The International Day of Peaceful Coexistence, Day of Light and Day of Love for Trees are the most interesting events on May 16 at Athletistic.
May 16 is the 136th day of 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 229 days left until the end of the year.
- International Day of Peaceful Coexistence
- international day of light
- tree love day
- Day of Biographers
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1648 – near Zhovti Vody, the army of Bohdan Khmelnitsky defeats the army of Stefan Potocki’s government.
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1686 – Perpetual peace is signed between Muscovy and the Commonwealth in Moscow.
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1920 – Joan of Arc was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
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1929 – The first Oscars were held in the United States.
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1975 – Japanese Tabei Junko became the first woman to climb Mount Everest.
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2004 – Ukrainian singer Ruslana Lyzhychko won the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with a winning 280 points based on a TV poll conducted in 36 countries.
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2008 – Ukraine became the 152nd member of the World Trade Organization.
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1817 – Nikolai Kostomarov, Ukrainian historian, romantic poet, thinker, public figure.
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1831 – David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist and inventor.
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1856 – Mykola Koltsuniak, Ukrainian ethnographer and folklorist.
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1895 – Todos Osmachka, Ukrainian writer, poet, translator.
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1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer
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1968 – Taras Prokhasko, Ukrainian writer.
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1973 – Tori Spelling, American actress
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1986 – Megan Fox, American actress and model
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1987 – Can Bonomo, Turkish singer, represented Turkey in Eurovision 2012.
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1994 – Oleg Psyuk, Ukrainian rapper, founder and frontman of the group Kalush.
On this day, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the martyrs Timothy and Maura, as well as the Kiev-Pechersk Icon of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
People also call the day Mavra Rassadnitsa, or Mavra Milkmaid.
The main tradition of this day is the planting of seedlings and other earthworks. It is believed that on this day the nettle acquired healing power – an infusion was prepared from it.
However – May 16 is a very favorable day for getting rid of suffering in the heart. The lovers read a special plot so that they will no longer experience suffering in love.
- It is not recommended to wash your hair – there will be a problem.
- You can not engage in any kind of construction – in housing, mortgaged on May 16, there will be no happiness.
- You should not conflict, fix things, show negativity.
- You cannot send for hunting and fishing.
- On this day, you should not plan something important and serious.
- Heavy fog and clear day in Mavru – expect a good harvest of cucumbers.
- If the morning is dry, it will rain in the afternoon.
- If the nightingales sing, then the harvest will be glorious.
- In the morning there is a lot of fog – the weather will be fine.
Name days on May 16 are celebrated by: Andrei, Brendan, Simon, Timofey, Mavra, Nikolai, Ulyana.
Source: korrespondent
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