The day of romantic drinking, the day of viewing castle holes and the day of the Commonwealth of Nations are the most interesting events on March 13 at Athletistic.
In the Gregorian calendar, March 13 is the 72nd day of 2024. There are 294 days left in the year.
What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?
- Romantic Drinking Day
- Keyhole Peeping Day
- Commonwealth Day
What events happened in Ukraine and in the world
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1781 – astronomer William Herschel discovers Uranus
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1845 – Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor is first performed
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1881 – Russian Emperor Alexander II is assassinated
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1940 – Finland and the USSR sign a peace treaty. The end of the Winter War.
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1943 – The Nazis liquidate the Krakow ghetto.
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1949 – The Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences began its activities in Canada.
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1961 – the Kurenevskaya tragedy occurred in Kyiv. As a result of the man-made disaster, more than 1,500 residents of Kurenevka, as well as passengers of public transport caught in the disaster zone, died.
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1995 – Lars von Trier produced a sensational manifesto, The Vow of Chastity. This manifesto heralded the birth of an avant-garde artistic movement called Dogma 95. Lars came up with this idea while working on films Kingdom (1994) and Kingdom II (1997), who decided that technique and style are less important and interesting to the audience than plot and characters.
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1997 – Ukraine and NASA signed an agreement on the flight of the first Ukrainian cosmonaut into space. This is Leonid Kadenyuk.
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2013 – Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) became the current Pope.
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2014 – in Donetsk, during a rally against Russian aggression, local resident Dmitry Chernyavsky was killed.
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2022 – in Kherson, people go to rallies against the referendum on the creation of “KhPR”. Kherson authorities proposed to hold a referendum on the creation of the KhPR.
Who was born on March 13
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1907 – Ludwig Biermann – German astronomer.
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1911 – Ron Hubbard – American writer and philosopher, creator of Dianetics and Scientology.
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1916 – Jacques Fresco – American engineer, industrial designer and futurist.
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1960 – Yuri Andrukhovich – Ukrainian writer, poet and essayist.
Town and church holidays
On this day, the Orthodox Church honors St. Basil Dekapolit, confessor.
On Vasily’s day, it is customary to bring a pine branch into the house: it cleans the air and gives health to the whole family. Medicinal infusions are prepared from pine needles and branches. A vitamin drink is popular: 20 g of pine needles are boiled in a glass of water and taken by two spoons three times a day. On this day, children with dropsy (this disease is also called sheep’s dyspnea) are treated. They did it this way: the mother wrapped the child in a sheepskin wrap and placed it on the threshold, while the father, meanwhile, drove the sheep out of the house and then drove them out into the street. The farmers believed that the animals brought the disease to them.
Traditions and rituals
On March 13, we rejoiced at the arrival of spring and watched the icicles. If they are long, soon it will be warm and the flax will shrink. If ice falls and hits someone, it is said to notice the lucky person.
On this day, women traditionally cook kalachi, which are shaped like ice cubes. They were treated with all relatives and neighbors. According to popular belief, if you eat kalach in the morning, your year will be good and you will live abundantly.
To make sure that happiness does not disappear from the family, they brought the icicles into the house, drowned them, and then sprinkled all the corners with melting water. The remaining water was poured on the front door and not wiped off.
On the day of Vasily Kapelnik, the snow on the roofs began to melt. This time they said: “On Vasily’s Day, look at the drops (icicles) – and the drops will come”; “Vasily will come and cry winter.”
Icicles were viewed not only for pleasure, but also to predict the harvest. So, long drops promised long flax.
Signs
- If it rains – summer should be nice
- A round sun means a good harvest
- Long icicles – for a long spring
- If larks and rooks come, there will be no more cold weather
- Moon with horns down – to heat
- The rook has arrived – the snow will melt early, and the summer will be rainy.
Who has a birthday today?
Name days on March 13 are celebrated by: Vasily, Sergey, Nikolay, Kira, Arsen, Marina.
Source: korrespondent
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