March 27

is International Theater Day, established by the Congress of the International Theater Institute 60 years ago.

A day in history

1918

- The Council of the BNR announced that it was taking over all the power in Belarus.

1986

- exactly one month before the Chernobyl accident, the newspaper "Literary Ukraine" published an article about the poor quality of construction of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

The author was a young journalist from Pripyat,

Lyubov Kovalevskaya

.

1999

- the First Congress of Belarusians of the Russian Federation took place.

They were born on this day

1891

-

Klyavdush Duzh-Dushevsky

, Belarusian architect, publisher, journalist, public figure, designed the model of the flag of the BNR.

1909

Valery Marakov

, Belarusian poet and translator.

1924

-

Paval Urban

, Belarusian historian, public figure.

1963

-

Quentin Tarantino

, American director, screenwriter, actor and producer.

In memory

1979

Ryhor Krushyna

, Belarusian poet, died.

2006 —

Stanislav Lem

, a Polish science fiction writer,

died .