August 2: 35 years since the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, which led to the outbreak of the operation “storm in the desert”
On August 2, 1990, under the pretext that he has historical rights over Kuwait, Iraq, led by Saddam Husein, invaded this emirate and annexed. Also on August 2, it is the National Holocaust Commemoration Day against the Roma.
The War in Iraq left with over 100,000 photo dead: Adevărul (Archive)
1776: The US Declaration of Independence was signed
The statement of independence of the United States of America is a document by which the thirteen colonies of Great Britain have declared themselves independent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, explaining the reason why they did it.
The document was ratified by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. The original signed by the Congress delegates is permanently exposed in the National Archives building in the capital of the United States, Washington, DC.
1891: was born Mihail Jora, composer, conductor and Romanian pianist
He was a full member of the Romanian Academy, professor and rector of the Royal Music Academy in Bucharest. He called his more than one hundred “songs”, to suggest the Romanian character and the specific particularities that separate these works from the tradition of the German Lied, represented in particular by the compositions of Schubert, Schumann and Brahms.
Mihail Jora Photo: Archive
The Union of Music Critics is named and organizes in Bucharest the “National Contest of Musical Interpretation Mihail Jora” annually. Mihail Jora's name is also bears the concert studio of the Radio Palace, the largest symphonic and choral concert hall in Romania.
1893: Alfred Alessandrescu, composer, pianist and conductor was born.
He was born on February 18, 1959, in Bucharest. He studied at the Bucharest Conservatory (1903-1911), at “Schola Cantorum” in Paris (1913-1914, 1923-1924), following in parallel the Faculty of Law in Paris (1913-1914), as indicated by the volume “Romanian musicians. Composers and musicians”, author Viorel Cosma (Music Ed.
He was a chamber music pianist, conductor of the Romanian Opera in Bucharest, conductor, then subdirector of the Bucharest Philharmonic, artistic director of the Radio-Bucharest Symphony Orchestra (1933-1959), musical director of the Romanian Broadcasting. He was also a professor of theory-solfii and harmony-controlunct at the Bucharest Conservatory.
Alfred Alessandrescu Photo: Facebook/Romanian Opera
In 1911 he obtained the composition prize of the magazine “Music” in Paris, then the honorary prize (1913) and the first prize of composition “George Enescu” (1916). Subsequently, he received the distinctions of knight of the legion of French (1930), “Emeritus Master of Art” (1954). Composed: symphonic music (“autumn twilight”, 1910; “Romanian fantasy”, 1913; “Acton”, 1915); Chamber music (“Lent Vals”, 1910; “Adagio for 2 violins and piano”, 1916); Vocal music (“Sagesse”, 1910 “Aube”, 1915; “Berceuse”, 1917); orchestrations and transcripts (Bach, Brahms, Tchaikovski, Rossini, Verdi, Iacob Mureşianu, L. Propecta, A. Vieru).
1940: Stalin signed an abusive decree of the creation of the Moldovan Soviet Soviet Republic
It was created by Moscow, after the breaking of the province of Bessarabia from the body of Romania as a result of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, the Moldovan RSS, a Union Republic within the USSR Stalin signed an abusive decree (without any consultation of the inhabitants of the region) by the creation of this so-called “union republic” constituted by the breaking of some territories without the territories of Basarabie without the county without the countries. Hotin, Ismail and the White Fortress, plus part of the Moldovan RSSA (approximately corresponding to the current territory of Transnistria).
Stalin Photo: Pinterest
1948: Cornel Dinu, a former footballer and coach was born
He was born in Târgoviște. He started playing the team in his hometown, Metal Târgoviște. In the seniors he played only for Dinamo Bucharest, with 454 matches in Liga 1 and 53 goals scored. The “prosecutor” is called, in appreciation for the justice of his opinions, was many years the captain of the national team, for which he played 75 times and scored 7 goals.
Cornel Dinu Photo: Archive
He was holder in the Romanian team at the 1970 World Football Championship. The “Prosecutor” (as it is nicknamed) also held the position of Secretary of State in the Ministry of Sports immediately after the 1989 Revolution, respectively between 1990-1992. Cornel Dinu won three times the title of “footballer of the year” in the investigation of the newspaper Gazeta Sporturii, in 1970, 1972 and 1974. It debuted in Division A on September 25, 1966 (in the Dinamo – Red Flag 0-1). The last match played on June 18, 1983.
1980: A bomb attack devastated Bologna Station, killing at least 75 people
Most of the victims of the explosion were Italians, but among the dead were foreign tourists.
More than 200 people were also injured. The explosion ravaged in the Bologna Central Station a neo-fascist group called a newspaper from Rome three hours after the attack, to claim the attack.
1990: Iraq invaded Kuwait, triggering the golf war
On August 2, 1990, under the pretext that he has historical rights over Kuwait, Iraq, led by Saddam Husein, invaded this emirate and annexed. Over 100,000 Iraqis soldiers, supported by 700 tanks and aviation, invaded the neighboring state Kuwait, in the early hours of the morning.
Iraqi forces have installed a ” provisional government“And the president of Iraq Saddam Hussein threatened to turn the city of Kuwait into a” cemetery “, if another country”dares “To challenge this annexation.
The invasion has aroused protests and international conviction. The UN condemned the aggression and instituted a commercial embargo against Iraq and, against the Baghdad's refusal to withdraw his troops, triggered on January 3, 1991, a military operation (the “storm in the desert”), the bulk of the air forces being provided by the US.
As a result of this action, Kuwait was released (February 27), but Iraq remained under a UN sanctions and control regime, with indications that the Baghdad authorities secretly manufacture bacteriological and chemical weapons. The refusal of the Iraqi government to cooperate with the control teams determined the action of American-English punishment (air bombardments), from December 1998 (“Desert fox” operation).
The US withdrew from Iraq in 2011, the goal left behind being filled by ISIS, which is why American troops returned to Iraq in 2014.
In 2021, President Biden announced the completion of the American fighter operations in Iraq and the transition to Iraqi forces training with only 2,500 American soldiers present on the Iraqi territory.
2015: National Holocaust Commemoration Day against Roma
On August 2, 1944, about 3,000 Roma from the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp fell victims of the Nazi regime. In total, in Europe, about 500,000 Roma were killed during the Holocaust.
In order to honor the memory of the victims, the day of August 2 was declared the European Roma genocide commemoration day by the resolution of the European Parliament on April 15, 2015, notes the MAE website.
Holocaus Romi Photo: Archive
At the same time, by Law no. 124/2020, the day of August 2 was established in national plane as a national day for the Holocaust commemoration against the Roma – Samudaripen. The word samudaripen means mass killing in Roman.
According to the final report of the International Commission for Holocaust Study in Romania, about 25,000 Roma in Romania were deported by the Antonescu regime in Transnistria. Of these, about 11,000 died.
