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1946 In Romania
Events from the year 1946 in Romania. The year started with the end of the Romanian Royal strike, royal strike and ended with the Romanian Communist Party win the first election following the introduction of women's suffrage. Incumbents *King of Romania, King: Michael I of Romania, Michael I. *Prime Minister of Romania, Prime Minister: Petru Groza. Events * 2 January – Representatives from the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United States meet the Prime Minister and agree a formulation of the government that is acceptable to the king. * 7 January – The king ends the Romanian Royal strike, royal strike. * 22 April – Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej attends a meeting of History of the Jews in Romania, Jewish organizations, calling for the creation of a Jewish Democratic Committee within the Romanian Communist Party. * 2 July – Soviet and Romanian officials agree to create a SovRom joint venture in lumber production named Sovromlemn. * 12 October – Romanians in Northern Transylvania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgeta Stoleriu
Georgeta Stoleriu (born 19 January 1946) is a Romanian soprano who has had a career in opera and as a music educator. She has won numerous singing awards and medals, and her students have received multiple honors. She established the Yolanda Marculescu Scholarship in honor of her former teacher. She has also served as an international juror for singing competitions. Early life and education Georgeta Stoleriu was born on 19 January 1946 in Bucharest and began studying music at an early age. She entered her first competition in 1953 and took first prize in the Youth Festival of Bucharest. She primarily studied piano at the Dinu Lipatti Music High School, but decided to change to voice when she was nineteen. Stoleriu attended the Conservatory of Bucharest, studying under Yolanda Marculescu and graduating in 1970. She then enrolled in 1974 at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar, studying with Lore Fischer. Completing her education in 1979, Stoleriu's career focused on inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilie Șteflea
Ilie Șteflea (11 April 1888 – 21 May 1946) was a Romanian General during World War II and Chief of the Romanian General Staff between 20 January 1942 and 23 August 1944. Early life and career Ilie Șteflea was born in Săliște (near Sibiu, in Transylvania, at the time part of Austria-Hungary). Economic hardships forced his family to move to the Kingdom of Romania, to the newly acquired province of Northern Dobruja. Șteflea attended primary school at Medgidia, and secondary schools at Constanța and at the Gheorghe Lazăr High School in Bucharest. He started his studies at the Military School for Infantry Officers in September 1907, graduating first in his class in 1909. He was promoted to the rank of ''Sublocotenent'' ( second lieutenant) and assigned to the 34th Infantry Regiment, based in Constanța. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1912, he was sent in October 1915 by Colonel Radu R. Rosetti on an information-gathering mission in Transylvania. Șteflea's cover name as a spy w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1888 In Romania
Events from the year 1888 in Romania. The year saw the first strike in the country, led by worker at Romanian Railways. Incumbents * King: Carol I. * Prime Minister: **Ion Brătianu (until 20 March). **Theodor Rosetti (from 23 March). Events Iulia Hasdeu, thumb * 23 January – Elections are held for the Chamber of Deputies. They run until 25 January and again from 12 to 14 October. * 30 January – The first strike in Romania takes place when 300 workers at the Romanian Railways Workshop in Galați walk out in solidarity following the dismissal of a colleague, Ioan A. Ionescu. * 2 July – Ion Luca Caragiale becomes Minister of Education and head of the National Theatre Bucharest. His appointment is controversial and short-lived. * 13 August – A strike starts in the Railway Central Workshops in Bucharest, which runs until 25 August. * Date unknown – Victor Babeș discovers the protozoan parasite ''Babesia''. Births * 25 January – Abraham Leib Zissu, political essayist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1861 In The United Principalities
This year saw significant progress in the Unification of Italy, the outbreak of the American Civil War, and the Emancipation reform of 1861, emancipation reform abolishing serfdom in the Russian Empire. Events January * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City. ** The first steam-powered carousel is recorded, in Bolton, England. * January 2 – Frederick William IV of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies, and is succeeded by Wilhelm I of Germany, Wilhelm I. American Civil War: ** January 3 – Delaware votes not to secede from the United States, Union. ** January 9 – Mississippi in the American Civil War, Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union. ** January 10 – Florida in the American Civil War, Florida secedes from the Union. ** January 11 – Alabama in the American Civil War, Alabama secedes from the Union. ** January 12 – Major Robert Anderson (Union officer), Robert Anderson sends dispatches to Was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sava Athanasiu
