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1916 In Russia
Events from the year 1916 in Russia. Incumbents * Monarch – Nicholas II * Chairman of the Council of Ministers – ** until 2 February – Ivan Logginovich Goremykin ** 2 February-23 November – Boris Stürmer ** starting 23 November – Alexander Fyodorovich Trepov Events * * * * * * * Baranovichi Offensive * Battle of Kostiuchnówka * Battle of Bitlis * Brusilov Offensive * Battle of Erzincan * Erzurum Offensive * Battle of Kowel * Lake Naroch Offensive * Trebizond Campaign * Urkun Births * 17 January — Tatyana Karpova, actress (died 2018) * 29 January — Kyra Vayne, Russian-born British opera singer (died 2001) * 22 July — Irene Galitzine, Russian-Georgian fashion designer (died 2006) * 9 September — Ada Tschechowa, Russo-German actress (died 1966) * 21 September — Zinovy Gerdt, actor (died 1996) * 4 October — Vitaly Ginzburg, physicist (died 2009) * 19 October — Emil Gilels, pianist (died 1985) Deaths * February 9 – Anto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17 January
Events Pre-1600 *38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea. *1377 – Pope Gregory XI reaches Rome, after deciding to move the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon. *1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean. *1562 – France grants religious toleration to the Huguenots in the Edict of Saint-Germain. *1595 – During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. 1601–1900 *1608 – Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 of his men. *1648 – England's Long Parliament passes the " Vote of No Addresses", breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zinovy Gerdt
Zinovy Yefimovich Gerdt (russian: Зино́вий Ефи́мович Гердт, which is a pseudonym, his real name being Zalman Afroimovich Khrapinovich (За́лман Афро́имович Храпино́вич); 21 September 1916 in Sebezh, Russian Empire – 18 November 1996) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1990. Biography Early life and education Gerdt was born Zalman Afroimovich Khrapinovich on September 21, 1916 in the city of Sebezh in the Pskov Oblast. His father Afroim Yakovlevich Khrapinovich worked for some time in a fabrics shop as a clerk, and later as a salesman. Mother Rakhil Isaakovna was a housewife. His father died quite early, his mother stayed with four children: two boys and two girls, of which Zinovy was the youngest. In Sebezh he lived up to 11 years, studied at a Jewish school ( cheder), knew Yiddish. After finishing school, Zinovy moved to his elder brother who lived in Moscow. From a young a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21 September
Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power. *1170 – The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders. *1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo the Accursed are killed in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day. *1435 – The Congress of Arras causes Burgundy to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War. 1601–1900 *1745 – A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart *1776 – Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces. *1780 – American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point. *1792 – French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy. *1809 – British Secretary of War Lord Castlereagh and Foreign Secretary George Canning meet in a duel on Putney Heath, with Castlereagh wounding Canning in the thigh. *1843 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 In Germany
Events in the year 1966 in Germany. Incumbents * President – Heinrich Lübke *Chancellor **Ludwig Erhard (until 30 November 1966) **Kurt Georg Kiesinger (from 30 November 1966) Events * Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 * 24 June–5 July – 16th Berlin International Film Festival * 1 December – The Kiesinger cabinet, led by Kurt Georg Kiesinger, is sworn in. * Date unknown: German company Hannover Re was founded. Births *30 January – Hans Tutschku, German composer *7 February – Claudia Nolte, German politician *7 February – Kristin Otto, German swimmer *8 February – Bruno Labbadia, German footballer and manager * 9 February – Christoph Maria Herbst, German actor and comedian * 16 February – Martin Perscheid, German cartoonist (d. 2021) *22 February – Thorsten Kaye, German-English actor * 18 March – Anne Will, German journalist *3 April – Michael Mittermeier, German comedian * 4 April – Stefan Mappus, German politician *19 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Tschechowa
Ada Tschechowa (russian: Ада Михайловна Чехова, 9 September 1916 – 28 January 1966) was a Russo-German actress and music manager. Life Ada Mikhailovna Chekhova was born to esteemed actors Olga Chekhova, Olga and Michael Chekhov on 9 September 1916 in Moscow, Russian Empire, Russia. In 1921, her family moved to Berlin, where she grew up. From a young age, Ada followed in the path of her parents and grew an interest in becoming a theater actress, which led her to attending the Staatliche Schauspielschule in Berlin and private lessons with Walter Franck. In April 1935, she tried out for and was accepted for an Austrian production of ''The Pompadour'' and ''The Empress's Favourite'' the following year. Until the end of World War II she played in two more movies, and then in ''Secret of a Marriage'' in 1951. Ada played primarily in the theater for the Agency for Film and Television in the Berlin artist's colony and supervised such people as Angelika Meissner and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9 September
