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1955 In Romania
Events from the year 1955 in Romania. The year saw the country join the United Nations and Warsaw Pact, the latter as a founder. Amongst notable people who died during the year was composer George Enescu. Incumbents * President of the Provisional Presidium of the Republic: Petru Groza. *Prime Minister: ** Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (until 4 October). ** Chivu Stoica (after 4 October). * General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: ** Gheorghe Apostol (until 30 September). **Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (after 30 September). Events * 14 February – Dissident émigrés seize the Romanian embassy in Bern, Switzerland, in protest against the government. The group surrender after two days. * 14 May – The Warsaw Pact is signed with Romania a founding member. * 15 May – Following the signing of the Austrian State Treaty, Gheorghiu-Dej announced that Soviet troops would remain in Romania as long as foreign soldiers continue to be stationed in West Germany. * 23 August – During a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization. The UN is headquartered on international territory in New York City, and has other main offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna, and The Hague (home to the International Court of Justice). The UN was established after World War II with the aim of preventing future world wars, succeeding the League of Nations, which was characterized as ineffective. On 25 April 1945, 50 governments met in San Francisco for a conference and started drafting the UN Charter, which was adopted on 25 June 1945 and took effect on 24 October 1945, when the UN began operations. Pursuant to the Charter, the organization's objectives include maintaining internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodica Simion
Rodica Eugenia Simion (January 18, 1955 – January 7, 2000) was a Romanian-American mathematician. She was the Columbian School Professor of Mathematics at George Washington University. Her research concerned combinatorics: she was a pioneer in the study of permutation patterns, and an expert on noncrossing partitions. Biography Simion was one of the top competitors in the Romanian national mathematical olympiads. She graduated from the University of Bucharest in 1974, and immigrated to the United States in 1976.. She did her graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a Ph.D. in 1981 under the supervision of Herbert Wilf. After teaching at Southern Illinois University and Bryn Mawr College, she moved to George Washington University in 1987, and became Columbian School Professor in 1997. Recognition She is included in a deck of playing cards featuring notable women mathematicians published by the Association of Women in Mathematics. Research contribution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Romania
Events from the year 2008 in Romania. Incumbents *President: Traian Băsescu *Prime Minister: Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (until 22 December); Emil Boc (from 22 December) Events *April 2 – A NATO summit takes place at the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest. *May - '' Never Mind the Balkans, Here's Romania'' story collection is published. *June 1 – 2008 Romanian local elections, with a runoff for mayors on June 15. *November 15 – Petrila Mine disaster: Twelve miners die after two explosions at a mine in Petrila, one of six coal mining cities in the Jiu Valley region of Hunedoara County. () *November 24 – Another miner dies at |
Discus Throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue '' Discobolus''. Although not part of the current pentathlon, it was one of the events of the ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least 708 BC, and it is part of the modern decathlon. History The sport of throwing the discus traces back to it being an event in the original Olympic Games of Ancient Greece. The discus as a sport was resurrected in Magdeburg, Germany, by gymnastics teacher Christian Georg Kohlrausch and his students in the 1870s. Organized men's competition was resumed in the late 19th century, and has been a part of the modern Summer Olympic Games since the first modern competition, the 1896 Summer Olympics. Images of discus throwers figured prominently in advertis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florența Crăciunescu
Florenţa Crăciunescu (later Ionescu, then Ţacu, 7 May 1955 – 8 June 2008) was a Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...n athlete. She won a bronze medal in the discus throw at the 1984 Olympics, finishing sixth in 1980; in 1984 she also placed eighth in the shot put. Her elder sister Carmen Ionesco competed in the same events for Canada at the 1984 Olympics. References 1955 births 2008 deaths Romanian female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Sportspeople from Craiova Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 In Romania
This is a list of 1989 events that occurred in Romania. Incumbents * President: Nicolae Ceaușescu (until 22 December), Ion Iliescu (starting 26 December) * Prime Minister: Constantin Dăscălescu (until 25 December), Petre Roman (starting 26 December) Events March * Six retired senior figures in the Romanian Communist Party, including Gheorghe Apostol and Silviu Brucan, write an open letter to Nicolae Ceaușescu.They call for the relaxation of Ceaușescu's demand for increased exports, the release of more food for internal consumption, the investment in new technology for the industries, the halt of a vastly expensive program of prestige projects of doubtful economic value and for the dictator to put an end to systematization. April * President Nicolae Ceaușescu announces that Romania had paid all of its external debt. * 18 April – The localities of Aninoasa ( Hunedoara County), Fundulea ( Călărași County), Lehliu Gară ( Călărași County), Mioveni (A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihaela Runceanu