Sava Athanasiu (28 April 1861 – 8 April 1946) was a Romanian geologist and paleontologist. He was born in Ruginești, Vrancea County (at the time in Putna County), the first of Costachi and Paraschiva Athanasiu's four children. He first studied at the local school and at the Theological Seminary in Roman, and later completed a private high school in Iași, where he was attracted to the natural sciences by his teacher, Grigore Cobălcescu.''Analele...'', p. 132 He then entered the natural sciences faculty of the University of Iași, where Cobălcescu continued as his professor. From 1888 to 1892, he was Cobălcescu's assistant at the University of Iași. Aside from teaching younger students, one of his tasks was to organize the extensive collections his mentor had purchased, with a view to setting up a museum. After the latter's 1892 death, he was selected as a substitute professor. In 1890, he was hired by his former high school, and in 1891, by the Iași commercial school. In 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura Urziceanu
Aura Urziceanu (born Bucharest, 14 December 1946), also known as Aura, is a Romanian female pop star who was famous in the 1970s and 1980s. In America she had performed as Urziceanu-Rully and Aura Rully. She has toured and performed with artists such as Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Ahmad Jamal, Hank Jones, Thad Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, Paul Desmond, Joe Pass and Mel Lewis Melvin Sokoloff (May 10, 1929 – February 2, 1990), known professionally as Mel Lewis, was an American jazz drummer, session musician, professor, and author. He received fourteen Grammy Award nominations. Biography Early years Lewis was .... References 1946 births Living people Romanian jazz musicians 20th-century Romanian women singers 20th-century Romanian singers Musicians from Bucharest {{Romania-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evenimentul Zilei
''Evenimentul Zilei'' is a formerly physical and now exclusively online newspaper in Romania. Its name translates to "The event of the day" or "Today's event". History and profile ''Evenimentul Zilei'' was founded by Ion Cristoiu, Cornel Nistorescu, and , and the first issue was published on 22 June 1992.Media Index. Evenimentul Zilei Euro Topics. Retrieved 6 December 2013 Ion Cristoiu, one of the 3 founders of the newspaper, was also its first director, but he is currently columnist at the same newspaper The newspaper reached its peak daily circulation of 675,000 in 1993. In 1997 chief editor Ion Cristoiu quit and this job was taken by Cornel Nistorescu. The newspaper was purchased along with its parent company Publishing in 1998 by the German company |
1971 In Romania
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclipse, February 10, and August 1971 lunar eclipse, August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 1971 Ibrox disaster: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jilava Prison
Jilava Prison () is a prison located in Jilava, a village south of Bucharest, Romania. History The prison began as Fort 13, part of the fortifications of Bucharest built in the 1870s and 1880s. It served as an arms deposit and garrison until 1907, when people arrested during the peasants' revolt were brought there. It then served as a military prison until 1948. It held soldiers charged with insubordination and civilians accused of military offenses. During World War I, it first held soldiers who refused mobilization and then, after occupation by the Central Powers, Romanian prisoners of war. Members of the fledgling Romanian Communist Party were taken there in 1921 and after it was outlawed in 1924. During the Grivița strike of 1933, several communists were sent to Jilava, including Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Chivu Stoica, Alexandru Drăghici, and Gheorghe Vasilichi. On the night of November 25/26, 1940, the Jilava massacre was carried out by members of the Iron Guard, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ion Rîmaru
Ion Rîmaru (; modern spelling ''Râmaru''; 12 October 1946 – 23 October 1971) was a Romanian serial killer dubbed the Vampire of Bucharest (''Vampirul din București'') or the Blondes' Killer (''criminalul blondelor''). Rîmaru terrorized Bucharest between 1970 and 1971, killing four women and attacking more than ten others. Authorities had made over 2,500 arrests before his capture. The women were attacked with an axe, bitten on their breasts and thighs, and raped after they were already dead. Biography Early life Ion Rîmaru was the oldest of three boys born to parents who married in Caracal. His parents argued almost daily; the couple eventually separated and his father, Florea, moved to Bucharest, taking a job as a night tram driver. After his death years later, Florea himself was discovered to have been a serial killer. Rîmaru performed poorly academically and was forced to repeat the ninth grade. From adolescence, he exhibited an uncontrollable libido and caused a pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In Romania
Events from the year 2009 in Romania. Incumbents *President of Romania, President: Traian Băsescu *Prime Minister of Romania, Prime Minister: Emil Boc Events * June 7 - 2009 European Parliament election in Romania * July 16 - Stadium Cluj Arena construction begins on the site of demolished Ion Moina Stadium. * November 24 - The Avdhela Project, an Aromanians, Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is launched in the Romanian Peasant Museum in Bucharest. * December 6 - 2009 Romanian presidential election * 2009 - Badly affected by the Great Recession, late-2000s recession, the International Monetary Fund and other lenders agree to provide Romania a rescue package worth 20 billion Euros. Deaths January * January 5 - Mircea Stănescu, 39, Romanian politician, MP (2004–2008), apparent suicide by gunshot. * January 9 - István Antal (ice hockey), István Antal, 50, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player, cardiac arrest. February * February 8 – Marian Coz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
