On 10 April 1849, American Walter Hunt patented the safety pin, and on 10 April 1710, the world's first copyright law came into force in England.
On 6 April 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were opened in Athens, Greece. These were the Summer Olympic Games; the Winter Olympics were first held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. The only country to have participated in every single Olympic Games is Switzerland.
I like that the author speaks of universal human values, universal human fears and doubts, sorrows and joys, and also that his view of faith extends beyond the framework and canons of any particular religion. Love is not only towards a representative of the opposite sex, a fellow human being, a loved one - love is in everything you do, everything you decide, and also everything you give up.
On 4 April 1949, 12 European and North American countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty, founding NATO. The organisation was established by 10 European countries (the United Kingdom, Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal), the USA and Canada, during the Cold War as a counterbalance to the USSR and other communist states. Latvia joined NATO in 2004.
Today, on 3 April 2015, the Christian world commemorates Good Friday - the day of Christ's death and at the same time the day of the redemption of humanity's sins. But several other significant events have also taken place on this date - let us look back at history. For example, on 3 April 1973 in New York, USA, the first mobile phone call was made on a device developed by Motorola.
Today the world celebrates International Children's Book Day. The date was chosen in honour of the universally beloved Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, who was born on 2 April 1805.
Although for most people 1 April is associated with April Fools' Day and people enjoy playing pranks on each other, looking back not so far into the past one can find other interesting events too. With this article I am launching a month-long series, aiming to inform iinuu.lv readers each day about significant, unusual, curious and fascinating facts on that day in world history. Stay tuned!
This weekend Latvia will switch to summer time. On the night from Saturday to Sunday, on 30 March at 03:00, clocks must be moved forward by one hour. Stay alert so there are no unwanted surprises at work on Monday morning!
The main character at the end of the film poses a fundamental question - does it matter? In war it is not an Estonian, a Chechen, a Georgian or a Russian who is killed - in war ordinary people are killed, each of whom has their own life, loved ones, parents or children. War takes everything; death has no nationality. A grave has no nationality.
I liked it unequivocally - both for its sharp visual design (a stated insight + a well-chosen illustration like a carefully designed and contextually worked advertising poster) and for its simultaneously contradictory, stereotype-toppling and truthful observations on life. The author asserts in the book that wrong decisions lead to grandiose discoveries.