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the Brahmi numerals, beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an Ascender (typography), ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Italy
Events during the year 2006 in Italy. Incumbents *President: :*Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (until 15 May) :*Giorgio Napolitano (from 15 May) *Prime Minister: :*Silvio Berlusconi (until 17 May) :*Romano Prodi (from 17 May) Events *10–26 February – The Olympic Winter Games are held in Turin. *10–19 March – The Paralympic Winter Games are held in Turin. *9 July – Italy wins the FIFA World Cup by defeating France, 5–3, following a penalty shootout in the final game at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. *13 August – Air Algérie Flight 2208 accident *17 October – 2006 Rome Metro crash Full date unknown *'' Drug Target Insights'' academic journal is founded. Deaths *1 March – Jenny Tamburi, actress and television hostess (b. 1952). *5 April – Pasquale Macchi, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1923). *22 April – Alida Valli, actress (b. 1921). *11 May – Ferdinando Tacconi, comics artist (b. 1922). *9 June – Enzo Siciliano, writer (b. 1934). *15 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Galitzine
Princess Irene Galitzine ( ka, ირინა გალიცინი; russian: Ирен Голицына; 22 July 1916 – 20 October 2006) was a Russian-Georgian fashion designer whose best known creation was the palazzo pyjama. Early life Princess Irene Galitzine was born in 1916 in Tiflis, Russia Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia), to Prince Boris Galitzine (1878–1958), an official of the imperial guard who belonged to the aristocratic Galitzine family, whose origins date back to 1200 and a Georgian mother, Princess Nina Lazareff (Lazarashvili, 1888–1957). However, her family were forced to flee the country following the 1917 October Revolution, and took up residence in Italy. Career After studying art in Rome, English at Cambridge and French at the Sorbonne, Galitzine joined the Italian designers Sorelle Fontana in 1943Wilson, Eric (22 October 2006"Princess Irene Galitzine Dies; Founder of a Fashion House" ''New York Times'' and worked with them for 3 years. In 1946, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22 July
Events Pre-1600 * 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids. * 1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem. * 1209 – Massacre at Béziers: The first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade. * 1298 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk. * 1342 – St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe. * 1443 – Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in the Old Zürich War. * 1456 – Ottoman wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade: John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire. * 1484 – Battle of Lochmaben Fair: A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 In The United Kingdom
Events from the year 2001 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents *Monarch – Elizabeth II *Prime Minister – Tony Blair (Labour) *Parliament ** 52nd (until 14 May) ** 53rd (starting 13 June) Events January * 5 January – A report by the Department of Health suggests that Dr Harold Shipman, convicted of 15 murders a year ago, may have killed more than 300 patients since the 1970s. * 8 January ** The High Court rules that the identities and whereabouts of the two killers of James Bulger are to be kept secret for the rest of their lives. Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, both now aged 18, are expected to be released from custody later this year. ** Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 comes into effect, reducing the age of consent for male homosexual sexual acts to that for heterosexual and lesbian acts, sixteen (seventeen in Northern Ireland). * 9 January – Sven-Göran Eriksson begins his job as manager of the England football team six months ahead of schedule, having resign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyra Vayne
Kyra Knopmuss; Kyra Vayne (29 January 1916 in St Petersburg, Russia – 12 January 2001 in London; Cyrillic form ) was a Russian-born British opera singer. Biography The Russian-born soprano Kyra Vayne came to London in 1924. From the late 1930s to the late 1950s she sang in London and elsewhere in revue and variety, and later in opera. Reviewers acknowledged that she had a fine voice but for various reasons her career was only intermittently successful. In ''A Voice Reborn'' she tried to explain the reasons for this: sometimes "personal problems intruded on, and destroyed my professional life – or rather, I stupidly allowed them to", and opportunities, were missed especially in Italy. "Wherever I went I was the perpetual outsider." She was born Kyra Knopmuss in St Petersburg just before the Revolution, and in 1924 the family fled to London. She was educated at a private school, leaving at 15. In 1937 she became a showgirl in the revue "Sanctions", featuring Phyllis Dixey. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
