National Guard Day of Ukraine, Independence Day of Bangladesh, Epilepsy Day, Purple Day – the most interesting events on March 26 on Athletistic.
In the Gregorian calendar it is the 85th day of 2024. There are 281 days left before the end of the year.
- Bangladesh Independence Day.
- Epilepsy Day, Purple Day.
- Day of the National Guard of Ukraine. March 26 is the Day of the National Guard of Ukraine. It was established by the order of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko No. 148/2015 of March 18, 2015. About the Day of the National Guard of Ukraine, considering the importance and role of the National Guard of Ukraine in carrying out tasks to ensure state security and state defense, protection and protection of life, rights, freedom and legitimate interests of citizens, society and the state from criminals and other unlawful attacks, protection of public order.
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1812 – on Maundy Thursday, an earthquake destroyed 90% of Caracas, about 20 thousand victims.
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1828 – Franz Schubert gives his only public concert.
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1845 – a medical plaster is patented in the United States.
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1881 – Romania is declared a kingdom.
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1953 – American physician Jonas Edward Salk announced the successful testing of a polio vaccine.
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1971 – The Republic of Bangladesh is proclaimed.
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1995 – the Schengen agreements on the abolition of passport controls at the borders began in seven EU countries.
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1753 – Anglo-American scientist and inventor Benjamin Rumford.
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1849 – French auto industrialist, founder of Peugeot, Armand Peugeot.
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1859 – English poet Alfred Edward Houseman.
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1874 – American poet, four-time Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost.
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1893 – General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party, leader of the international labor movement Palmiro Togliatti.
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1911 – American writer, playwright, Pulitzer Prize winner Tennessee Williams.
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1930 – First woman on the US Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’Connor.
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1985 – English film, television and voice actress Keira Knightley.
The Orthodox Church honors the memory of Patriarch Nicephorus of Constantinople. The saint was a protector of icons, so after the accession of the iconoclast Emperor Leo the Armenian to the throne, he was sent to a monastery on the shores of the Bosphorus, where he died. The remains of the patriarch came out intact.
People say that the sun melts the snow more, and the spring waters seep into the cave and disturb the bear. On this day, the owner of the forest woke up and left his winter home. In Rus’, the bear is considered a person in another form. In this case, there are many legends about the transformation of a bear into a person – and vice versa. Some parts of the bear’s body were used in rituals: they used to tell fortunes by looking at the paw.
If Nikephoros is waiting for geese: if they fly on this day, it portends a fruitful year. And if the geese began to swim in the water, they were waiting for warmth. The arrival of the lark, the first of the spring birds, also spoke of warm days. And if the chaffinch is ahead of the larks, they are waiting for a cold snap. Fogs on this day mean a rainy summer.
Today we fished, as roach, perch and ide bit well on the last ice.
- Fogs on this day portend a rainy summer.
- If spring drives away the snow on good days, bread will be formed.
- If the lark is the first migratory bird to arrive, it means it will be warm, but when the finch arrives, the weather will be cold.
Name days on March 26 are celebrated by: Alexander, Grigory, Christina, Mikhail, Nikolay.
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