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 … Read more
HOLIDAYS: Belarus – Cultural Workers Day (more than 65 thousand people work in this area in the country). SIGNS: Sergius of Radonezh, Chicken Coop (keeper of chickens), Cabbage Man (on this day they began to chop cabbage). If the weather is good, then it will stand for three whole weeks. BORN: 1871 Ivan Maksimovich Poddubny, … Read more
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 … Read more
HOLIDAYS: Belarus – National Unity Day (celebrated from 2021). Belarus – Forest Workers Day. World Patient Safety Day. World Bone Marrow Donor Day. USA – Constitution and Citizenship Day. SIGNS: Burning bush. They began to dig up onions from the ridges. The Burning Bush is considered a guardian against fires and lightning. They ordered prayers … Read more
HOLIDAYS: International Day of Democracy. Belarus – Library Day (currently there are more than 2,500 public libraries in the system of the Ministry of Culture of Belarus). Costa Rica – Independence Day. SIGNS: Mammoth Shepherd (patron of sheep and goats); Fedot and Rufina. Don’t drive the cattle out in the morning; if you drive them … Read more
HOLIDAYS: Bulgaria – Unification Day. SIGNS: Eutyches. If it rains, there will be a dry autumn and a good harvest for next year. BORN: 1766 John DALTON, an English physicist, was the first to describe a visual defect called “color blindness”, which he himself suffered from. The son of a weaver, went to school only … Read more
The name “September” comes from the Latin. septem – “seven”. Until 1700, the official Orthodox church year began with it. HOLIDAYS: Knowledge Day. Belarus – Day of Belarusian Writing. Belarus – Day of oil, gas and fuel industry workers. Uzbekistan – Independence Day. SIGNS: Andrey Stratilat, Fyokla Beetroot. Indian summer. The wind blowing this day … Read more
HOLIDAYS: International Boxing Day. Belarus – Miner’s Day. Moldova – independence Day. Russia – Day of Russian cinema. SIGNS: Mikhey Tikhovey. If cranes fly to Micah, wait for frosts in mid-September, if not, wait for late winter. BORN: 1770 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher, creator of dialectics. The author of the phrase: “If the … Read more
HOLIDAYS: International night of bats. Abkhazia – Independence Day. South Ossetia – Independence Day. SIGNS: Tikhon Passionate. A prayer is addressed to him for deliverance from the sin of despondency. The winds blow quietly – to the bucket, and the storm sweeps – to be a rainy September. BORN: 1451 Christopher Columbus, Spanish navigator, discoverer … Read more
AUGUST 16 SIGNS: Anton Vikhrevey, Malinnik. What is Anton, such is October. Cold wind – to a frosty winter, warm – to a soft and snowy one. On this day, you can’t clean the house – it will be clean and in your wallet. BORN: 980 IBN SINA (AVICENNA), famous Persian philosopher, poet, physician, musician. … Read more