DAY IN THE HISTORY OF TAJIKISTAN – JUNE 16
2004 – The Majlisi Namoyandagon of the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tatarstan approved amendments to the law “On elections of the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tatarstan”.
2011 – The Khatlon prosecutor’s office opened criminal cases under the article “hooliganism” against 5 instigators of mass riots in Kulob.
2014 – In Khorog, Alexander Sodikov, a representative of the University of Toronto, who dealt with conflict management issues in the region, was detained and convicted of espionage.
2025 – The first direct passenger flight between Dushanbe and Beijing took place.
PERSONALITY
1944 – Art critic and cultural scientist Askarali Radjabov was born.
Askarali Radjabov – Doctor of Historical Sciences (1994), Professor (2002), Honored Artist of the Republic of Tajikistan (1991). Laureate of the Borbad and Manuchehr Farhangi awards (USA). Since 1999, he has held the position of head of the art history department of the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography named after A. Donish of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan.
In the field of musicology, Rajabov identified Borbad Marvazi (590–628) as the founder of Tajik-Persian professional music.
The scientist is the author of more than 30 monographs and 900 scientific articles on the history of the musical culture of Tajiks and the peoples of the East. Under his authorship and editorship, a number of thematic collections were published, prepared for historical and cultural anniversaries, including the 1400th and 1430th anniversary of Borbad, the 2700th anniversary of the Avesta, the 3000th anniversary of Zoroastrian civilization; 1000th anniversary of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, 1100th anniversary of the Samanids; anniversaries of Rudaki, Abuali ibn Sino, Imam Abu Hanifa, Jomi, Bekhzod, centuries of Bobojon Gafurov, Mirzo Tursun-zade and Ziyodullo Shahidi.
[1945 – Circus actress, Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan Nazriniso Aliyeva was born.
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF JUNE 16
Today International Family Remittance Day, celebrated since 2015. It was established on the initiative of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a special structure within the UN.
It would seem, what does agricultural development and family remittances have to do with it? The fact is that this Fund was initially created within the UN with the aim of providing assistance to the poorest part of the population of developing countries, living mainly in rural areas.
By taking the initiative to establish a new international date, IFAD aimed to alleviate the plight of people in developing countries by supporting them in making remittances to family, provided that one of its members is forced to become a labor migrant.
Every year June 16 is celebrated at the initiative of the UN International Day of the African Childalso known as African Children’s Day.
The date was chosen in connection with the tragic events that occurred on June 16, 1976 in South Africa. On that day, thousands of black schoolchildren took to the streets of the settlement on the south-western outskirts of Johannesburg – Soweto, demanding improved quality of school education and defending the right to education in their native language.
Hundreds of young Africans were shot by government security forces. Over the next two weeks, more than a hundred people were killed and more than a thousand were injured. Official data reports that from June 16, 1976 to February 28, 1977, 575 people were killed and about 6,000 people were arrested as a result of police shootings.
On June 16, 1963, the world’s first space flight took place. female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. She became the sixth Soviet cosmonaut.
Tereshkova had a pretty hard time with the flight. However, despite nausea and physical discomfort, she survived 48 orbits around the Earth and spent almost three days in space, where she kept a logbook and took photographs of the horizon, which were later used to detect aerosol layers in the atmosphere.
After Tereshkova, the second woman flew into space only 19 years later. She became Svetlana Savitskaya.
June 16, 1925 in Crimea The All-Union Pioneer Camp “Artek” opened. The first shift brought 80 pioneers from Moscow, Ivanovo-Voznesensk and Crimea. The following year, Artek was visited by the first foreign delegation – pioneers from Germany.
The first Artek residents lived in canvas tents. Later, light plywood houses were built on the shore. In the 1930s, thanks to the winter building built in the upper park, Artek was gradually transferred to year-round operation.
In Soviet times, a trip to Artek was considered a prestigious award for both Soviet children and foreign schoolchildren. In its heyday, the annual number of trips to Artek was 27 thousand.
June 16, 1903 is considered the day Founding of the Ford Motor Companywhich subsequently became one of the largest in the world. At first, Henry Ford’s company produced cars with two-, four-, and later six-cylinder engines. A total of 7 models were produced: “A”, “B”, “C”, “F”, “K”, “N”, “R”.
Ford consistently ranks among the TOP 10 leading global automakers, ranking 5th or 6th in the world depending on the year and calculation method.
June 16, 1903 was The Pepsi-Cola trademark is registered. In 1893, a young pharmacist from New Bern, Caleb Bradham, created a pharmaceutical mixture of soda water, sugar, vanilla, rare oils and cola nuts. Soon it began to be sold in pharmacies as a cheerful, strengthening and digestive drink.
Five years after its invention, Bradham came up with a name for it – “Pepsi-Cola”, and on June 16, 1903, he registered it as a trademark. The name was made up of the names of the ingredients – pepsin (digestive enzyme) and kola nut. Soon Caleb Bradham organized the Pepsi Cola Company.
In 1923, due to rising sugar prices during World War I, the company went bankrupt. As a result, at the trial, Bradham had to reveal the secret of making syrup and confirm the truth of this information under oath.
During World War II, Pepsi-Cola overtook the popular drinks of the time, Royal Crown and Dr. Pepper” and became the No. 2 drink after Coca-Cola. And for more than a century, Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola have been fighting for the title of the most popular drink in the world.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR JUNE 16 (according to the Hydrometeorological Center of Tajikistan)
In the Sughd region – Partly cloudy, no precipitation at night, intermittent rain in places during the day, thunderstorm possible. East wind 5-10 m/s, in some places increasing to 10-15 m/s. Temperature in the valleys at night 19-240 warm, daytime 34-390 warm, in the mountains at night 6-110 warm, daytime 22-270 heat.
In Khatlon region – Partly cloudy in places, no precipitation. East wind 5-10 m/s, in some places increasing to 10-15 m/s, haze in places. Temperature: in the valleys at night 21-260 warm, daytime 38-430 warm, in the foothills at night 15-200 warm, daytime 29-340 heat.
For the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region – Partly cloudy, mostly no precipitation in the west of GBAO, light rain in places in the east of GBAO. East wind 5-10 m/s. Temperature: in the west of GBAO at night 10-150 warm, sometimes up to 18-200 warm, daytime 25-300 warm, in some places up to 33-350 warm, in the east of GBAO at night 0-50 warm, daytime 12-170 heat.
By districts of republican subordination – Partly cloudy in places, intermittent rain in some mountainous areas during the day, thunderstorm possible. East wind 5-10 m/s, in some places increasing to 10-15 m/s. Temperature: in the valleys at night 20-250 warm, daytime 34-390 warm, in the mountains at night 11-160 warm, daytime 27-320 heat.
Around the city of Dushanbe – Partly cloudy, no precipitation. East wind 2-7 m/s, at times increasing to 7-12 m/s. Temperature: at night 22-240 warm, daytime 37-390 heat.
Around the city of Khujand – Partly cloudy, without significant precipitation. East wind 5-10 m/s, at times increasing to 10-15 m/s. Temperature at night 22-240 warm, daytime 37-390 heat.
Around the city of Bokhtar – Partly cloudy, no precipitation. East wind 2-7, at times increasing to 7-12 m/s, haze. Temperature: at night 22-240 warm, daytime 40-420 heat.
Around the city of Khorog – Partly cloudy, no precipitation. East wind 5-10 m/s. Temperature: at night 13-150 warm, daytime 28-300 heat.
