January 17 is Benjamin Franklin Day

January 17 - Benjamin Franklin Day The world famous Benjamin Franklin was born on this day. ?️ He is mostly known as a politician whose image is reflected in the world's reserve currency, the US dollar. However, Franklin was not only a politician, but also a diplomat, inventor, scientist, philosopher, writer, in short, one of the most important figures of the XNUMXth century. Franklin's portrait is shown on which banknote... Read More

Today, January 15, is Wikipedia's birthday.

Today, January 15, is Wikipedia's birthday. The domains Wikipedia.com and wikipedia.org were registered on January 2001, 12 and January 2001, 13, respectively. ?Wikipedia was founded on January 2001, 15 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, citizens of the United States of America. ?Sanger coined the word "Wikipedia" by combining the English words "wiki" and "encyclopedia". The word "wiki" is actually a Hawaiian word that means "quick," and the web pages that most people create together are... Read More

January 15 - the day of establishment of Tashkent region

January 15 - the day when Tashkent region was established. Tashkent region is located in the north-east of the Republic. It borders the Republic of Kazakhstan to the north and northwest, the Kyrgyz Republic to the northeast, the Namangan Region to the east, the Republic of Tajikistan to the south, and the Syrdarya Region to the southwest. It was established on January 1938, 15. The area is 15,26 thousand km². The population is 3 million people, mostly Uzbeks, as well as Russians, Kazakhs, Tatars, Tajiks, Koreans and other nationalities... Read More

January 15 - the day of establishment of Fergana region

January 15 - the day of establishment of Fergana region. It is located in the east of the Republic, in the south of the Fergana valley. It borders Namangan and Andijan regions to the north, Kyrgyzstan to the south and east, and Tajikistan to the west. It was established on January 1938, 15. The area is 6,8 thousand km². The population is 4 million people (2023), mainly Uzbeks, as well as representatives of Russian, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Tatar and other nationalities. The center is Fergana... Read More