1848 - Birth of prose writer Calistrat Hogas (d. 28 August 1917)
1849 - Russian-Turkish Convention signed in Balta Liman, internationally recognizing the defeat of the Romanian Revolution of 1848-1849
1854 - Birth of engineer Anghel Saligny, member and president of the Romanian Academy (d. 17 June 1925)
1890 - Birth of geographer Vintila M. Mihailescu, member of the Romanian Academy (d. 27 May 1978)
1895 - Death of literary critic Raicu Ionescu-Rion (b. 24 Aug. 1872)
1919 - It is issued in Bucharest the literary magazine Sburatorul headed by Eugen Lovinescu (1919-1922 and 1926-1927)
1947 - Birth in Timisoara of Nicolae (Nicu) Covaci, painter, graphic designer, founder of Phoenix rock band, known in the West as Transsylvania-Phoenix
1949 - Birth of essayist Maria-Ana Tupan
1954 - Birth of literary critic Radu G. Teposu (d. 5 November 1999)
1962 - Union of Medical Science Societies of Romania is established
1993 - Visit to USA of president Ion Iliescu, to attend inauguration of the Holocaust Museum, meets president Bill Clinton, other officials
1995 - In Bucharest takes place the Constituent Reunion of the Joint Romania-EU Parliamentary Committee, a body foreseen in the Association Agreement
2005 - Death of chemist Maria Brezeanu, member of the Romanian Academy (b. 19 March 1924)
2007 - A joint sitting of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies endorses in a 322-to-108 vote with 10 abstentions the proposal of suspending President Traian Basescu from office. The Parliament's decision was published in the Official Gazette on 19 April 2007
2013 - Romania's delegation to the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, Russia (19-21) wins seven medals: one gold - Larisa Iordache (beam); five silver - Larisa Iordache (individual compound, vault and floor), Diana Bulimar (beam) and Flavius Kozzi (vault); one bronze - Diana Bulimar (floor)
2015 - Gymnast Andreea Munteanu wins the gold medal in the beam, and Marius Aries has won the silver medal in parallels at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montpellier, France.
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