Holidays May 6, 2024: name days, traditions

On Monday, May 6, 2024, the Infantry Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is celebrated. There are 239 days until the New Year.

May 6 is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days left until the end of the year.

What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?

• International No Diet Day.

• International Women on Motorcycles Day.

• A day without homework.

• Infantry Day.

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What events happened in Ukraine and in the world

• 1833 – The first iron plow was made in the USA.

• 1840 – England issues its first stamp, the one-penny Queen Victoria (“Penny Black”).

• 1863 – Battle of Chancellorsville ends.

• 1872 – The Football Cup is established in England.

• 1889 – Construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris is completed.

• 1937 – in the state of New Jersey (USA), the world’s largest German transatlantic zeppelin-giant airship LZ 129 “Hindenburg” exploded on landing, killing 35 people (13 passengers and 22 crew).

• 1944 – Mahatma Gandhi was released from prison by the British.

• 1953 – American surgeon John Gibbon was the first to successfully use an “artificial heart-lung”.

• 1958 – The last execution took place in Wales.

• 1968 – French authorities close the Sorbonne University due to street fighting in Paris.

• 1990 – the state border between Moldova and Romania was opened.

• 1991 – Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergei Bubka sets a world record in Japan, jumping 6 m and 7 cm.

• 1992 – the constitution of the Republic of Crimea was adopted.

• 1994 – the Channel Tunnel between France and Great Britain – the Eurotunnel – is inaugurated.

• 2023 – Coronation of Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla takes place.

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Who was born on May 6, 2024

• 1891 – Yuriy Tyutyunnik, Ukrainian military leader, Coronet General of the UPR Army.

• 1902 – Alexandra Derevskaya, the heroine mother of Ukraine, adopted 48 children.

• 1961 – George Clooney, American actor.

• 1972 – Zhuravel Yuri Grigorievich, Ukrainian musician from Rivne, leader and vocalist of the group Ot Vinta!

Whose birthday is today?: Nikolay, Denis.

Folk signs and traditions for May 6

• the birds sing happily – the weather will be good in the coming days;

• Bubbles appear in the water during the rain – it will drag;

• after dawn, fog – to partly cloudy weather without precipitation;

• a lot of fog in the morning – wait for good weather in the afternoon;

• clear weather – to a large harvest of cucumbers.

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