May 5 name days and other interesting facts – Respublika.lt

Own name days Algand, Angel, Bartvil, Bartvilė, Barutė, Barutis, Barvain, Barvainė, Barvaldas, Barvaldė, Barvyda, Barvydas, Barvydė, Gintaras, Ieva, Sigrida, Sigurds are celebrating today.

May 5th – Day of water management workers; Boys’ Party (Tango no Sekku); International Day of Midwives; Mother’s Day; European Day of Independent Living for People with Disabilities.

This day:

in 1892 Colonel Jonas Variakojis, Minister of National Defense in 1929-1930, was born. Died in 1963 in Chicago (USA).

in 1912 The first legal issue of the Bolshevik daily “Pravda” was published in Petersburg. It soon began to be published in Lithuania as well.

in 1921 Mexico recognized Lithuania de jure.

in 1940 The first philatelic exhibition in Lithuania was opened in Telšiai.

in 1990 Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union was restored.

in 1992 The Lithuanian Philatelic Union became a permanent member of the International Philatelic Union.

in 2005 a wagon-gallery with the works of well-known graphic artists of the country, included in the international art project of the Baltic countries “Tomorrow is now. Graphics”.

in 2006 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Taras Asas paid an official visit to Lithuania. It was the first visit of a high-ranking official of this country to Lithuania since the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two states in 1991. October 10

in 2006 President Valdas Adamkus awarded the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Roge, who was visiting the country, with the Grand Cross of the Order “For Merit to Lithuania”.

in 2012 Klaipėda University’s sports dance ensemble “Žuvėdra” won gold medals at the European Latin American Dance Ensemble Championship held in Vienna (Austria). Klaipėda citizens became the winners of the European Championship for the eighth time.

in 2013 Kaunas, St. In the Basilica of the Apostles Peter and Paul, donated by St. Mass dedicated to the 600th anniversary of the archcathedral and the 20th anniversary of the visit of Blessed John Paul II. St. The special envoy of the Pope, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, Archbishop of Krakow, celebrated the mass together with Lithuanian bishops and priests.

in 2014 The Russian Federation informed about the termination of the bilateral agreement between the Republic of Lithuania and the Russian Federation on additional confidence and security measures. in 2001 the agreement concluded provided that the parties will annually exchange information about conventional military forces in the Republic of Lithuania and the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation in accordance with the requirements of the Treaty on Conventional Arms in Europe (CFE).

in 2021 Doctor radiologist, former Minister of Health Konstantinas Romualdas Dobrovolskis died at the age of 82.

Quote of the day: “Contempt offends and oppresses more than hatred” (J. Leopardis).