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Romanian Passport Day
1826 - Birth of politician Nicolae Hurmuzaki, honorary member of the Romanian Academy (d. Sept. 1909)
1840 - Publication in Iasi of the "Dacia Literara" magazine headed by Mihail Kogalniceanu
1841 - Birth of Transylvanian publicist and writer Iosif Vulcan, member of the Romanian Academy; editor of the "Familia" magazine that hosted the literary debut of several writers, including poet Mihai Eminescu (d. 26 August 1907)
1865 - Death of composer and writer Nicolae Filimon; through his landmark "Old and new Boyars" he etched his name in the history of Romanian literature as founder of the novel (b. 6 September 1819)
1895 - Birth of mathematician and poet Ion Barbu (pen name of Dan Barbilian), posthumously named Romanian Academy member (d. 11 August 1961)
1907 - Hungarian parliament votes education laws (Apponyi Laws) intended to dismantle the Romanian, Slovak and Serbian denominational schools (March 19 - April 26)
1912 - Promulgation of High Royal Decree No. 1758 - the first Romanian law to regulate the regime of passports
1917 - Birth of pianist and composer Dinu Lipatti, posthumous member of the Romanian Academy (d. 2 December 1950)
1918 - Birth of poet, prose writer and translator George Cioranescu (d. 6 February 1993)
1924 - Birth of chemist Maria Brezeanu, member of the Romanian Academy (d. 19 April 2005)
1926 - Birth of Niculae Cerveni, former chairman of the Romanian Liberal Democratic Party (d. 16 January 2004)
1927 - Birth of playwright Alecu Popovici (d. 16 September 1997)
1933 - Birth of actor Constantin Dinulescu
1944 - Birth of soprano Eugenia Moldoveanu
1951 - Birth of poet and publicist Carolina Ilica
1951 - Death of Romanian folklorist and ethnographer Arthur Gorovei, honorary member of the Romanian Academy (b. 19 February 1864)
1965 - Death of Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej, first Secretary of the Romanian Workers Party's Central Committee, Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of Romania (b. 8 November 1901)
2006 - Death of cello player and pedagogue Radu Aldulescu (b. 17 September 1922)
2009 - Death of folklore singer Ion Dolanescu (b. 25 January 1944)
2013 - Death of actress Irina Petrescu (b. 19 June 1941)
2019 - Government decided to change name of Military Technical Academy into Ferdinand I Military Technical Academy.AGERPRES
