Yerevan residents and guests celebrated the city's 2750th anniversary. The Erebuni museum was opened at the foot of Arin Berd hill. Armenian weavers created the famous Erebuni carpet and the Yerevan Experimental Tobacco Factory started the production of "Arin Berd" and "Erebuni" cigarettes, which became very popular.
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1850
In Yerevan the female school was opened on January 2 and named in honour to St. Hripsime.
1919
The first Armenian radio station was launched during the years of the First Republic, on September 25, 1919.
