11
May
Birth of Neshan Krekorian (May 12, 1886)
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His name perhaps would have been forgotten to history had he not been one of the Armenian survivors ...
This Week in Armenian History
04
May
Death of Henrik Igitian (May 10, 2009)
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Henrik Igitian was a man who helped young talents survive in the years of socialist realism and rigi...
28
Apr
Passing of Archbishop Zareh Aznavorian (April 30, 2004)
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Archbishop Zareh Aznavorian faithfully served the Armenian Apostolic Church as an ordained celibate ...
21
Apr
Battle of Artzni (April 25, 775)
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The Arab rule in Armenia lasted for almost two and half centuries (640-886). The Arab domination, ho...
13
Apr
Death of Vagharshag Servantzdian (April 16, 1958)
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Among the so-called “five disciples” of Gomidas Vartabed, two of them lived for decades in the Unite...
06
Apr
Birth of Herbert Adams Gibbons (April 8, 1880)
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American journalist Herbert Adams Gibbons coined the phrase “The Blackest Page of Modern History” in...
31
Mar
Birth of Edgar Hilsenrath (April 2, 1926)
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Edgar Hilsenrath, a German Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor, celebrated for his trenchant and pr...
24
Mar
Death of Robert Zildjian (March 28, 2013)
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Robert Zildjian became the founder of Sabian Cymbals, the second-largest manufacturer of cymbals in ...
17
Mar
Birth of Hovsep Orbeli (March 20, 1887)
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The youngest of three remarkable scientist brothers (his elder brothers were archaeologist Ruben Orb...
10
Mar
Birth of Eduard Aghayan (March 16, 1913)
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Eduard Aghayan was a well-regarded scholar in Armenia who made extensive contributions to different ...