Events in Tajikistan History
- 1989-01-23 100s feared dead after a powerful earthquake strikes the Soviet Central Asian republic of Tajikistan
- 2001-06-14 China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan form the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
- 2001-08-21 The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
- 2016-08-19 Tajikistan's Dilshod Nazarov throws 78.68m to win the men's hammer throw gold medal the Rio de Janeiro Olympics; first gold medal for Tajikistan in Olympic history
- 2019-11-06 17 people die in attack on a checkpoint by Islamic State militants on Tajikistan's border with Uzbekistan
Famous People from Tajikistan
- 1930-10-05 Rahmon Nabiyev, Tajik politician, First Secretary of The Communist Party (1982-85) and President of Tajikistan (1991-92), born in Leninabad, Tajik SSR (now Khujand, Tajikistan) (d. 1992)
- 1942-05-22 Malika Sabirova, Soviet Tajik ballet dancer, born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (d. 1982)