13:19 Chief Conductor of St. Petersburg Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra A. Dmitriev awarded State Prize.
People's Artist of Russia, professor of St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory Aleksandr Dmitriev was handed State Prize of Russia for his extensive concert activities with St. Petersburg State Philharmonic's Symphonic Orchestra.

13:02 World War II exhibit opens in State Museum of the Defense of Leningrad.
The Victory Banner posted on Reichstag building in Berlin in May 1945 occupied the central place in the extensive exposition of this exhibit, titled "Aggression".