Omnia mutantur. Nihil interit.
1960 The American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down over the Soviet Union
1945 Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, his wife Magda and 6 children committed suicide in Berlin
1945 Admiral Karl Doenitz officially succeeded Hitler as Head of State of the Third Reich
1915 The liner "RMS Lusitania" departed from New York City for Liverpool
1851 Queen Victoria opened the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London
1840 The "Penny Black" stamp went on sale in Britain. It was world’s first adhesive postage stamp
1707 The Act of Union which joined the Kingdoms of England and Scotland to form the 'Kingdom of Great Britain' took effect
1328 The Wars of Scottish Independence ended
870 Walpurgis Night
2022 Krievijas iebrukums Ukrainā. 67. diena
2004 Čehija, Igaunija, Kipra, Latvija, Lietuva, Malta, Polija, Slovākija, Slovēnija un Ungārija kļuva par pilntiesīgām Eiropas Savienības dalībvalstīm
1920 Satversmes sapulces 1. sēde - Latvijas Parlamenta "dzimšanas diena"
1905 Andrejsalā pabeigta Rīgas elektrocentrāle
1836 Gogoļa izrādes "Revidents" pirmizrāde
1786 Mocarta operas "Figaro kāzas" pirmizrāde
1776 Bavārijas Illuminātu organizācijas dibināšana
1673 Kurzemē, kā vienā no pirmajām Eiropas valstīm, sāk iepazīt kartupeļus
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1987 Ella Bieziņa (88 years old)
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2010 Dina Kuple (80 years old)
1971 Anna Līne (82 years old)
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