A day in history

1557

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signed the "Charter on Drag", the beginning of land reform in the GDL.

1579

- Vilnius University is founded.

1778

-

the dollar sign - $.

1939

- A civil war in Spain ends with the defeat of the Republicans.

1946

- The first issue of The Way of Life, edited by Fedor Ilyashevich, is published in Wattenscheid, Germany.

1948

- The Soviet Union begins a ground blockade of West Berlin.

1976

-

,

and

found Apple Inc.

Steve Jobs presents the Macintosh computer, 1984

1992

- The Bosnian War begins.

2001

- Former Yugoslav leader

is arrested in Belgrade .

2004

- Google launches its Gmail mail service.

2009

- Albania and Croatia join NATO.

Born on this day

1809

-

, Russian writer.

Postage stamp to the 200th anniversary of Nikolai Gogol

1815

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, Chancellor of Germany.

1873

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, Russian composer, pianist and conductor.

1877

-

, chairman of the BNR Council in exile in 1928-1943.

Vasily Ivanovich Zakharko

1901

-

, Belarusian writer.

1929

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, Czech writer.

-

, Belarusian graphic artist.

With friends on the porch of the Zelven house: Alexei Marochkin, Eugene Kulik, Peter Sventakhovsky, Larissa Heniyush, Vladimir Basalyga;

sitting - Irina Marachkina.

1981

1947

-

, Belarusian writer.

-

, deputy of the BPF Opposition in the Supreme Council of Belarus of the 12th convocation, one of the leaders of the labor movement.

Sergey Antonchik, 1991.

In memory

1943

- died

, Belarusian Catholic priest of the Eastern rite, religious and cultural figure, publisher, teacher, publicist.

One of the initiators of the Belarusian Uniate movement in Western Belarus.

1940

- died

, Belarusian linguist, publicist, politician, chairman of the BNR.