On September 16, the new complex of "Zvartnots" International Airport was opened.
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1971
Yerevan Museum of Modern Art opened on Lenin Avenue (now Mastots avenue).
782 BC
In the southeastern part of the modern capital, King Argishti I founded the fortress town of Erebuni, the capital city of the Van Kingdom (Urartu), "to show the power of the country and to frighten enemies".
