Today in Azerbaijan History
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Historical Events
Events 1 - 11 of 11
1918-05-28 - Azerbaijan gains independence and declares itself a Democratic Republic
1918-08-17 - British troops attack Baku Azerbaijan
1920-04-28 - Azerbaijan SSR joins USSR (1st time)
1924-02-09 - Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR
1936-12-05 - Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR & Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of Soviet Union
1937-11-01 - Stalinists executed by shooting Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community (including three women).
1988-02-28 - Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed
1990-01-20 - Black January - crackdown of Azerbaijani pro-independence demonstrations by Soviet army in Baku.
1992-02-25 - Khojaly massacre: about 613 civilians killed by Armenian armed forces during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan
1994-03-17 - Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan (32 killed)
2005-12-23 - Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashes shortly after takeoff killing 23 people.
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 7 of 7
1865-04-23 - Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)
1922-11-22 - Fikret Dzhamil Amirov, Kirovabad Russia, Azerbaijani composer (Shur)
1923-05-10 - Heydar Aliyev, Ex-President and Leader of Azerbaijan Republic (d. 2003)
1928-11-29 - Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter
1941-04-05 - Roman Balayan, Nerke Azerbaijan, director (Filer, Biryuk)
1947-12-10 - Rəsul Quliyev, Azerbaijani politician
1961-12-24 - Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Republic
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 4 of 4
1943-08-18 - Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
1989-06-09 - Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor (b. 1915)
1992-07-15 - Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijan's most noted journalist (b. 1960)
2003-12-12 - Heydər Əliyev, President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923)
