April 25 name days and other interesting facts – Respublika.lt

Own name days today we celebrate Morkus, Oskaras, Tolys, Tolmantas, Tolmantė, Vygandas, Žadgailas, Žadgaile, Žadmantas, Žadmantė, Žadmina, Žadminas, Žadminė;

April 25th – Vegetable Day, St. Carrots; World Penguin Day; World Malaria Day.

This day:

in 1896 Prose writer, playwright Stasys Keblas (pseudonym M. Ptou) was born in Usolje, Irkutsk region. Died in 1979

in 1906 Publicist and translator Petras Kežinaitis was born in Kybartai, Vilkaviškis county. Died in 1969

in 1929 the Lithuanian Tourism Union was founded.

in 1990 the Standardization Department was established under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

in 1990 the Department of National Defense was established.

In 1990, Stanislovas Žemaitis, a 52-year-old resident of Marijampoli, set himself on fire in front of the Great Theater in Moscow in protest against the blockade imposed by the USSR on Lithuania.

in 1991 The government issued a decree allowing Lithuanian officers and volunteer soldiers guarding important objects to use firearms in the event of an attack in the same manner as officers of the Ministry of the Interior.

in 1991 Juozas Urbšys, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, died.

in 1996 the Vilnius Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts started its activities.

in 1997 The search for the notorious president of the EBSW concern, Gintaras Petriks, has been announced.

in 1998 the political organization New Union (social liberals) was established. Lawyer Artūras Paulauskas was elected as its chairman.

in 2000 The Vilnius District Court has started examining the murder case of priest Ričardas Mikutavičius.

in 2005 A club of generals was established in Kaunas, the purpose of which is to transfer accumulated experience and contribute to the education and training of the military. The founders of the club are ten active service and reserve generals and admirals.

in 2006 The Seimas adopted the amendments to the Constitution related to the introduction of the euro.

in 2007 President Valdas Adamkus and outgoing President Algirdas Brazauskas attended the funeral of the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin in Moscow.

in 2008 A commemorative plaque dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Lithuanian Reorganization Movement was unveiled at the former Šiauliai Design Institute Center building.

in 2008 the first Dominykas Urbas prize for the translation debut was awarded to Erika Sabaliauskaitei, a young generation translator from French, for excellently translated books by contemporary French writers.

in 2013 In Vilnius, Žvēryne, where for a long time she lived, a member of the initiative group of the Lithuanian transformation movement, the creator of the independent Lithuanian national education system, Dr. Meilė Lukšienė, the author of the idea of ​​the National School, a commemorative plaque was unveiled, marking the 100th anniversary of her birth.

in 2013 veteran of the Lithuanian theater, actress Gražina Virginija Blynaitė-Kernagienė died. She was 95 years old.

in 2020 composer Vytautas Barkauskas, laureate of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize, died in his 90s.

Quote of the day: “A person lives a real life if he is happy in the happiness of others” (JV Gėtė).