Prominent personalities

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of Tito Livio Buratino. Historians have not yet come to an unanimous opinion on who he was - an outstanding scientist and inventor or a clever adventurer.

In January 8, 2017 were 375 years since the death of the genius Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (15.02. 1564 - 08/01/1642), one of the founders of classical physics and natural science research in general.

There is the first holiday that comes right after New Year and remains unnoticed in the dazzling splashes of January's fun. Probably because it is not accompanied with some traditional actions such as caroling, divination or bathing in the ice-holes.

2016 marks 2400 years since the birth of Aristotle, the brilliant Greek philosopher and scientist, whose contribution to the development of human civilization cannot be overstated.

300 years have passed since the death of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1.07.1646-14.11.1716) - German philosopher, scientist, politician, diplomat, one of the most versatile geniuses in history.

The 6th of September, 2016 it has been 250 years since the birth of famous English scientist John Dalton.

The great Polish composer Frederic Chopin was born on March 1 (Feb. 22, Old Style), 1810 near Warsaw. In the village where he lived as a child and where subsequently often spent his summers, Frederic became interested in folk songs and dances.

March 20 world marks the 100 anniversary of the birth "Musician of the Century", the pianist Sviatoslav Richter. For Ukraine it is a special event, because a great artist is our countryman.

Scientific and technical progress of humanity in the twentieth century is difficult to imagine without the use of invisible rays that are called X-ray. These rays are used in the technics, science, and medicine.

One hundred years ago the pilot Peter Nesterov died in the implementation of the world’s first air ram on a German aircraft. Peter Nesterov is known as the pilot, who first in the world performed aerobatics “loop”.