Day of Remembrance of St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia ( Orthodox holidays) (photo)
Events of the day:
1820 - founded royal astronomical society in London (photo)
1936 - based voluntary sports society railroad "locomotive" (photo)
1945 - Soviet troops launched a full-scale offensive against Nazi Germany - the beginning of "operation Vistula-Oder" (photo)
1950 - after a slight break in the USSR, by the Decree of the presidium of the Supreme Council, re-introduced the death penalty for treason and espionage (photo)
1998 - in Paris, 19 countries have signed the protocol on ban (photo)
2004 human cloning year - the largest at that time, ocean liner "Queen Mary 2" makes its maiden voyage across the Atlantic ocean (photo)
2010 - on the island of Haiti was a major earthquake, in which, according to official figures, killed 222 570 (photo)