Today, April 22, 2024, is International Mother Earth Day. There are 253 days until the New Year.
April 22 is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 253 days left before the end of the year.
What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?
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International Mother Earth Day.
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World Earth Selfie Day.
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What events happened in Ukraine and in the world
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1370 – by order of the French king Charles V, the first stone was laid in the foundation of the Bastille fortress.
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1500 Portuguese expedition Pedro Alvares Cabral is the first European to reach the coast of Brazil and declares it as Portugal’s property.
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1760 – debut of roller skates at one of the musical evenings in London.
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1838 – a steamship crosses the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
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1915 – near the Belgian city of Ypres, the Germans made their first successful gas (chlorine) attack.
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1921 – Chicago city officials decide to fine women from $10 to $100 who appear on the streets wearing short skirts and bare arms.
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1922 – the Ukrainian Economic Academy was opened in the city of Pojebrady (Czechoslovakia).
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1943 – Albert Hofmann makes the first report on the hallucinogenic properties of LSD.
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1952 – 35 million Americans witness live coverage of a nuclear bomb test site in Nevada.
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1965 – they decided to create the Promin radio station in Kyiv.
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1967 – in Greece, the junta of “black colonels” came to power through an armed coup.
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1969 – The first successful human eye transplant was performed in Houston.
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1970 – Earth Day is celebrated in the United States for the first time in the world.
Who was born on April 22
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1904 – Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist, inventor of the atomic bomb.
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1928 – Vladimir Shinkaruk, Ukrainian philosopher, president of the Knowledge Society of Ukraine.
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1956 – Natalya Sumskaya, Ukrainian actress.
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1974 – Vasily Virastyuk, Ukrainian strongman, holder of the title The Strongest Man in the World – 2004.
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Robert Oppenheimer
Whose birthday is today?: Luka, Vitaly, Vsevolod, Fedor (Theodor).
Folk signs and traditions for April 22
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Hearing a cuckoo crow means hot weather.
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Clear and warm outside – time to start field work.
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On the day a rainbow appeared in the sky – there will be a lot of honey.
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bees will fly away from the hive – May will be hot.
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a storm means the harvest will be good.
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