May 7 name days and other interesting facts – Respublika.lt

Own name days today celebrates Butautas, Butautė, Butenė, Butenis, Butė, Butys, Būtė, Būtys, Dana, Danė, Danutė, Doma, Domė, Domicėlė, Domicė.

May 7th – Day of reclaiming the press, speech and book.

This day:

in 1904 the ban on the Lithuanian press in Latin letters was lifted.

in 1937 In Riga, the Lithuanian men’s basketball team became the European champion.

in 1989 The first monument in Lithuania to those who died for the freedom and independence of Lithuania in 1944-1945 was unveiled in Varniai.

in 1995 the visa-free regime agreement between Lithuania and Poland was signed.

in 2002 the Lithuanian-Russian cooperation charity and support fund of the diplomat, writer and public figure Jurgis Baltrušaitis was established, the purpose of which is to develop cultural ties between Lithuanian and Russian intellectuals.

in 2004 The 100th anniversary of the recovery of printing in Latin characters was celebrated in Lithuania.

in 2010 Algimantas Kalinauskas, conductor, music critic, long-time pedagogue of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, died at the age of 87.

in 2011 the largest club charity organization in the world, LIONS, inaugurated the Vilnius LIONS Women’s Club, which spends most of its resources on helping socially disadvantaged children, and cooperates with the Nemenčinė Children and Adolescent Social Center. The club also supports the Lithuanian Paralympic Committee and several disabled athletes.

in 2016 Two commemorative plaques important to the Lithuanian press and culture of Vilnius were unveiled in the ensemble of Vileišiai Palace. A commemorative plaque installed on the street facade of the palace reads: “In this palace, 1904-1906 built by Petros Vileišios, 1906-1910 was the editorial office and printing house of the first Lithuanian daily “Vilniaus žinios”, the First Lithuanian Art Exhibition was organized in 1907, the Lithuanian Science Society and the Lithuanian Educational Society “Rytas” founded by Dr. J. Basanavičius operated in 1931-1940. The memory of Pranas Razmuks, an honorary member of the Society of Lithuanian Librarians, is honored on a plaque on the facade of the office building of the palace ensemble: “In this house 1932-2002 Librarian Pranas Razmukas (1908-2002) lived and worked as the custodian of the Vileišiai Palace and its valuables.

Quote of the day: “A person with a valuable book in his hands can never be lonely” (K. Goldonis).