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Published on March 02, 2008
131 INJURED IN YEREVAN MARCH 1 MELEE
- 131 people were taken to hospital after mass disorders on March 1. According to the Public Health Ministry press office, from 6 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. the number of the aggrieved made 42. 14 of them are military, 28 - civilians. No casualties were fixed. From 9.30 p.m. to 1 a.m. the number of aggrieved made 89. 58 of them are military, 31 - civilians. 16 servicemen and 18 civilians received bullet wounds. 8 people were killed. 41 were discharged from hospital on March 2.
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Today in Armenian history- 0 Vardanants Day of the Armenian Apostolic Church Calendar.
- 1902 Stepan Shahoomyan organizes a student strike at the Polytechnic Institute in Riga (Estonia). As a consequence, he is exiled to the Caucasus.
- 1916 "The Armenians and the War" magazine was publishing in Odessa from March to the following February .
- 1917 Creation of the Provisional Russian Government.
- 1931 Birth of the German orientalist and armenologist Alfred Gutschmidt. His studies focussed on the sources of Khorenatsi and Agathangeghos.
- 1931 Birth of Mikhail Gorbachov, the first and last President of the Soviet Union.
- 1981 Start of operations for Yerevan's subway. In 2001 it extends over 12 kilometers and has 10 stations.
- 1992 Armenia becomes a member of the United Nations.
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