Day of the Navigator Service of Aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Day of Workers of the Patrol Service of Ukraine – the most interesting events on February 28 at Athletistic.
In the Gregorian calendar, February 28 is the 59th day of the year. There are 307 days left before the end of the year.
- Day of the Navigator Service of Aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Day of workers of the Patrol Service of Ukraine
- Kalevala Day in Finland
- Day of Remembrance and Peace in Taiwan
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1066 – Westminster Abbey is opened.
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1854 – The US Republican Party is founded.
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1935 – the first sample of nylon was produced at the research facility of DuPont (Wilmington, Delaware, USA).
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1984 – Michael Jackson won almost all the Grammy awards – eight, thus setting a unique, still unsurpassed record.
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1986 – Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, a powerful political figure around the world, head of the international non-governmental organization Independent Disarmament Commission, was killed by two guns in the center of Stockholm. The killer escaped from the scene of the crime and was never found.
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1988 – a pogrom of the Armenian population was carried out in Sumgaiti (Azerbaijan).
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2000 – Iraq and Syria resume diplomatic relations, severed in 1980 when Syria sided with Iran in the Iran-Iraq War.
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2013 – Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope, resigned.
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2015 – Macarius (Maletich), elected locum tenens of the primate department of the UAOC (previously – Metropolitan of Lviv, governor of Rivne, Volyn and Tauride dioceses).
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2022 – Ukraine officially applies to join the European Union.
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1957 – John Turturo, American actor.
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1957 – Jan Keelemans, Belgian footballer.
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1967 – Colney Terence Cooper, English footballer.
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1968 – Eric van Meer, Belgian footballer.
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1979 – Andrey Nesmachny, Ukrainian football player, Dynamo club player (Kyiv).
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1979 – Sebastien Bourdais, French racing driver, four-time ChampCar series champion, Formula 1 driver.
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1980 – Pascal Bosschaert, Dutch footballer.
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1980 – Piotr Giza, Polish football player.
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1980 – Christian Poulsen, Danish football player.
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1985 – Fifi Dobson, Canadian punk-pop singer and songwriter.
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1990 – Anna Muzychuk, Ukrainian chess player,
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2003 – Alexander Garkusha, Ukrainian military personnel, soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The first holder of the Order for Courage, III degree, in Ukraine at the age of 17.
On February 28, according to the new style, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine honored St. Basil and the Hieromartyr Proterius of Alexandria. According to the old style, today commemorates the Apostle Onesimus of the 70s. It is the last day of winter.
Often on this national holiday, the first signs of spring are visible – the ice on the rivers melts, the first migratory birds arrive, and wild ducks look for mates on the lakes. Primroses bloom in the forest.
According to our ancestors, in the last days of February, spring fights with winter. The weather in the coming weeks will make it clear who wins. If the next 10 days pass without severe frost, spring has finally arrived.
Farmers had many problems on the national holiday of February 28. Preparations for the agricultural season continued. Ukrainians bought seeds for sowing and took them outside to harden them from the frost. The men inspected, cleaned and repaired equipment, and bought firewood.
On the February 28 holiday, women engage in cooking and handicrafts, washing bed linen and curtains, and taking spring clothes from closets.
On this day, sheep often become pregnant. Sheep owners performed a ritual so that the sheep would be born healthy and strong. To do this, they went out into the courtyard at night and bowed to the four sides. The owner of the sheep also treated the shepherd and gave him wine. The profession of a shepherd in Kievan Rus was highly valued.
- The moon is orange – for warming, blue – for frost and snowfall.
- There are many stars in the sky – the sheep will give birth to many lambs.
- East winds mean summer sandstorms.
- The sunset is red – there will be a strong blizzard.
- If the migratory birds come, spring will be early.
February 28 name days are celebrated by: Nestor, Vasily, Nikolai, Arsen, Kupriyan, Meletiy, Nifont, Domnika, Kira, Marina.
Source: korrespondent
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