Holidays April 18, 2023: traditions, signs

The Day of Historical and Cultural Monuments – in Ukraine this holiday was established by the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated August 23, 1999.

April 18 is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 257 days left before the end of the year.

What holidays in Ukraine and the world

• Day of historical and cultural monuments

• international sightseeing day

• Newspaper Columnist Day

• international pizza day

• International Amateur Radio Day

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Unforgettable dates on April 18

• 1187 – the first mention of Ukraine – in the Kyiv Chronicle related to the death of Pereyaslav prince Vladimir Glebovich.

• 1506 – the beginning of the construction of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome.

• 1521 – Martin Luther is brought to the Worms Reichstag.

• 1648 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky arrives at the Zaporozhian Sich with a call for an anti-Polish uprising.

• 1846 – American Royal Earl Gauss patents the telegraph.

• 1902 – Denmark became the first country to use fingerprints to identify criminals.

• 1906 – The American city of San Francisco was damaged by an earthquake. 700 people died, 250,000 were left homeless. 28,000 buildings were destroyed.

• 1909 – Joan of Arc is canonized by the Vatican.

• 1921 – Gazolina company’s first exploratory oil well in the Dashava gas field produced gas from a depth of 395 m. This day is considered the birthday of the Ukrainian gas industry.

• 1934 – American Kentrell opens the first laundromat in the town of Fort Worth, Texas.

• 1936 – the first exhibition of architecture of Soviet Ukraine opened.

• 1942 – American aircraft carried out the first bombing of Japan.

• 1961 – a demonstration against the closure of St. Andrew’s Church took place in Kyiv;

• 1966 – The first color television broadcast of the Academy Awards takes place;

• 1995 – The Kyiv City Council decided to restore the ancient coat of arms of the city of Kyiv with the image of the Archangel Michael.

• 2008 – A group of researchers from the University of Manchester, led by Konstantin Novoselov, managed to create the world’s smallest single-electron transistor, designed on the basis of graphene nanofilms.

Who was born on April 18

• 1841 – Ukrainian painter, draftsman and teacher Budkevich Joseph-Kazimir Konstantinovich;

• 1895 – Ukrainian journalist, poet, translator and children’s writer, Sich shooter Yuriy Shkrumeliak;

• 1897 – Ukrainian actor, director Marian Krushelnitsky;

• 1903 – Ukrainian artist, Honored Artist of Ukraine Nadezhda Titarenko;

• 1929 – Ukrainian film director, writer Vladimir Lugovsky;

• 1937 – Ukrainian conductor, teacher Rostislav Babich;

• 1947 – Ukrainian poet Anna Kostiv-Huska;

• 1978 – Ukrainian businessman, computer game developer Sergey Grigoryevich;

• 1995 – officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Hero of Ukraine, participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war Andrey Verkhoglyad.

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Signs and traditions of the people

• At night, a lapwing call – the weather will be clear;

• In open areas, wasps began to build nests – wait for a wet summer;

• Birds build their nests on sunny sides – it will be cold in summer;

• Hot during the day and cool at night – the weather will be clear;

• A lot of juice flows from a birch – through a rainy summer.

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