A day in history
1527
— the army of the Great Patriotic War led by
Konstantin Ostroski
defeated the Crimean Tatars in the battle on the Alshanitsa River (between Kanev and Kiev).
1880
-
Thomas Edison
patented the electric light bulb.
1906
—
Ivan Pulikhov
together with
Aleksandra Izmailovich
attempted an assassination attempt on the Minsk governor
Pavlo Kurlov
.
1913
— the first performance of
Yanka Kupala
's comedy "Peacock" took place in Vilnius.
1944
— the blockade of Leningrad was lifted.
1945
- Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was occupied by Soviet troops.
1973
- the Paris Agreement was concluded to end the war in Vietnam.
They were born on this day
1756
-
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
, Austrian composer.
1832
-
Lewis Carroll
, English writer, mathematician and photographer.
1904
—
Ivan Chimburg
, Belarusian philosopher-Marxist, rector of BSU.
1935
-
Zinovii Babii
, Belarusian opera singer.
1948
-
Mikhail Baryshnikov
- ballet dancer, ballet master.
In memory
1901
-
Giuseppe Verdi
, Italian composer.
1927
- blessed
Yury Matulevich
, Roman Catholic deacon of Belarus, Lithuania and Poland.
Bishop (later Archbishop) of Vilnius, restored and headed the Marian order, founded the Marian monastery in Drui.
1983
-
Louis de Funes
, French actor.
2003
—
Nina Abramchyk
, Belarusian social and political activist, writer.
2010
-
Jerome David Salinger
, American writer.