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Representatives of Turkic peoples living in Saint Petersburg, Russia, are highly critical of the French National Assembly for approving a bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide. On Dec. ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1851 Hovhannes Hisarian publishes the first periodical "Banaser" till 1852, in Constandinople.
- 1856 Birth of Yervand Shahaziz in Ashtarak. He died in 1951 in Yerevan.
- 1858 Mandinyan first publishes the Armenian "Bee" (periodical) in Tbilissi (Georgia). In 1862, Petros Simonyan became the editor.
- 1871 Mateos Mamurian publishes the "Arevelian Mamool" periodical until 1909, in Smyrna.
- 1872 Founding of the "Mshak" newspaper by G. Arzrouni.
- 1878 The "Eastern" Association and the "Dprotsasirats" (pro-school) Association in Constantinople join as the "Dprotsasirats Eastern Association".
- 1879 Mkrtich Portoogalyan opens a trade school in Van (Western Armenia).
- 1883 Hakob Paronian publishes the "Erkragoond" periodical until the end of 1884.
- 1883 Yeghia Demirchipashian published the "Grakan ev imastasirakan" periodical until 1888.
- 1886 Birth of Garegin Njdeh (prominent public figure and member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation) in Kznoot (Nakhitjevan). He died in 1955.
- 1887 The Mkhitarist Congregation in Vienna publishes the first issue of its monthly "Journal" (hantess).
- 1890 Exile of Khrimian Hayrik to Jerusalem.
- 1890 The "Costume" periodical is first published in Tbilissi (Georgia) by Tigran Nazarian.
- 1895 Birth of armenologist, historian, lawyer Armen Hrand (Kyootookyan). His important contributions for armenology are: "Mets Tigran" (Teegran the Great), "The Marzpan and Sparapet", "Armenian Supreme Court", "Vassak Syoonee the Accused" and others.
- 1895 Through the insistence of the ambassadors of the Allied Powers, the Turkish government's Inspection Commission arrives at Sassoon to investigate the Armenian massacres that had taken place there.
- 1899 Completion of the Tbilissi-Alexandropol (Gyoomree) railroad.
- 1907 Birth of Carzou (artist).
- 1916 The "Armenian Herald" (weekly) is published in Moscow (Russia).
- 1917 Turkey nullifies the Treaties of Paris (1856) and Berlin (1878), which allude to Turkey's borders.
- 1922 Ceremonial opening of Yerevan's Town Council.
- 1924 Birth of Parooyr Sevak (writer, political figure). He died in 1971 in a car accident planned by the Soviet police.
- 1946 Death of Abraham Gyoolkhandarian, a former Minister of Armenia and one of the leaders of the heroic battle of Baku.
- 1978 Opening of the Armenian Folk Arts Museum.
- 1991 As a follow up to the Yezdi people's wishes, the Armenian National Radio institutes a Yezdi editorial board for Yezdi programs.
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