Holidays June 8, 2023: events, facts, traditions

World Oceans Day, the birthday of the vacuum cleaner – the most interesting events on June 8 at Athletistic.

What holidays in Ukraine and the world

• World Oceans Day.

• International day of housewives and housewives.

• World Brain Tumor Awareness Day.

• Birthday of the vacuum cleaner.

What events took place in Ukraine and in the world

• 1668 – Petro Doroshenko is elected hetman of Ukraine.

• 1783 – Laki, Iceland erupts.

• 1815 – The Congress of Vienna ends.

• 1824 – Canadian Noah Cushing patents a machine for washing and cutting wool.

• 1827 – Saki mud resort established.

• 1869 – American Ives McGuffney patented the vacuum cleaner.

• 1915 – Kazimir Malevich created his first Black square.

• 1918 – The Georgian Democratic Republic is proclaimed.

• 1919 – During the Chortkiv offensive, the Ukrainian Galician army captured Chortkiv and forced the Polish army to retreat 120 km.

• 1924 – Britons George Mallory and Andrew Irwin set out to conquer Mount Everest.

• 1928 – The first air flight from the USA to Australia is made.

• 1940 – The discovery of plutonium, the 94th element on the periodic table, is announced.

• 1947 – For the first time, shipping across the Dnieper was opened.

• 1949 – George Orwell’s novel is published 1984.

• 1965 – American companies Frito Lay And Pepsi Cola combine to form PepsiCo;

• 1967 – In the Mediterranean, Israeli air and naval forces misfire the USS Liberty, which was observing military operations in the region;

• 1989 – The Mi-28 combat helicopter was presented for the first time in France;

• 1993 – All-Ukrainian miners’ strike begins;

• 1999 – For the first time in Ukraine, the International Baccalaureate program became available.

Who was born on June 8

Folk signs and traditions for June 8

• we looked at what day it was: many mosquitoes were flying – there will be hot days;

• if many grasshoppers jump, it will be hot, but it will rain;

• fish swim over bodies of water, sometimes jump into the water – wait for wet days;

• frogs croak loudly – the coming days will be rainy;

• frosts at night – another 40 days the morning will be cold.