HOLIDAYS:
Smiley’s birthday (On this day in 1982, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott FELLMAN first proposed using three consecutive characters – a colon, a hyphen and a closing parenthesis – to represent a “smiling face” in text that is typed on a computer (J).
International Day of Imitation of Pirates.
SIGNS:
Michael the Archangel. You cannot work on this day – God will punish you. The leaf does not stay on the tree.
BORN:
1839 George Cadbury, American businessman, founder of a chocolate manufacturing company.
1911 William Gerald Golding, English writer. With his first novel, Lord of the Flies, he proved that fascism can arise even on a desert island.
1946 Victor Vladimirovich EROFEEV, Russian writer.
1947 Boris Sergeevich GALKIN, Russian actor. Father of actor Vladislav GALKIN.
1949 TWIGGY (Leslie LAWSON (nee HORNBY), English fashion model. Young, painfully fragile, with huge wide eyes and a short haircut, Twiggy became a symbol of the 60s of the last century. This ideal of beauty lasted for quite a long time and still inspires many designers. Growth Twiggy is 166 cm, weight 40 kg, 81-56-81 cm. She has a daughter, Carly.
1964 Kai (Kairat Erdenovich) METOV, Russian singer. He has a cosmetics business.
1967 Alexander Alexandrovich KARELIN, famous Russian wrestler. Karelin is one of the 25 best athletes in the world of the 20th century.
1969 Anastasia Rurikovna MELNIKOVA, Russian actress.
1969 Konstantin Borisovich TsZYu, Russian boxer. Lived in Australia for a long time. Divorced, three children.
1984 Ilya Ilyich GLINNIKOV (nee MESKHI), Russian actor (Gleb ROMANENKO in the TV series “Interns”) and TV presenter.
1990 Yulia Valentinovna JIMA, Ukrainian biathlete. Not married, no children.
2000 Jacob Ingebriktsen, Norwegian track and field athlete.
EVENTS:
1478 Leonardo da VINCI completed work on La Gioconda.
1648 The Frenchman Florent PERIER performed an experiment that proved the existence of atmospheric pressure.
1783 The French MONTGOLFIER brothers launched the first hot air balloon with animals on board (a sheep, a rooster and a duck).
1864 Automotive reclining seats were patented in the United States.
1919 A completely intact Spanish ship, the Valbarena, was discovered in the Caribbean Sea with a full set of lifeboats (all 488 passengers and crew were missing).
1952 Trolleybus service has opened in Minsk. The first line connected the railway station with Round Square (now Victory Square).
1959 During his visit to the USA, Nikita KHRUSHCHEV was denied the right to visit Disneyland. At first, Nikita Sergeevich was very angry, but then they explained to him that the refusal was due to considerations of ensuring the safety of such a distinguished guest. Khrushchev calmed down a little, but still snapped in the heat of the moment: “They didn’t let me in with the mice!” It’s dangerous, they say.” Probably, Khrushchev used the capacious word “mice” to designate all the cartoon characters of Disney films, and, above all, Mickey Mouse.
2020 Mikhail BORISOV, a Russian actor, director and TV presenter, died of coronavirus.
CITY DAYS:
Berezovka – 148 years (this city in the Lida region is famous for its glass factory).
