World Breast Cancer Research Day – the most interesting events on August 18 at Athletistic.
August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days left before the end of the year.
What holidays in Ukraine and the world
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World Breast Cancer Research Day.
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Never Receding Sun.
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Bad poetry day.
What events took place in Ukraine and in the world on August 18
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293 BC e. – the oldest (known) Roman temple was founded in honor of the goddess Venus.
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1201 – founded the city of Riga (Latvia).
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1649 – Bohdan Khmelnitsky signed with the king of the Commonwealth, Jan II Kazimir Zborowski, a peace treaty, according to which the Zaporizhzhya Army on the territory of 3 voivodeships (Kiev, Bratslav and Chernigov) received autonomy, and the Cossack register was set at 40 thousand people.
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1743 – Jack Broughton formulated the rules of boxing.
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1786 – Reykjavik is founded.
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1826 – Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Leng is the first European to reach the ancient city of Timbukta on the banks of the Niger.
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1868 – French astronomer Pierre Jansen discovered a new element – helium – while studying the solar spectrum.
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1920 – The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, giving women the right to vote.
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1941 – NKVD workers blew up the Dnieper hydroelectric power station, resulting in the death of about 100 thousand residents of the coastal zone and the Red Army.
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1962 – Ringo Starr performed for the first time as the band’s drummer The Beatles.
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1992 – established the Honorary Distinction of the President of Ukraine, the first award of independent Ukraine (from 1996 – the Order For merit).
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2006 – The IV World Forum of Ukrainians begins in Kyiv.
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Who was born on August 18
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1917 – Vasily Borodai, People’s Artist of Ukraine.
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1965 – Major General of the State Border Service of Ukraine, Hero of Ukraine Igor Momot.
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1977 – Andriy Derizemlya, Ukrainian biathlete, the first medalist in Ukrainian history of the biathlon world championship.
Folk signs and traditions on August 18
- The weather on August 18 indicates what December will look like.
- Leeches float on top of water – rain.
- The water in the river is bubbling – it will rain in a day.
- Seagulls began to swim in the water – in bad weather.
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Source: korrespondent
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