Holidays on February 20, 2024: name days, prohibitions, facts

Day of Heroes of the Heavenly Way, Day of Social Justice – the most interesting events on February 20 on Athletistic.

In the Gregorian calendar, February 20 is the 51st day of the year. There are 315 days left before the end of the year.

What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?

• Day of Heroes of the Heavenly Way

• Social Justice Day

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What events happened in Ukraine and in the world

• 1988 – Kylie Anne Minogue topped the UK charts for the first time – the song I Should Be So Lucky climbed to the top of the chart and stayed at number one for five weeks.

• 1992 – The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decided to celebrate the Independence Day of Ukraine on August 24.

• 1992 – The English Premier League is established, replacing the Football League.

• 1994 – Tori Amos tops the UK charts with her second album Under The Pink.

• 1998 – 15-year-old American Tara Lipinski won the women’s figure skating competition at the Nagano Winter Olympics, becoming the youngest White Olympics winner.

• 1999 – former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavel Lazarenko was detained at the New York airport.

• 2002 – The Strokes are named Brit Awards Rookie of the Year.

• 2002 – establishment of the Ukrainian publishing house Shkola Publishing House (publishing house, Kharkov).

• 2003 – Coldplay and Ms Dynamite became the heroes of the Brit Awards, picking up two awards each.

• 2014 – during the confrontation between Euromaidan and the criminal power of President Yanukovych, activists from Berkut were shot on Instytutska Street. The dead are called the Heavenly Way.

• 2014 – the Russian-Ukrainian war began with the invasion of Russian special forces on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

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Who was born on February 20

• 1924 – Sidney Poitier, American actor, director and producer (The Jackal, Noah’s Ark), the first African-American actor to win an Oscar.

• 1925 – Robert Altman, American director, screenwriter, producer (Field Hospital)

• 1926 – Ken Olsen, American engineer, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, pioneer of the computer industry

• 1951 – Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister.

• 1963 – Ian Brown, vocalist and founder of the British group The Stone Roses, now a successful solo artist.

• 1966 – Cindy Crawford, American supermodel and actress.

• 1967 – Kurt Cobain, famous American rock musician (Nirvana).

• 1975 – Brian Littrell, American pop singer, member of the Backstreet Boys.

• 1978 – Dmitry Vasilyev, lieutenant colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Hero of Ukraine (posthumously).

• 1988 – Rihanna, singer.

Town and church holidays

February 20, new style (March 5, old style) is the day of remembrance of Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Kyiv.

Prince Yaroslav was born in 983/985 (according to various sources). He was the second son of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir the Great. In 988, when Vladimir baptized Rus’, Yaroslav and his brothers were also baptized. Yaroslav received the name George (Yuri) at baptism – in honor of the holy Great Martyr Yuri the Victorious.

Signs

• crows bathe in puddles – expect heat;

• spring came early – it can get very cold in the coming weeks;

• the snow fell and did not melt – there may be a failure in the harvest;

• raining and raining – being flooded.

Whose birthday is today?

February 20 name days are celebrated by: Anton, Vasily, David, Ivan, Lev, Luka, Nikolai, Sergey, Fedor, Philip, Yaroslav.

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Name day February 20

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