International Mine Demining Day, Stray Animals Day and the formation of NATO are the most interesting events on April 4 at Athletistic.
In the Gregorian calendar, April 4 is the 94th day of 2024. There are 272 days left in the year.
What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?
- World Carrot Day
- Vitamin C Day
- International Rat Day
- World Internet Day
- World Stray Animals Day
- International Day of Mine Clearance
What events happened in Ukraine and in the world
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1856 – The adventures of the rarest stamp ever printed begin
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1932 – Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) was first isolated
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1949 – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is created
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1975 – Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft
Who was born on April 4
1818 – Mayne Reid – English writer, author of adventure novels
1823 – Carl Siemens – German and British engineer, metallurgist and inventor
1953 – Kvitka Tsisyk – American singer of Ukrainian origin, performer of Ukrainian folk and popular songs
Town and church holidays
On this day, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of Hieromartyr Vasily of Ancyra, who lived in the fourth century.
Among the people, Vasily received many nicknames, and all of them are associated with the onset of warm and sunny days. The frost is already burning, and people often say: “Vasily Kapelnik cuts the winter.”
If someone wants to build a new house, or a barn, or a bathhouse, then they need to see where the drainage from the roofs and where the streams are. No buildings are constructed in such areas. It is believed that here “the path of water in the depths of the earth is beaten,” and therefore the house here will not be built.
Traditions and rituals
They used to tell fortunes about Vasily through the sun. If it falls in red circles, it promises a good harvest. We also watched the sky: the blue clouds above it foreshadowed heat and rain. There were other signs: for example, the melting of the snow on the northern side of the anthill promised a hot and long summer.
Housewives baked rolls on this day, symbolizing the sun. It is not difficult to prepare such a delicacy even today. You need to take 200 g of butter, one egg, one egg yolk, two spoons of yeast, nine spoons of milk and two spoons of sugar, mix everything and put it in the flour so that the dough does not stick to the table. Make balls from this dough, sprinkle them with raisins, place them on a baking sheet and let rise, then brush with beaten egg and bake.
Signs
- If blue clouds appear in the sky, hot rain is expected.
- The fog has risen – the weather will change suddenly.
- If the snow on the anthill comes from the north, expect a hot and long summer; if it is from the south, it is cold.
- To see a pile of cobwebs somewhere means a bad year.
Who has a birthday today?
April 4 name days are celebrated by: Vasily, Isaac, Polina, Vasilisa, Daria, Taisiya.
Source: korrespondent
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