Date of the day
On August 15, 1969, the Woodstock rock music festival began on one of the farms in Bethel, New York.
About 500,000 people visited it.
Fest became a symbol of the end of the "hippy era".
The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead and others performed at the festival.
Also on this day
1068 –
Prince Vsiaslav
of Polotsk , captured in Kiev, was released.
The Kiyans rebelled against their prince Izyaslav, deposed him and elected Vsiaslav in his place.
Palachanin reigned there for 7 months, but finally decided to return home to Polotsk.
1905 –
Yanko Kupala
made his debut in print with the poem "The Man".
1913 – the premiere of the famous play "Pavlinka" took place in Radashkevichi.
The play was staged by the Minsk Drama Circle, which was managed by
Florian Zhdanovich
, and the author himself,
Yanko Kupala
, was among the audience .
1921 — all Belarusian units in the Polish Army were liquidated, the Belarusian Military Commission was dissolved.
Performance "Pavlinka" in the Kupala Theater
1945 - Korea gained independence from Japan.
1947 – India gained independence from Great Britain.
1971 — the Belarusian Library named after Franziska Skaryna was opened in London.
1979 — the Museum of Ancient Belarusian Culture was opened in Minsk.
They were born on this day
1769 -
Napoleon Bonaparte
, French emperor.
1771 -
Walter Scott,
English writer.
1831
-
Vintses Karatynskyi , Belarusian poet and journalist.
1923 —
Shimon
Peres , Israeli politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, born in Vishnev, Volozhyn Oblast.
1925 -
Oscar
Peterson , Canadian jazz pianist.
Boris Sachanka
1936 —
Barys Sachanka
, Belarusian writer, translator and publisher.
1960 - Ihar Varashkevich, Belarusian musician, leader of the band "Krama"
In memory
1762 -
Michal Kazimer Radzivil "Rybanka"
, a statesman and philanthropist from Velikalytovsk, died.
1954 —
Yazep Drozdovich
, Belarusian artist, sculptor, ethnographer, died.
1972 —
Levon Borazna
, a Belarusian artist, decorative and applied art and cultural researcher, dissident, was killed.
1985 —
Chaslav Budzka
, a Belarusian émigré, historian, teacher, died.
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