Jubilees in Latvia
In 1913, Aleksandrs Leimanis – film director and screenwriter (died in 1990).
In 1946, Juris Savickis – Deputy Chairman of the Council of AS “Latvijas gāze”, former President of the Latvian Tennis Union.
In 1950, Rudolfs Plēpis – actor.
Actor Rudolfs Plēpis in September 2021
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In 1951, Mārtiņš Brauns – composer (died in 2021).
Mārtiņš Braun’s closest people come to the composer’s memorial event
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In 1957 Andris Piebalgs – teacher, politician and diplomat.
In 1970, Andrejs Piedels – football player and coach.
In 1975, Đirts Rāviņš – actor.
In 1978, Mārtiņš Liepa – actor.
Jubilees in the world
In 1854, David Dunbar Buick – a Scottish-American inventor who founded the Buick Motor Company (died in 1929).
In 1869, Christian Luoss Lange – Norwegian pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (died in 1938).
In 1883, William Carlos Williams – American poet (died in 1963).
1929 Stirling Moss – former British racing driver, “the greatest F1 driver never to become world champion” (died 2020).
In 1931, Anna Bancroft – American actress (died in 2005).
In 1934, Maureen Connolly – American tennis player (died in 1969).
In 1935, Ken Keese – American writer, author of the novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (died in 2001).
In 1944, Reinhold Messner – Austrian adventurer and mountaineer.
In 1945, Phil Jackson – a basketball legend, twice won the title of NBA champion as a player, 11 times – as a coach.
1948 John Ritter – American actor (died 2003).
1951 Cassandra Peterson – American actress.
In 1960, Damon Hill – English racing driver, 1996 F1 champion.
In 1962, Baz Luhrmann – Australian film, theater and opera director.
In 1965, Bryan Singer – American director (“The Usual Suspects”, “X-Men”, “Superman Returns”).
In 1968, Enesteiža – an American musician.
In 1968, Tito Vilanova – Spanish football coach (died in 2014).
1969 Keith Flint – British musician (died 2019).
Keith Flint (1969 – 2019)
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In 1977, Simone Perrotta – Italian football player, winner of the World Cup in 2006.
In 1985, Tomasz Berdych – Czech tennis player.
Events in Latvia
In 1284, the Aizpute castle was mentioned for the first time in the written sources, which was also built around this time. It is located on the left bank of the Tebra and was built to protect the trade route from Riga to Prussia.
In 1524, the first academic library in Latvia was founded. The old Riga city library was known in the world under the name “Bibliotheca Rigensis”. At first, it was located in the Domskola, but from 1553 to 1891, the Rīga City Council provided premises above the intersection of the Dom church.
In 1805, the first four-class female educational institution – Āgenskalns girls’ school – was founded in Riga, Meža Street 4, Āgenskalna. The school building has not survived to this day.
In 1937, in order to control the import and export monopoly of wool and rawhide in Latvia, the first State joint-stock company “Adu and vilnas centrale” was founded. It operated until 1940.
In 1999, when Prime Minister Andris Škēles met with the heads of security institutions, it was decided to create a completely new anti-smuggling service, which will operate in the Customs Department of the State Revenue Service.
In 2000, a public memorial event was held in Jelgava for the first time in memory of the residents of Jelgava who died in the 1969 gas explosion. In the winter of 1969, part of a five-story residential building collapsed as a result of a gas explosion. 39 people died at the scene and two others died of their injuries in hospital.
Events in the world
In 1394, King Charles VI of France orders the expulsion of all Jews from the country.
In 1630, the city of Boston is founded.
In 1809, during the Finnish War, peace is concluded between Sweden and Russia. The territory that later becomes Finland comes under Russian ownership.
In 1908, American Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane disaster when his “Wright Flyer” crashes.
In 1920, the National Football League was founded in the USA.
In 1928, Hurricane Okeechobee swept through southeast Florida, killing more than 2,500 people. It is the third deadliest natural disaster in US history.
In 1949, the Canadian steamship “SS Noronic” burned down in Toronto harbor, 118 people died.
In 1957, outraged by the denial of nine black students to an Arkansas school, jazz musician Louis Armstrong angrily announces that he will not participate in a US government-sponsored tour of the Soviet Union.
In 1967, Jim Morrison and The Doors refused to obey the CBS censors and did not change the lyrics of the song “Light My Fire” about drug use on the Ed Sullivan Show, even though he had promised the show’s producers to sing a decent version. The channel wanted Morrison to sing “Girl we couldn’t get much better” instead of the line “Girl we couldn’t get much higher.”
In 1972, CBS broadcasts the first episode of the series “M*A*S*H” (“Infirmary”).
In 1976, NASA presents the first space shuttle “Enterprise”.
In 1983, Vanessa Williams becomes the first black winner of the “Miss America” beauty pageant.
In 1988, the Seoul Olympic Games are opened, which is only the second Olympics held in an Asian country.
In 1991, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Marshall Islands, North Korea, South Korea and Micronesia joined the United Nations.
In 2007, the Court of the European Union confirmed the 2004 judgment against the software giant “Microsoft”, finding the company guilty of abusive use of its monopoly position to force competitors out of the market.
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