Date of the day

Janka Bril

was born on August 4, 1917

, writer, participant of the national-democratic movement of the 1990s — beginning.

XXI century.

Also on this day

1392 - the Ostrovsk Agreement was signed, which ended the civil war in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.



1579 - the beginning of the siege of Polotsk by the troops of the Commonwealth led by Stepan Batur.

Stephan Batory (Stephan Batur)

They were born on this day

1901 -

Louis Armstrong

, American musician.

1904 -

Witold Hambrowicz

, Polish novelist, playwright, essayist.

1947 -

Mykola Selyashchuk,

artist, participant of the national liberation movement of the 1980s and 1990s.

Mykola Seleshchuk,

1961 -

Barack Obama

, the 44th president of the USA.

Svetlana Tsikhanovskaya and Barack Obama, June 18, 2022

In memory

1875

-

Hans Christian Andersen

, Danish writer.



2009

Vladimir Shaton

, linguist, translator, teacher.