BIRTH OF HENRY MORGENTHAU, SR.
Henry Morgenthau, Sr., was the Ambassador of the United States to the Ottoman Empire. He was born in Mannheim (Germany) on April 26, 1856.
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BATTLE OF ARTZNI
The Arab rule lasted for almost two and half centuries (640-886) in Armenia. Their domination was heavy handed, and time after time, the Armenian nobility rebelled against oppression and excessive taxes. As it had happened under Persian rule, several of those rebellions were headed by the Mamikonian princes.
AVEDIS AHARONIAN
Avedis Aharonian, known as the “singer of Armenian sorrow,” was one of the popular names of Eastern Armenian literature in the first half of the twentieth century. He was equally noted for his active participation in the revolutionary movement and the first Republic of Armenia.
LEVON SHANT
Levon Shant was perhaps the most important playwright in the history of Armenian theater, but he was primarily a seasoned and accomplished educator. He was also an active participant in the Armenian liberation movement.
DEATH OF ROBERT ZILDJIAN
Robert Zildjian became the founder of Sabian Cymbals, the second-largest manufacturer of cymbals in the world, when he was almost sixty-years-old. His cymbals dramatically increased their sales after Ringo Starr used them in 1964, during the Beatles’ appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
GEORGES GARVARENTZ
French-Armenian composer Georges Garvarentz was a prolific author of music for films and musical collaborator and brother-in-law of Charles Aznavour. He was born Diran Garvarentz on April 1, 1932, in Athens, Greece, to a family of Armenian immigrants.
YEGHISHE CHARENTS
Yeghishe Charents worked at the Armenian State Publishing House and developed a prolific editorial program, His works have been published many times, and statues, streets and a museum perpetuate his name in Armenia.
YERVAND LALAYAN
Yervand Lalayan belonged to a generation of scholars who, starting in the mid-nineteenth century, was instrumental in the discovery and scholarly study of the Armenian presence in its historical territory, and left a huge legacy of cultural studies to the next generations.
GRIGOR GURZADYAN
Astrophysics in Armenia became linked to the world-famous name of Victor Hambardzumian. One of his students would become an important name in cosmic astronomy. Grigor Gurzadyan was born on October 15, 1922, in Baghdad (Iraq), the child of survivors from the Armenian Genocide. He emigrated to Soviet Armenia with his family when he was just a child. Gurzadyan’s most important achievement in the design of orbital telescopes was the series “Orion,” which contributed to important scientific results.
HAGOP OSHAGAN
Hagop Oshagan was one of the most important novelists and literary critics in twentieth-century Armenian literature. In the last twenty-five years of his life, he put together a prodigious amount of literary production, including several lengthy novels.
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