This day in history

1874: The research gunboat Yersh is launched, marking the final phase in Russia’s wooden shipbuilding.

1886: The first Ukrainian newspaper America comes off the presses in the United States.

1899: The year of birth of the Ukrainian writer, journalist, and public figure Borys Antonenko-Davydovych.

1919: The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine is formed under the command of Nestor Makhno.

1941: Troops of the Separate Coastal Army and the Black Sea Fleet start the heroic defense of Odesa.

1943: The first victory salvo is fired in Moscow, celebrating the liberation of Orel and Belgorod from the Nazi aggressor.

2001: President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine ends his visit to Bulgaria. President Petar Stoyanov of Bulgaria is for intensifying trade and economic relations between the two countries.