Holidays April 22, 2023: name day, signs

Mother Earth Day, the beginning of the construction of the Bastille – the most interesting events on April 22 on Athletistic.

April 22 is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 253 days left before the end of the year.

What holidays in Ukraine and the world

International Mother Earth Day

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Memorable dates:

• 1370 – Construction of the Bastille begins.

• 1418 – the Cathedral of Constance is completed, completing the Great Western Schism.

• 1500 – A Portuguese squadron under the command of Pedro Alvares Cabral opens the coast of the future Brazil.

• 1509 – Henry VIII succeeds to the English throne after his father’s death.

• 1760 – at one of the musical evenings in London, the debut of roller skates took place.

• 1838 – the first steamboat crosses the Atlantic Ocean.

• 1922 – in the city of Poebrady (Czechoslovakia) the Ukrainian Academy of Economics was opened (from 1932 – Technical and Economic Institute).

• 1939 – Jeffrey Stephenson made the first flight across the English Channel in a Slingsby Gull glider.

• 1965 – a decision was made to establish the Luch radio station in Kyiv.

• 1967 – Pink Floyd hit the English charts for the first time with the song Arnold Layne.

• 1969 – The first human eye transplant was successfully performed in Houston.

• 1970 – The United States celebrates Earth Day for the first time in the world.

Born on this day:

• 1899 – Ukrainian muralist Grigory Dovzhenko;

• 1974 – Vasily Virastyuk, Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine, holder of the title The strongest man in the world;

• 1986 – Amber Heard, American actress

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Who has a name day?

April 22 is celebrated by Vadim.

Folk signs and traditions

• a starry sky means there will be a good harvest of wheat;

• fog or frost – to a good harvest of vegetables;

• the birch gave a lot of juice – the summer was rainy;

• dandelions bloom – wait for a few warm days.

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