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Valentin Kovalenko
1975Aug, 9

Valentin Kovalenko

Valentin Kovalenko, Uzbek football referee
Valentin Kovalenko (born 9 August 1975) is an Uzbekistani football referee of Ukrainian and Russian origin. He referees at the Uzbekistan Super League and Uzbekistan Cup.

He refereed at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, 2012 AFC Cup Final and 2014 World Cup qualifiers, beginning with the preliminary-round match between Iraq and Yemen. During 2006 World Cup qualifying, he also served as an assistant referee.

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  • 26Jun

    Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

    Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
  • 15Aug

    Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

    Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
  • 15Aug

    Yasukuni Shrine

    Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
  • 27Aug

    Dili

    The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
  • 1Oct

    Ellice Islands

    The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.