This Week in Armenian History
Death of Abraham Alikhanian (December 8, 1970)
Abraham Alikhanian is widely recognized as one of the leading Soviet physicists who specialized in p...
Death of Ariel Agemian (November 28, 1963)
Ariel (Haroutiun) Agemian was born in Brusa, Turkey, in 1904. He was a survivor of the Armenian Geno...
Birth of Rosy Varte (November 22, 1923)
Rosy Varte was a French actress of Armenian descent. She made more than 100 film and television appe...
Birth of Onnig Avedissian (November 21, 1898)
Onnig Avedissian was born in Brusa (nowadays Bursa) on November 21, 1898. At the age of two, he move...
Death of Grigori Arutinov (November 9, 1957)
Grigori Arutinov (known as Grigor Harutiunian in Armenian) was the first secretary of the Communist ...
Death of Ashot Navasardian (November 3, 1997)
Ashot Navasardian was a Soviet Armenian dissident who founded the Republican Party of Armenia on the...
Birth of Hovhannes Barseghian (October 25, 1920)
Hovhannes Barseghian was a prolific and authoritative linguist in Armenia.
He was born on October ...
Death of Luther Simjian (October 23, 1997)
Luther George Simjian, an Armenian American prolific inventor and entrepreneur, held over 200 patent...
Birth of Zareh Khrakhouni (October 16, 1926)
Zareh Khrakhouni (pen name of Arto Jumbushian) was born in Constantinople on October 16, 1926. After...
Death of Arman Kotikian (October 3, 1968)
Arman Kotikian, a poet and translator, was mainly known as an actor with a half-century on Armenian ...