HOLIDAYS:
International Credit Union Day.
Kazakhstan – Rescuer Day.
SIGNS:
Thomas. For Foma, a small piece of bread is given to those who are in poor health. The last curly clouds in the sky.
BORN:
1862 Auguste Louis Marie Nicolas LUMIERE, French inventor, eldest of the brothers – creators of cinema.
1919 Alexander Arkadyevich GALICH (nee GINZBURG), Russian poet, playwright. He died in 1977 in Paris from an electric shock while connecting an antenna to a newly purchased stereo system. Galich is a literary pseudonym made up of the letters of one’s own last name, first name and patronymic.
1940 Michael John Gambon, Irish actor, sir (Albus DUMBLEDORE in Harry Potter).
1941 Zhanna Andreevna BOLOTOVA, Russian actress.
1952 Veronica CASTRO, Mexican actress (“The Rich Also Cry”). She was born into a very poor family. She has two children, but she never married, and her personal life has always been the subject of gossip and gossip.
1961 Evelina Georgievna SAKURO, Belarusian actress.
1962 Evander Holyfield, American boxer, former professional world heavyweight champion. He started boxing at the age of 16.
1973 Alexander Nikolaevich KHATSKEVICH, Belarusian football player, coach. Ilona’s wife, two sons.
1978 Ararat Gevorgovich KESCHYAN, Russian comedian. He has two daughters.
1980 Ekaterina Viktorovna GORDON (nee PROKOFIEV), Russian television and radio presenter.
1983 Rebecca Louise Ferguson Sundström, Swedish model and actress. She has two children.
EVENTS:
1812 After unsuccessful attempts to make peace with Russia, Napoleon decided to leave Moscow. Although the soldiers were told that they were temporarily leaving Moscow to fight the Russians, no one believed it anymore. Behind the army, convoys with looted goods stretched for several kilometers. However, despite the visible losses, it was a hundred thousand strong, well-armed army.
1835 GOGOL in a letter asked PUSHKIN for a plot for a comedy: “Do me a favor, give me a plot, in spirit it will be a five-act comedy, and I swear it will be funnier than the devil” In response, Pushkin gave Gogol a plot that was of keen interest to him. The poet’s note has been preserved: “Kristin (Svinin) comes to the province for the fair (fair), he is mistaken for… The governor is an honest fool. The governor’s wife flirts with him. Christine is wooing her daughter.” By the end of January, Gogol finished work on The Inspector General.
1872 The world’s largest gold nugget (214.32 kg) was found in Australia.
1943 The antibiotic streptomycin was discovered in the USA.
2011 Alexander YI and Shigeru KONDO calculated the value of Pi with an accuracy of 10 trillion decimal places.
