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Armenia’s Eduard Spertsyan Named to Marca’s 100 Best Players of the Season List, With Messi, Ronaldo and Yamal

Armenia national team captain Eduard Spertsyan has been named to Marca's list of the 100 best players of the 2025/26 season, reports Zartonk Sports. The list from the Spanish...

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ON THIS DAY in 1961, Hasmik Papian, One of the World’s Greatest Armenian Sopranos, Was Born

Hasmik Papian is one of the leading Armenian sopranos of her generation and one...

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ON THIS DAY in 1908, William Saroyan, the Oscar-Winning and Pulitzer Prize-Refusing Writer Who Became the Most Widely Read Armenian Writer in America, Was...

118 years ago today, on August 31, 1908, William Saroyan was born in Fresno,...

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ON THIS DAY in 1919, the Late Ben Agajanian, the Armenian Two-Time NFL Champion Who Invented Pro Football’s Modern Kicking Specialist Role, Was Born.

Ben Agajanian was pro football's first true kicking specialist. Across a 19-year career spanning...

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Jerry Tarkanian, the Hall of Fame UNLV Coach and Son of Armenian Genocide Survivors

Jerry Tarkanian revolutionized college basketball and became one of the most legendary coaches in the sport's American history. He compiled the 6th-highest winning percentage...

ON THIS DAY in 1928, Konstantin Orbelyan, the Armenian Prince & Conductor Whose Orchestra Was the First Soviet Jazz Ensemble to Tour America, Was...

98 years ago today, on July 29, 1928, the legendary Armenian composer, pianist, and conductor Konstantin Orbelyan was born in Armavir, Russia, into the...