Who was born on April 9 and what happened on that day?
👉 HOLIDAYS:
🌏 International ASMR Awareness Day.
👉 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan – Amir Temur’s birthday.
🇨🇦 Canada – Vimy Ridge Day.
🇮🇷 Iran – National Nuclear Technology Day.
🇫🇮 Finland – Finnish Language Day.
🇮🇩 Indonesia – Indonesian Air Force Foundation Day.
🇹🇭 Thailand – Royal Thai Air Force Day
🇹🇳 Tunisia – Martyrs’ Day.
🇵🇭 Philippines – Courage Day.
🇬🇪 Georgia – National Solidarity Day.
👉 EVENTS:
– 1241 – Mongol-Tatars led by Genghis Khan’s grandson Baydar defeated the German-Polish army commanded by Henry II the Pious in the Battle of Lignis.
– 1454 – The Italian city-states signed the Treaty of Lodia.
– 1667 – The first international exhibition in the world was opened in Paris.
– 1682 – traveler Robert de la Salle announced that France owned large areas of America.
– 1699 – Peter I issued a decree “On the observance of cleanliness in Moscow and the punishment for throwing garbage and other garbage in the streets and alleys.”
– 1782 – Odeon, one of the largest theaters in France, was opened in Paris.
– 1860 – French inventor Edouard de Martinville first recorded the sound of the French folk song “Moonlight”, which is now kept in the Paris archives.
– 1882 – TV presenter Barnum brought Jambo the elephant to the USA.
– 1928 – Islam was declared the official religion in Turkey.
-1940 – Germany invaded Norway and Denmark.
– 1948 – Deir Yassin massacre was committed by a group of Jewish terrorists.
– 1963 – Winston Churchill became the first foreigner to be awarded the title of honorary citizen of the USA by the US Congress.
– 1966 – The Vatican abolished its more than four-century-old index of banned books.
– 1968 – The programmatic document “The Czechoslovak Way to Socialism” was published in Czechoslovakia.
– 1972 – The Soviet-Iraqi Treaty on Friendship and Cooperation was signed.
– 1989 – 16 people died in protests in Tbilisi.
– 1992 – Toyloq district was established.
– 1993 – The Constitution and State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Karakalpakstan were approved.
– 2015 – Nazi and communist symbols were banned in Ukraine.
– 2021 – Prince Philip, husband of Elizabeth II, dies.
👉 BIRTHDAYS:
– 1336 – Amir Temur ibn Amir Taragai ibn Amir Barqul (1405) – a great statesman of the Middle Ages, a great general, founder of a strong, centralized state, patron of science and culture.
– 1821 – Charles-Pierre Baudelaire (1867) – French poet and critic, classic representative of French and world literature.
– 1903 – Jalolov Ghiyosiddin (1984) – one of the first Uzbek astronomers, who effectively contributed to the development of astronomy in Uzbekistan.
– 1931 – Heysuke Hironaka – Japanese mathematician.
– 1933 – Jean-Paul Belmondo – French film and theater actor.
– 1935 – Hojimurad Ibrohimov – film director, Honored Artist of Uzbekistan (1983), one of the organizers of “Uzbektelefilm”.
– 1938 – Viktor Chernomyrdin – (2010) – USSR and Russian statesman, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1992-1993), Chairman of the Government of Russia (1993-1998).
– 1944 – Sheikh Abdulaziz Mansur – deputy chairman of the Office of Muslims of Uzbekistan (since 2006), chief imam-khatib of Tashkent city and imam of the Minor mosque (2018-2019).
– 1958 – Elena Kondulainen – Soviet and Russian actress, singer, honored artist of Russia.
– 1972 – Alain Berse – Swiss politician, president of the country (2018).
– 1972 – Albina Janabayeva – Russian singer, actress and TV presenter.
– 1990 – Kristen Stewart is an American film actress.
– 2000 – Kaori Sakamoto – Japanese figure skating world champion (2022), champion of four continents (2018), two-time Olympic bronze medalist in individual and team tournaments (2022).