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Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

This week in history

13 November, 2012 - 00:00

July 28, 1914: World War I begins. July 28, 1993: Ukrainian Defense Minister and US Secretary of Defense sign a memorandum of understanding. July 29, 1957: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Charter goes into effect. July 29, 1962: Eighth World Youth Festival opens in Helsinki, Finland. July 30, 1863: With the Valuev Circular the tsarist government bans teaching Ukrainian at school and limits printing Ukrainian books. July 30, 1895: Museum of Ethnography is founded in Lviv. July 31, 1924: Polish government bans use of Ukrainian in governmental institutions of Eastern Galicia. July 31, 1962: On the initiative of the All-African Women's Conference, this day is first celebrated as the African Women's Day. August 1: Ukrainian Navy Day. August 1, 1975: Final Act of Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe is signed in Helsinki, Finland. August 1, 1977: Central House of Artists opens in Kyiv. August 2: Ukrainian Railway Employees Day. August 2, 1940: The USSR Supreme Council adopts a law on incorporating Northern Bukovyna, along with the Khotyn, Akerman, and Izmayil districts into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. August 2, 1991: The Ukrainian Ministry of Justice registers the Union of Ukrainian Students. August 3, 1778: La Scala Theater opens in Milan, Italy.

 

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