Boxing Day and Independence and Unity Day of Slovenia, Kwanzaa – the most interesting events on December 26, 2023 at Athletistic.
December 26 is the 360th day of the year (361st in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are five days left before the end of the year.
- Boxing Day
- Independence and Unity Day of Slovenia
- Kwanzaa
- Feast of St. Stephen in the Czech Republic
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1918 – the restoration of the UPR was announced and the state government was formed – the Council of People’s Ministers of the UPR.
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1919 – the UPR government recalled the Ukrainian mission from the Paris Peace Conference.
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1931 – Dat Jidosha Seizo automobile company founded in Tokyo, renamed Nissan the following year. The company’s first products were cars and trucks, produced under the Datsun brand.
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1935 – an attempt was made to stop a volcanic eruption in the Hawaiian Islands by aerial bombardment.
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1946 – The Flamingo Hotel, built by notorious gangster Bugsy Siegel, opens in Las Vegas. From this day, the transformation of Las Vegas into the gambling capital of the world began.
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1963 – Capitol Records released the Beatles’ first single in the United States, I Want to Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her Standing There, which went to number one on the American charts on February 1 of the following year, and the sixth Beatlemania began of Britain. in the United States.
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1974 – the USSR announced the issuance of passports to farmers.
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1990 – The IV Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR, held in Moscow from December 17, at the initiative of USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, elected the first vice-president of the USSR. He became Gennady Yanaev, who less than a year later led the anti-Gorbachev putsch.
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1991 – The Council of the Supreme Soviet of the Republics of the USSR held its last meeting and adopted a declaration, stating the fact of the termination of the existence of the Soviet Union.
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1991 – Expobank was registered by the National Bank of Ukraine as a commercial bank (registration No. 75).
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2004 – the deadliest earthquake in modern history. Happened in the Indian Ocean, north of the island of Sumatra.
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2004 – the re-voting of the second round was held in Ukraine on December 26, 2004, in which Viktor Yushchenko won.
Victor Yushchenko // Photo: Wikipedia
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1898 – Yevgeny Pluzhnik, Ukrainian poet, playwright, translator, one of the most prominent representatives of the Executed Revival.
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1917 – Yuriy Aseev, Kiev architect, restorer, art critic, teacher, Honored Architect of Ukraine, honorary member of the Academy of Architecture of Ukraine, full member of ICOMOS (2005).
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1937 – Alla Babenko, Ukrainian actress, director of the National Academic Drama Theater. M. Zankovetskaya in Lvov, People’s Artist of Ukraine.
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1953 – Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia.
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1959 – Koji Morimoto, Japanese animator, one of the first anime directors in Japan.
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1962 – James Kottak, American drummer, musician of the band Scorpions.
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1970 – Yuri Sodol, Ukrainian military leader. Hero of Ukraine.
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1971 – Jared Leto , American actor and musician.
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1975 – Marcelo Rios, Chilean tennis player world number one in the spring of 1998. The only athlete to achieve this title without winning a single Grand Slam tournament.
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1994 – Svyatoslav Gorbenko, Ukrainian military man, volunteer. One of the cyborgs. Hero of Ukraine.
December 26 (January 8, old style) is the feast of the Council of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the day of glorification and thanksgiving to the Mother of God, who gave birth to Jesus Christ. They also remember the saints who helped the Virgin Mary and Child escape from Herod.
The holiday was officially established in the 7th century, but since the 4th century the Virgin Mary has been glorified on this day as the mother of the Messiah. On this day, festive services are held in all churches. The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary honors not only the Mother of God, but also those who were close to the Virgin Mary and Jesus. At this time, they remember Joseph the Betrothed, the husband of the Virgin Mary, King David, who was the earthly ancestor of Jesus Christ, Saint James, the son from the first marriage of Joseph the Betrothed. The festival is dedicated to some saints who helped save the Child, that is why it is called the Council.
- Magpies in the snow – it will be warm.
- Day on this day – in January there will be clear weather with frost.
- What is the weather from today for the next 11 days – the weather is the same for every month of the next year.
Name days on December 26 are celebrated by: Alexander, Dmitry, Mikhail, Maria, Efim, Grigory, David.
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