January 8. Kazinform's timeline of major events
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazinform's Timeline is the one-stop shop where you can learn about historical events for the 8th of January. See what notable events happened throughout Kazakhstan's history on January 8.
EVENTS
1864 – Ybyrai Altynsarin opens the first school for Kazakh children in Turgai.
1963 – The first Inaugural Congress of the Union of Cinematographers of Kazakhstan takes place. Shaken Aimanov is elected the first secretary of the congress.
1997 – The city of Zhambyl is renamed as Taraz. The city gets back its historical name mentioned in the Chinese sources in the middle of I century B.C.
2007– The Kazakh–French Friendship Society opens in Paris. Named after Mustafa Shokai the society is established by our compatriots residing in France.
2014 – Young Kazakh dombra players from Astana win the International Music Contest in Beijing. The event brings together 40 music bands from Kazakhstan, China, Russia, and Mongolia.
2016 – Amazon starts selling ‘The Leadership Perspectives’ book, the collection of speeches and addresses of First Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev during 2012-2015 in English.
2018 – Kazakh figure skaters haul two bronze, one silver and one gold medals at the 1st FBMA Trophy figure skating competition held in Abu Dhabi.
2019 – Kazakhstani representatives for the first time ever become members of the FIDE commission. It consists of 224 people from more than 130 countries of the world.
2019 – The Al Farabi Scientific and Educational Center is unveiled at the Cairo University in Egypt.
2020 – Kazakhstan takes over the chairmanship in the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries for 2020-2021 at the UN headquarters in New York.
2021 – Research ‘Turkic World: Historic and Cultural Atlas’ is published in Kazakhstan.
2021 – The Fishery Committee is established in Kazakhstan.
2022 - Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the decree to announce January 10 as the Day of National Mourning in the Republic of Kazakhstan.