Hungarian Language Day
1884 - Premiere, in Bucharest, of "O scrisoare pierduta" (Lost letter), by famous Romanian playwright I. L. Caragiale
1907 - First flight of the Cornu Helicopter, designed by Paul Cornu, the first manned helicopter to take flight, in Lisieux, France
1909 - Birth of Eugen Ionescu (Eugene Ionesco), writer and playwright, posthumous member of the Romanian Academy (d. March 28, 1994)
1914 - Death of writer Dimitrie Anghel (b. July 16, 1872)
1930 - Birth of Georgeta Horodinca, literary critic and historian (d. July 1, 2006)
1950 - Birth of Ioana Craciunescu, actress and poet
1955 - Death of writer and publicist Romulus Cioflec (b. March 23, 1882)
1960 - Death of folklorist Gheorghe T. Kirileanu, honorary member of the Romanian Academy (b. March 13, 1872)
1977 - Death of Constantin C. Giurescu, historian and political figure, member of the Romanian Academy. (b. October 26, 1901)
1984 - Death of Eta Boeriu, poet and translator (b. February 23, 1923)
1988 - Death of Vlad Georgescu, director of Radio Free Europe's Romanian-language section between 1983-1988, in Munich (b. October 20, 1937)
1993 - Death of engineer Lorin Traian Salagean, member of the Romanian Academy (b. March 5, 1929)
1997 - Death of economist Alexandru Barladeanu, member of the Romanian Academy (b. January 25, 1911)
2001 - State visit by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
2003 - Seven states in the Balkan region (Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro) sign, in Rome, a series of agreements regarding the creation of a free trade area (excluding agricultural products), in a first step to their European integration
2011 - The short film Silent River, directed by Anca Miruna Lazarescu, wins the Grand Prix of the Brest European Short Film Festival.AGERPRES
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