Mihaela Valentina Runceanu (4 May 1955, Buzău – 1 November 1989, Bucharest) was a Romanian pop singer and vocal techniques teacher. She became a successful vocal singer, her voice being highly appreciated in Romania. Many of her songs were hits, and she released two albums, ''Mihaela Runceanu'' (1987) and ''Pentru voi, muguri noi'' (1989), the latter only one day before she was murdered in her home in Bucharest. Childhood and education Mihaela Runceanu was born in Buzău, but, soon after, her parents moved to Bacău, where she started school. After moving back to Buzău, Mihaela attended the ''Music and Plastic Arts High School'' there. Upon finishing high school in 1974, she went to Bucharest to attend the ''Ciprian Porumbescu'' Music Conservatory, from which she graduated in 1978. Career She started singing in high-school, and her debut took place in 1976 with a song that was broadcast on the radio. In 1975 and 1976 she participated in several music competitions and fes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the second time that Los Angeles had hosted the Games, the first being in 1932. California was the home state of the incumbent U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who officially opened the Games. These were the first Summer Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch. The 1984 Games were boycotted by a total of fourteen Eastern Bloc countries, including the Soviet Union and East Germany, in response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; Romania and Yugoslavia were the only Socialist European states that opted to attend the Games. Albania, Iran and Libya also chose to boycott the Games for unrelated reasons. Despite the field being depleted in ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoe Sprint
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are sometimes referred to as flat water racing. The distances recognized by the ICF for international canoe sprint races are 200m, 500m, and 1000m. These races take place on straight courses with each boat paddling in its own designated lane. Longer marathon races do exist, notably the 5000m (also an ICF-recognized distance) – these usually have athletes starting in a large pack at a start line before paddling around a set course with marked turning points (there are no assigned lanes). For each race a number of heats, semi-finals and a final may be necessary, depending on the number of competitors. The sport is governed by the International Canoe Federation. The International Canoe Federation is the worldwide canoeing organization and create ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agafia Constantin
Agafia Orlov-Buhaev-Constantin (born April 19, 1955) is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at Los Angeles in 1984. Constantin also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-2 500 m: 1977) and seven bronzes (K-2 500 m: 1978, 1979, 1981; K-4 500 m: 1974, 1978, 1979, 1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...). References * * * 1955 births Living people Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Romania Olympic gold medalists for Romania Romanian female canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Crăsnaru
Daniela-Carmen Crăsnaru (born 14 April 1950) is a Romanian poet whose works have been widely translated. She has also written short stories and works for children. From 1990 to 1992, Crăsnaru was a deputy Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spai ... in the Romanian parliament, representing the National Salvation Front (FSN). Crăsnaru has authored poetry, short stories and children's books. One of the most important contemporary poets in Romania, she has received international acclaim as a result of the translation of her poetry into at least 15 languages. In 1991, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Romanian Academy where she is now deputy director. Under the Ceaușescu regime, Crăsnaru was limited by the political oppression of the period but her unlike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 French Open
The 1978 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 29 May until 11 June. It was the 82nd staging of the French Open, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1978. Finals Men's singles Björn Borg defeated Guillermo Vilas, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 *It was Borg's 5th career Grand Slam title, and his 3rd French Open title. Women's singles Virginia Ruzici defeated Mima Jaušovec, 6–2, 6–2 *It was Ruzici's 1st (and only) career Grand Slam title. Men's doubles Gene Mayer / Hank Pfister defeated José Higueras / Manuel Orantes, 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 Women's doubles Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici defeated Lesley Turner Bowrey / Gail Sherriff Lovera, 5–7, 6–4, 8–6 Mixed doubles Renáta Tomanová / Pavel Složil Pavel Složil (born 29 December 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia. Složil enjoyed most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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