1669: Demian Mnohohrishny is elected Hetman of Left-Bank Ukraine in Hlukhiv.
1811: Date of birth of Rev. Anton Mohylnytsky, Ukrainian author, public figure, and enlightener.
1866: A Russian public library (currently: the National Parliamentary Library) is founded in Kyiv.
1919: The RSFSR signs the Peace Treaty of Brest, thus recognizing Ukraine’s independence.
1945: A regional state art gallery opens in Lviv.
1947: The first 72,000 kW power unit starts generating at the Lenin Hydropower Station on the Dnipro, previously destroyed by the Nazi invaders.
1994: The US and Ukraine sign a joint communique on friendship and cooperation.
1999: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passes a resolution on its accession to the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
