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ARMENIAN SINGER RUBEN MATEVOSYAN CELEBRATES 70TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
- People's Artist of Armenia Ruben Martirosyan is celebrating his 70th birthday anniversary and 50th anniversary on the stage. "I'm only looking ahead. Otherwise, I will cease to be a singer. But my wish is to breathe life into the songs that I have not yet sung," Matevosyan said. He recalls his first performance, title, award. He is grateful to God for his voice and to his teachers. Raisa Mkrtchyan, Nune Yesayan, Alla Levonyan Arman Hovhannisyan, and other performers are taking part in the jubilee concert. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his wife Rita Sargsyan, Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan and Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan are attending the concert.
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Today in Armenian history- 0 Mehekan was the 7th month in the old Armenian calendar (February 7 to March 8). The month's name is connected to the Armenian for death (mah) because plants and some animals would be in a state of hibernation at this time.
- 1676 Birth of Mkhitar Sebastatsi (cultural and church figure). He founded the Roman Catholoc Mkhitarist Congregation. He died in 1749.
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- 1887 Birth of Civil War hero and famous Commander Hayk Bjshkyants (Guy) in Tavriz (Iran). In December 1937 he was killed -- a victim of Stalin's terror.
- 1899 The first train arrives at Alexandropol (Gyoomree) from Tbilisi.
- 1925 Opening of the Land-owners' First National Conference in Yerevan.
- 1950 Death of painter Sargis Yerkanian in St Louis (USA).
- 1992 The U.S. Embassy opens in Armenia. It is the first foreign country to set up a diplomatic mission in Armenia.
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