in which Germany expressed regret for the occupation of Czech territories that took place from 1938 to 1945.
In 1999, the US Coast Guard intercepts one of the largest drug shipments in history when a ship with more than 4,300 kilograms of cocaine is intercepted.
In 2000, an Italian court sentenced mafia boss Salvatore Rin and one of his associates to life in prison for a series of bombings that rocked Italy in 1993.
