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Allan Alaküla

Allan Alaküla, Estonian journalist
Allan Alaküla (born 11 September 1968 in Kohtla-Järve) is an Estonian journalist.Graduated from Tartu University history department (1993), refreshed in Birmingham University (1996) and Indian Institute of Mass Communication (2000).

Was President of Estonian Union of Journalists 2001–2004 and member of Estonian Press Council 1999–2003. Chairman of supervisory board of Tallinn Television July 2012-January 2017.

Worked as editorial writer in Estonian daily Postimees, as head of opinion department in daily Sõnumileht and as editor in chief in weekly Kesknädal. In Tallinn municipal administration held previously position of public relations director.

Head of Tallinn European Union Office in Brussels 2007 - 2020.

In 2021 January started blog of media-critics https://meediavaht.ee/ and is freelancing to different publications. Since 2021 September guides local tours in Lahemaa National Parc with nonprofit society Valgejõe Mälutalu https://malutalu.webador.com/

21 November 2021 was elected elder/leader of Valgejõe village in Lahemaa.

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Events on 1968

  • 30Jan

    Tet Offensive

    Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
  • 31Jan

    Tet Offensive

    Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
  • 29Apr

    Counterculture of the 1960s

    The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
  • 14Oct

    U.S. Marine Corps

    Vietnam War: The United States Department of Defense announces that the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps will send about 24,000 soldiers and Marines back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours of duty in the combat zone there.
  • 20Oct

    Jacqueline Kennedy

    Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.