Holidays August 21, 2023: traditions, name days, signs

World Homeless Animal Day and Wild Herb Day, the first detailed description of the koala and the theft of Mona Lisa’s picture – about these and other events on August 21 – in Athletistic material.

In the Gregorian calendar, August 21 is the 233rd day of 2023. There are 132 days left in the year.

What are the holidays on August 21 in Ukraine and the world

• world day of homeless animals

• International Day of Remembrance and Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism

• World Geocaching Day

• Festival of old wineskins

• Wild Herb Day

• International day without cosmetics and make-up

• Youth Day Morocco

• Seniors Day in the USA

• Gospel Day in Kusai Island

• Railway History Day in Estonia

• Spumoni Day in the USA. Spumoni is an Italian frozen dessert made from layers of ice cream laid out in a mold and frozen.

• The Day of Adoption of the Constitutional Law in Latvia

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Homeless Animal Day

What events took place on August 21 in Ukraine and in the world

• 1803 – The Australian newspaper Sydney Gazette for the first time in the world gave a detailed description of the koala.

• 1841 – John Hampton patents roller blinds.

• 1902 – Cadillac, a luxury car division of General Motors, is founded. The lively name was given in memory of Antoine and La Motte Cadillac, the founders of the city of Detroit.

• 1911 Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre. Two years later, the painting was accidentally discovered in Florence. A kidnapper named Vincenzo Perugia, who was later arrested, explained what he did in the desire to restore justice by returning to Italy the masterpiece stolen by Napoleon I.

• 1932 – The first international film festival was held in Venice.

• 1959 – Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States.

• 1981 – scientists first reported in the newspaper about the threat of global warming to Earth.

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Mona Lisa

Who was born on August 21

• 1916 – Consuelo Velasquez, Mexican pianist and composer, songwriter Bésame Mucho

• 1961 – Stephen Hillenburg, American cartoonist, author of the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants.

• 1973 – Sergey Brin, American entrepreneur, billionaire developer and co-founder of Google.

Town and church holidays

Today Orthodox Christians commemorate St. Gregory of Sinai. The monk and spiritual and ascetic writer lived at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. According to one version, Gregory of Sinai founded the monastery of Gregory on Athos, according to another version, it was founded by the disciples of the monk.

To the people – this is Stribog Day. Stribog is the owner of wind, air, birds and everything in the sky: together with Perun, he commands thunder and lightning. Stribog asked for protection and mercy, because he could not only give the long-awaited rain, but also cause a destructive storm, as well as have mercy and stop it.

Traditions and rituals

On Stribog Day today it seems strange: the Slavs threw stones, sticks and knives into the air, and also brought generous gifts to the god in the temple. The holiday always ends with a feast and dancing.

The national holiday Myron Vitrogon is celebrated on August 21. On this day, adults make riddles about the wind for children.

Signs on August 21

• A large harvest of berries in the forest predicts a cold winter

• At all times for Miron: keep gloves for future use

• Miron came – lingonberries ripened, mushrooms appeared, and summer ended with them.

• Myrons-windrunners drive dust on the road, moaning for the red summer

• What’s the weather like in Myron – it’s January too

Who has a birthday today?

Name days On August 21, name days are celebrated by: Anastasy, Herman, Grigory, Emelyan, Zosima, Joseph, Cassian (Kasyan), Leonid, Miron, Moses, Nikolai, Savvaty, Fedor.

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Name day August 21

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