March 28 name days and other interesting facts – Respublika.lt

March twenty-eighth, Thursday, (the fourth day of the 13th week of the year), 277 days remain until the New Year.

March twenty-eighth, Thursday, (the fourth day of the 13th week of the year), 277 days remain until the New Year.

Own name days Girmantė, Odeta, Rimkanta, Rimkantas, Rimkantė, Siksta, Sikstas, Vigailė are celebrating today.

This day:

1910 Cameraman Stasys Vainalavičius, the pioneer of the Lithuanian film chronicle, was born in the village of Ažušiliu in the Molėtai district. Died in 2007

in 1939 A coalition government was formed in Lithuania, led by General Jonas Černiaus.

in 1994 A delegation of the Government of Lithuania, led by Prime Minister Adolfos Šleževičius, visited Slovenia. It was the first visit of this level in the history of relations between the two countries.

in 1995 The Lithuanian Higher Education Rectors’ Conference is registered with the Ministry of Justice.

in 2000 58-year-old Petr Silkins from Kretinga became the champion of the planet for the second time in Australia.

in 2001 President Valdas Adamkus started his official visit to Russia.

in 2002 Honorary Consulate of Lithuania opened in Krakow.

in 2010 Lithuanian cyclist Simona Krupeckaitė won the gold medal in the keirin event of the World Track Cycling Championship in Denmark.

in 2013 architect Vytautas Staškus died at the age of 81. The City Construction Design Institute under his leadership designed a considerable part of Vilnius.

in 2017 in the 59th year of his life, the professor of the Lithuanian University of Education, priest, doctor of church law, died. Kazimierz Meilius.

in 2017 The honorary consulate of Lithuania was inaugurated in Ponta Delgada, the capital of the Azores autonomous region of Portugal.

Quote of the day: “Inspiration alone is not enough for a poet, the inspiration of a trained mind is needed” (F. Šilleris).