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Headlines for March 08, 2008

RA CC DISMISSED ACTIONS ON DECLARATION PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS INVALID
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On March 8, the Armenian Constitutional Court dismissed the actions brought in by former presidential hopefuls Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Tigran Karapetyan urging to declare the results of the presidential ...

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Today in Armenian history

0 Day of Women, Maternity and Beauty.
1878 The Armenian delegation, headed by Mkrtitsh Khrimyan "Hairik", left Constantinople to attend the Berlin Conference that dealt with the Armenian Question and the issues of the Treaty of San Stefano.
1892 Death of Srapion Hekimian, a prominent figure in the renaissance of the Armenian theater, acting and dramaturgy. He was born in 1832.
1911 Birth of Alan Vaness Chakmakjian (Alan Hovhanness), composer. He died in 2000.
1911 Birth of Alan Hovhannes (composer).
1919 Publication of Sultan Mohamed the 6th's Wahid-ed-din's Imperial Proclamation on starting court proceedings against the Young Turk government's leaders and the "Union and Progress" Party heads.
1956 Death of Dro (Drastamat Kanayan). He led the victorious Armenian troops who fought off the Turkish attack at Aparan in 1918. His remains were transferred there in 2001. He was born in 1884.
1965 Vanadzor's (Kirovakan) Thermal Power Station is put on line.
1965 People's Artist Martiros Saryan (painter) is declared a Hero of Socialism.
1969 Opening of Yerevan's Drama Theatre with the presentation of "Anoosh".
1975 The UN officially proclaims March 8 as International Women's Day. The world celebrated this day since 1910.