Who was born on May 9 and what happened on that day?
👉 HOLIDAYS:
🇺🇳 UN is the second day of the Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation dedicated to the memory of the victims of World War II.
🇫🇲 European Union – Europe Day.
👉 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan – Day of Remembrance and Appreciation.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan, 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan, 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇹🇯 Tajikistan, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina – Victory Day.
🇩🇪 Germany – Father’s Day.
🇩🇰 Denmark – Day of the Battle of Helgoland.
🇱🇻 Latvia – Memorial Day for the victims of the war in Ukraine.
🇦🇲 Armenia – Shusha Liberation Day.
🇯🇪 Jersey – Freedom Day.
🇺🇸 USA – National Home Front Heroes Day.
👉 EVENTS:
– mile. avv. 53 – Crassus’ army is destroyed by the Parthians in a battle near Carr.
– 1502 – Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz on his last, fourth voyage to America.
– 1712 – Tula Arms Factory was founded.
– 1719 – Peter I ordered the expulsion of the representatives of the Jesuit Order from the Russian Empire.
– 1886 – the second approximate date of creation of Coca-Cola.
-1901 – The first session of the Australian Parliament was held in Melbourne.
– 1907 – On this day, American Anna Jarvis began a national campaign to celebrate Mother’s Day in the United States.
– 1911 – Russian scientist B. L. Rosing conducted the world’s first television experiments in Toshnet.
– 1913 – The famous film “Fantomas” was released in France.
– 1920 – Military parade of the Ridge-Smigly army.
– 1927 – Parliament of Australia moved to the new capital – Canberra.
– 1936 – Mussolini announced the annexation of Ethiopia to Italy.
– 1946 – The Russian State Museum was opened.
– 1950 – The European Coal and Steel Association was founded.
– 1955 – GFR was admitted to NATO.
– 1967 – Muhammad Ali was stripped of his world heavyweight title for refusing to serve in the US Army.
– 1974 – The first section of the Paris Metro was put into operation.
– 1996 – Victory Day celebrations were held at Independence Square in our capital.
– 1999 – For the first time in Uzbekistan, this day was celebrated as the Day of Remembrance and Appreciation.
– 2001 – 126 people died as a result of a stampede at a stadium in the capital of Ghana.
– 2011 – In Lviv, there was a clash between supporters and opponents of celebrating Victory Day with a red flag.
– 2018 – 48 people died as a result of a dam collapse in Kenya.
👉 BIRTHDAYS:
– 1746 – Gaspar Monge (1818) – French mathematician, founder of geometric geometry.
– 1837 – Adam Opel (1895) – German industrialist, founder of Opel GmbH, now famous for its car manufacturer.
– 1874 – Howard Carrier (1939) – British Egyptologist-archaeologist, discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb (1922).
– 1883 – José Ortega-i-Gasset (1995 – Spanish philosopher and writer.
– 1924 – Bulat Okudjava (1997) – Russian and Soviet poet, bard, songwriter, screenwriter.
– 1927 – Manfred Eigen (2019) – German physicist and chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize. (1967).
– 1936 – Albert Finney (2019) – Director of Murder on the Orient Express.
– 1940 – James Brooks – American film director, screenwriter, producer.
– 1967 – Fyodor Bondarchuk is a famous Russian actor and director.
– 1972 – Daniela Silivas – Romanian gymnast, three-time Olympic champion (1988), many times world and European champion.
– 1980 – Grant Hackett – Australian swimmer, three-time Olympiad, 17-time world champion.
– 1986 – Grace Gummer is an American theater, film and television actress.
– 1987 – Alesa Kacher – Belarusian actress, model, TV presenter.
– 1996 – Mary Mouser is an American film and television actress.