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Headlines for March 18, 2008

THE HISTORICAL COMPLEX IS RE-ESTABLISHED
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The process of rehabilitation works of monastical complex of Amaras was discussed on March 17th at the conference held by NKR Prime Minister Ara Harutyunian. By participation of the primate of Artsakh ...

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Today in Armenian history

1839 Hakobos Bishop Serobian was elected Patriarch of Constantinople. He led the movement against Protestantism and encouraged the national movement against the amira. He supported the Skyootar Gymnasium.
1870 Birth of Sargees (Sako) Hambardzoomian, long-time revolutionary, public figure, and physician. He died in 1944.
1879 Birth of doctor Varazdat Galanchian, major of the British Royal Army and founder of plastic surgery.
1924 Birth of Levon Khatsherian, linguist and Armenologist.
1931 Founding of the Yerevan City History Museum.
1940 Kirov's synthetic rubber factory (now called "Nairit") was created out of the Yerevan Carbide factory.
1944 The "Sassuntsi Davit" Tank Division is created with the help of Diasporan Armenians.
1946 The five-year plan (1946-1950) for the Armenian SSR is adopted.
1949 Trolley buses were first used in Yerevan.