Holidays April 17, 2024: name days, traditions

Today, April 17, 2024 is Fire Protection Day in Ukraine. There are 258 days until the New Year.

What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?

• World Hemophilia Day

• Bat Day

• International Coffee Day

• Fireman’s Day is a professional holiday in Ukraine.

What events happened in Ukraine and in the world

• 1492 – Christopher Columbus signs a contract with Spain, promising to open a new route to India;

• 1607 – 21-year-old Armand Jean du Plesis de Richelieu is ordained;

• 1839 – after the collapse of the federation of Central American republics, the state of Guatemala was formed;

• 1847 – Taras Shevchenko was arrested as a member of the Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood;

• 1848 – by patent of the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand I in Galicia, peasant duties were abolished from May 15, 1848;

• 1856 – Quebec City is declared the capital of Canada;

• 1875 – Briton Neville Chamberlain invented the billiard game snooker;

• 1888 – Twelve English clubs founded the Football League, the oldest championship in world football;

• 1895 – The Treaty of Shimonoseki is signed, ending the first Sino-Japanese War;

• 1907 – the immigration center at Ellis Island in New York receives a record number of immigrants per day – 11,747 people;

• 1924 – the Hollywood film studio “Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer” was created;

• 1941 – Yugoslavia surrenders to World War II;

• 1946 – Syria gains de facto independence from France;

• 1961 – an unsuccessful operation by Cuban exiles in the United States and the CIA begins to overthrow the communist government of Castro – landing at the Bay of Pigs;

• 1964 – Ford Motor Company begins production of the Ford Mustang;

• 1964 – American Jerry Mock becomes the first woman to fly solo around the world;

• 1968 – the television program “In the Animal World” was broadcast for the first time;

• 1970 – opened the Palace of Ukraine in Kyiv;

• 1970 – released the debut solo album “Paul McCartney”, which ended the career of the Beatles;

• 1980 – Southern Rhodesia becomes Zimbabwe;

• 1982 – British Queen Elizabeth II declares Canada fully independent from Great Britain;

• 1989 – the activities of the independent Polish trade union “Solidarity” were legalized;

• 2014 – The European Parliament, with its resolution in Strasbourg, put an end to the Russian gas pipeline project in Europe, bypassing Ukraine, South Stream.

Who was born on April 17

• 1855 – Maria Sadovskaya-Barilotti, Ukrainian soprano singer and dramatic actress;

• 1895 – Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov, Ukrainian avant-garde artist;

• 1969 – Maxim Papernik, Ukrainian film director, producer and music video director.

• 1972 – Jennifer Garner, American actress.

• 1974 – Victoria Beckham, British singer, former Spice Girls vocalist.

Folk signs and traditions for April 17

• rain in the morning – the day will be clear and sunny;
• Bees come to cherries – fruit trees will have a large harvest;
• there are many catkins hanging on an alder tree – expect a harvest of oats, and if there are many cones, barley will be harvested;
• bees fly lazily – there will be little honey.