08th July

Omnia mutantur. Nihil interit.

27th October

Events

2018 At least 5 people were killed and 15 wounded after a suicide bomber detonated a car filled with explosives in central Afghan province of Wardak

2018 Gunman stormed a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11

2018 Leicester City helicopter crash

2015 At least 12 killed in helicopter crash near Tripoli, militia sources claim the helicopter was shot down

2014 Airstrikes kill 33 suspected militants in North Waziristan

1988 Ronald Reagan decides to tear down the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow because of Soviet listening devices in the building structure

1978 The Twelfth studio album by English musician Elton John - A Single Man

1972 Romance film "César and Rosalie"

1967 The Abortion Act, became law, allowing abortions for medical reasons

1939 The execution of 107 Polish civilians by the Nazi German occupiers of Wawer near Warsaw, Poland

1936 American Wallis Simpson, was granted a divorce from her second husband Ernest, leaving her free to marry Edward VIII

1915 German delegation to Afghanistan finally had audience with Emir Habibullah

1914 The British super-dreadnought HMS Audacious became the first British battleship sunk by the Germans in WW1

1912 Opened Riga Zoo

Events in other languages

2022 Pie Saeimas ēkas tiek atklāta plāksne

2022 Elita Veidemane: Latvijai ir vajadzīgs Roberts Fūrmanis. Vairāk nekā "progresisti"

2017 Katalonija pasludina neatkarību no Spānijas

2016 Ugunsgrēks daudzstāvu ēkā Manhetenā, Ņujorka, ASV. Vismaz 1 cilvēks gājis bojā

2015 Pikets pie Saeimas - bērnu aizsardzībai pret genderistu patvaļu un juvenālo justīciju

2014 Apšaude Viljandi skolā, Igaunijā

1988 Dokonano oblotu włosko-francuskiego samolotu pasażerskiego ATR 72

1984 Открыта Байкало-Амурская магистраль - БАМ

1962 Kubas raķešu krīze: Virs Kubas ar padomju raķetēm tiek notriekta ASV izlūklidmašīna

1944 Funkcjonariusze Milicji Obywatelskiej dokonali masakry około 30 Ukraińców w Peresołowicach koło Hrubieszowa. Był to odwet za zamordowanie dwóch polskich rodzin przez UPA

1944 Padomju okupantu aviācija turpina bombardēt Liepāju, kur vēl atrodas vācu okupācijas spēki

1933 Atklāta dzelzceļa līnija Rīga - Carnikava

1922 Rozpoczął się faszystowski zamach stanu zwany marszem na Rzym, w wyniku którego władzę we Włoszech przejął Benito Mussolini

1904 Открыто Нью-Йорское метро

1897 Toboļskas guberņas teritorijā tiek izveidota latviešu zemnieku kolonija-Augšbebri

1861 Впервые появилось устройство - телефон

Born

1983 Павел Реука (38 years old)

1973 Andriy Portnov (51 years old)

1921 Lūcija Kublicka (81 years old)

1883 Alfrēds Grīnbergs (76 years old)

1899 Maria Rączkiewicz (69 years old)

Died

2019 Vladimir Bukovsky (76 years old)

2013 Lou Reed (71 years old)

1957 Emilija Purmale (71 years old)

2017 Velimir Josifovic Kalandadze (82 years old)

1974 Līze Zvirbule (87 years old)