Holidays May 20, 2023: name day, signs

European Day of the Sea and Day of Jeans, Day of Bankers of Ukraine – about all interesting and significant holidays on May 20 at Athletistic.

What are the holidays on May 20 in Ukraine and the world

• world metrology day

• World Traumatology Day

• world bee day

• European Maritime Day

• Sign Language Interpreter Day

• Science Day in Ukraine

• Day of bank workers in Ukraine.

What events happened on May 20

• 325 – Roman Emperor Constantine convenes an Ecumenical Council at Nicaea;

• 1449 – Portuguese king Afonso V defeats the rebels at Alfarrobeira;

• 1498 – Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama reaches the coast of India;

• 1783 – sign the Treaty of Versailles, ending the war between France, England and the Netherlands;

• 1809 – Kiev People’s Men’s School opens, becoming school No. 75, one of the oldest schools in Kyiv;

• 1873 – Levi Strauss launches blue jeans on the market;

• 1899 – Jacob Herman becomes the first driver arrested for speeding;

• 1899 – Jacob Herman became the first driver to be arrested for speeding – he drove down one of the streets of New York at a speed of 20 km / h;

• 1905 – Mikhailovsky mechanical descent was opened in Kyiv;

• 1927 – American pilot Charles Lindbergh begins the first non-stop transatlantic flight;

• 1961 – the Shevchenko Prize was established;

• 1961 – for the creation of the Ukrainian Workers’ and Peasants’ Union, the Lviv Regional Court sentenced Levko Lukyanenko to death, and his associates to various terms of imprisonment;

• 1980 – in a referendum in the Canadian province of Quebec, 59.9% of voters were against secession from Canada;

• 1985 – Israel, under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross, frees 1,150 prisoners in exchange for the release of the last three Israeli soldiers held by the Palestinians;

• 2005 – the debut of independent Ukraine took place at the Cannes Film Festival – the world premiere of the documentary film directed by Igor Strembytsky Podorozhny got the Golden Palm;

• 2009 – in the final football match of the UEFA Cup in Istanbul Miner (Donetsk) replays Werder (Bremen) with a score of 2:1 and became the owner of the last UEFA Cup;

• 2019 – the inauguration of the resident of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky took place;

• 2022 – Russia occupies Mariupol.

Who was born on May 20

• 1922 – Ivan Chendey, Ukrainian writer;

• 1930 – Stefaniya Pavlyshyn, Ukrainian professor, musicologist, chairman of the art history section of ZNTS NASU;

• 1952 – Lydia Kondrashevskaya, People’s Artist of Ukraine, singer;

• 1957 – Viktor Kharik, Ukrainian type designer;

• 1973 – Natalia Snyadanko, Ukrainian writer.

Signs May 20

• Rainbow at night – the weather will be clear;
• Rainbow in the morning – rainy season;
• A large number of ants – expect hot days;
• Red sunset – in the air;
• The bees are buzzing from the morning – later there will be a storm.

What not to do on May 20

• You can’t swear;

• You cannot lie, exaggerate, be hypocritical, flatter, lie about other people, spread rumors and rumors;

• You can not engage in fortune-telling, forecasts of the future – fate can change for the worse;

• Do not do sewing.